pe
English
Alternative forms
- pei, pey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɪ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology 1
From Hebrew פֵּא (pê), from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pi.
Noun
pe
- The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).
Translations
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Further reading
Pe (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
pe (plural pes)
- The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п.
Anagrams
- EP, ep, ep.
Abinomn
Noun
pe
- pig
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pe̞]
Noun
pe (Kana spelling ペ)
- (only in compounds) thing, article
- arawan ― seven
- arawanpe ― seven things
- wen ― bad
- wenpe ― bad thing
Alternative forms
- (apocopic) p
Noun
pe (Kana spelling ペ)
- water, especially in reference to a water body
- liquid
- juice
Alternative forms
- pehe
Derived terms
- pet (“river”)
See also
- wakka (“drinkable water”)
Albanian
Alternative forms
- pê
Etymology
- From Proto-Albanian *petja, from Proto-Indo-European *petino-, from *pet- (“to spread out, to extend”) (compare English fathom). Alternatively from Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”); cf. Greek πανί (paní).[1]
- From Proto-Albanian *pena-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to draw”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɛ]
Noun
pe m (indefinite plural penj, definite singular peri, definite plural penjtë)
- thread
Derived terms
- pejzë
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
- Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 218
Annobonese
Etymology
From Sãotomense pe (“father”), from Portuguese pai (“father”).
Noun
pe
- father
References
- 2005, John H. McWhorter, Defining Creole
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/, [pe̞]
Noun
pe inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Declension
Declension of pe (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
---|---|---|---|
indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | pe | pea | peak |
ergative | pek | peak | peek |
dative | peri | peari | peei |
genitive | peren | pearen | peen |
comitative | perekin | pearekin | peekin |
causative | perengatik | pearengatik | peengatik |
benefactive | perentzat | pearentzat | peentzat |
instrumental | pez | peaz | peez |
inessive | petan | pean | peetan |
locative | petako | peko | peetako |
allative | petara | pera | peetara |
terminative | petaraino | peraino | peetaraino |
directive | petarantz | perantz | peetarantz |
destinative | petarako | perako | peetarako |
ablative | petatik | petik | peetatik |
partitive | perik | — | — |
prolative | petzat | — | — |
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta
Breton
Conjunction
pe
- or
Adjective
pe (interrogative adjective)
- which, what
Catalan
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e
Noun
pe f (plural pes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
- The Hebrew letter פ (final form ף).
Chrau
Numeral
pe
- three
Dorig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᵐbe/
Noun
pe
- water
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Faroese
Noun
pe n (genitive singular pes, plural pe)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Declension
Declension of pe | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n4 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pe | peið | pe | peini |
accusative | pe | peið | pe | peini |
dative | pe, pei | penum | peum | peunum |
genitive | pes | pesins | pea | peanna |
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
Finnish
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of perjantai.
Pronunciation
As perjantai.
Noun
pe
- Abbreviation of perjantai (“Friday”).
Etymology 2
From Hebrew פֵּא (pê).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpe(ː)/, [ˈpe̞(ː)]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification(key): pe
Noun
pe
- pe (seventeenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
Inflection of pe (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | pe | pet | |
genitive | pen | peiden peitten | |
partitive | petä | peitä | |
illative | pehen | peihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pe | pet | |
accusative | nom. | pe | pet |
gen. | pen | ||
genitive | pen | peiden peitten | |
partitive | petä | peitä | |
inessive | pessä | peissä | |
elative | pestä | peistä | |
illative | pehen | peihin | |
adessive | pellä | peillä | |
ablative | peltä | peiltä | |
allative | pelle | peille | |
essive | penä | peinä | |
translative | peksi | peiksi | |
instructive | — | pein | |
abessive | pettä | peittä | |
comitative | — | peineen |
Possessive forms of pe (type rosé) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | peni | pemme |
2nd person | pesi | penne |
3rd person | pensä |
Guaraní
Determiner
pe
- that (near addressee)
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology 1
From Portuguese pé.
Noun
pe
- foot
Etymology 2
From Portuguese perna.
Noun
pe
- leg
Etymology 3
From Portuguese pau.
Noun
pe
- tree
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/, /pɛ/
Noun
pe (plural pe-i)
- The name of the Latin script letter P/p.
See also
- (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze (Category: io:Latin letter names)
Japanese
Romanization
pe
- Rōmaji transcription of ぺ (hiragana)
- Rōmaji transcription of ペ (katakana)
Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.
Noun
pé (Javanese script ꦥꦺ)
- ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
References
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *paRiS
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peː/, [peː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe/, [pɛː]
Noun
pē f (indeclinable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Coordinate terms
- (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
References
- “pe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *peri, derived from the root *per- (“to go over”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/
Preposition
pe
- for
- to
- through
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- by
- with
- as
pe + article Combined form pe + o pe-o pe + a pe-a pe + i pe-i pe + e pe-e
Lote
Conjunction
pe
- and
References
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Contraction of ape, from French après. Compare Haitian Creole ap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/
Verb
pe (medial form pe)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate present progressive tense or the continuous tense in general.
Related terms
- ti pe
Mbiywom
Noun
pe
- liver
References
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411
Mbyá Guaraní
Postposition
pe
- to, for (indicates a dative object)
- indicates a causative object
- Ajapo uka mbojape xevy pe ha'i pe.
- I had my mother make me bread.
Mezquital Otomi
Noun
pe
- biznaga, barrel cactus.
Middle English
Noun
pe
- Alternative form of po
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin per.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/, (Naples) IPA(key): /pə/
Preposition
pe
- for
Nheengatu
Etymology
From Old Tupi pe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pe]
- Hyphenation: pe
- Rhymes: -e
Pronoun
pe
- (second-class) second-person plural personal pronoun (you, your)
- Pe akanhemu peikú nhaãsé pe kirá peikú.
- You are scared because you are fat.
- Aintá uputari upitá pe irũmu.
- They want to stay with you.
- Pe manha uwiké uka pisasú upé.
- Your mother enters the new house.
- 2021, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, page 588:
- Te pe resarái masuí peyuri!
- Do not forget where you came from!
Usage notes
- As a second-class pronoun, pe is used as the subject of a sentence when its verb is a second-class one (those verbs are sometimes referred to as adjectives). The personal pronoun pe is also used when governed by any postposition with the exception of arama and supé. Finally, pe is used as a possessive pronoun as well.
See also
singular | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
---|---|---|
first-person | ixé | se |
second-person | indé | ne |
third-person | aé | i |
plural | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
first-person | yandé | yané |
second-person | penhẽ | pe |
third-person | aintá (or tá) | aintá (or tá) |
References
- ÁVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, page 588
- NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, pages 11 and 107
Occitan
Noun
pe f (plural pes)
- pee (the letter p, P)
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin pedem, accusative of pes. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French pié.
Noun
pe m (oblique plural pes, nominative singular pes, nominative plural pe)
- foot (anatomy)
Descendants
- Occitan: pè
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ/
Postposition
pe
- Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial limits.
- in, on, to.
References
- NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
Pali
Particle
pe
- Abbreviation of peyyāla.
Romanian
Alternative forms
- pă (Muntenia, informal), pi (Moldova), pre (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin per, with meaning influenced by super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/
- Rhymes: -e
Preposition
pe (+accusative)
- on
- cartea este pe masă
- The book is on the table.
- on (some time during the day of)
- A plecat spre Europa acum o săptămână, mai exact, pe zece mai.
- He left for Europe a week ago, that is, on the tenth of May.
- (no lexical meaning) used to indicate direct object in some cases
- o aștept pe mama
- I'm waiting on/for mom.
Usage notes
Pe takes the accusative case of nouns and is used as the marker for the direct object when said object is:
- a proper noun; the name of a person or animal
- a common noun referring to a specific person, generally known to both the speaker and listener
- a common noun acting as a metaphor for a person
- a common noun in a construction in which the subject and the direct object are the same noun and they precede the predicate
Pe is not used when the direct object is:
- a common noun designating inanimate objects or animals
- a common noun referring to an unspecified person
Related terms
- peste
- pentru
- pre-
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan) pei
- (Puter, Vallader) pè
Etymology
From Latin pēs, pedem (“foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Noun
pe m (plural pes or peis)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, anatomy) foot
Usage notes
In Rumantsch Grischun and Sutsilvan, the plural is pes. In Surmiran, however, it is peis.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpe/ [ˈpe]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: pe
Noun
pe f (plural pes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Derived terms
- de pe a pa
Further reading
- “pe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo
Adverb
pe
- (interrogative) where
- (relative) where
Derived terms
- alape
- drape, dape
- nowanpe
Tocharian A
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Compare the nominative/accusative dual form, peṃ, presumably from Proto-Tocharian *peine du (whence also Tocharian B paine), from an earlier *pei, from the Proto-Indo-European *pódh₁e du, from *pṓds. It is from this dual form in Proto-Tocharian that the singular forms have probably been analogically built. Compare Tocharian B paiyye.[1]
Noun
pe m
- foot
Related terms
- peṃ
References
- http://www.geocities.ws/protoillyrian/tocharian.html
Turkish
Noun
pe (definite accusative peyi, plural peler)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze
Turkmen
Noun
pe (definite accusative [[{{{1}}}#Turkmen|?]], plural [[{{{2}}}#Turkmen|?]])
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Welsh
Conjunction
pe
- if (used with closed conditions, i.e., those that are counterfactual or considered very unlikely)
- Pe bawn i'n gyfoethog, teithiwn i o gwmpas y byd.
- If I were rich, I would travel around the world.
Usage notes
In the literary language, bod (“to be”) has special counterfactual forms that undergo univerbation with pe: petaswn (“if I had been”), petawn (“if I were”) etc. (see the conjugation table for all the forms).
In the colloquial language, the counterfactual forms taswn/bawn/tawn are written separately from pe, and pe can be omitted before them:
- (pe) taswn i’n ennill y loteri ― if I were to win the lottery
See also
- os (used with open conditions)
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/
Preposition
pe
- with, using
- natala pe peda da langalongi ne ― (you) cut this rope with a machete
- yakor te pe sosodik ― stir the tea with a spoon
- (directional) to
- iwako pe de mai ― he threw a stone at me (literally, “he threw to me (a) stone”)
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- پعِ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pè/
Verb
pè
- (transitive, intransitive) to call, to pronounce, to summon, to invoke (an orisha)
- Synonym: ké
- (transitive) to tag someone or something
Derived terms
- èpè (“curse”)
- ìpè (“call, summon, invocation”)
- pípè (“calling, summoning”)
- polówó (“to advertise”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pé/
Verb
pé
- (transitive, intransitive) to assemble, to congregate
Derived terms
- péjọ (“to congregate”)
- ìpé (“public gathering”)
- péjú pésẹ̀ (“to gather; to assemble”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pé/
Verb
pé
- to be correct, to be complete in degree or quantity
- to be enough
- (idiomatic) to be sane, to be intelligent, to be sharp (of the mind); (literally - "to have a complete or correct mind")
Derived terms
- orí-pípé (“sanity”)
- pépérépéré
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pé/
Verb
pé
- to say something
- Synonym: ní
Usage notes
- An overlaid function for the conjunction pé (Etymology 5) whenever a verb of utterance is missing, it is always followed by kí.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pé/
Conjunction
pé
- that
Usage notes
- In modern linguistics, the term has also been categorized as a complementizer
Related terms
- kí
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pé/
Verb
pé
- to become rewarding or profitable for someone
- ọjà náà pé mi dáadáa ― The market goods were very profitable for me
Zou
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe˧/
Verb
pe
- (intransitive) to kick
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40