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PILI,

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LI,PI,

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Definitions and meaning of pili

pili

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pili

  1. plural of pilus
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog pili.

Noun

pili (plural pilis or pili)

  1. A tropical tree, Canarium ovatum, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia, and cultivated in the Philippines for its nuts.
    • 2012, M.N. Normah, S. K. Malik, R. Chaudhury, I. Salma, M. A. Makeen, Chapter 8: Conservation of Tropical Fruit Genetic Resources, M. N. Normah, H. F. Chin, Barbara M. Reed (editors, Conservation of Tropical Plant Species, page 143,
      The crops covered by the project include jackfruit and other Artocarpus species, pili (Canarium ovatum), mangosteen and other Garcinia species, and durian (Durio zibethinus).
  2. The edible nut of the tree.
    Synonym: pili nut

Anagrams

  • ipil

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pili(h).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pi‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈpili/ [ˈpi.l̪i]

Noun

píli

  1. the pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
  2. a pili nut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pi‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiliʔ/ [ˈpi.l̪iʔ]

Adjective

pili

  1. fastidious; selective; particular; fussy

Noun

pili

  1. choosing; selecting; picking
Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pi‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiliʔ/ [ˈpi.l̪ɪʔ]

Etymology 1

Noun

pilì

  1. pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
  2. pili nut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq (cf. Malay pilih and Tagalog pili).

Verb

pilì

  1. to choose; to select
Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪlɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɪlɪ
  • Homophones: pily, pyly

Participle

pili

  1. masculine animate plural of the past participle of pít

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish pille (compare Norwegian pill, Low German pille).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpili/, [ˈpili]
  • Rhymes: -ili
  • Syllabification(key): pi‧li
  • Hyphenation(key): pi‧li

Noun

pili (childish)

  1. synonym of pippeli (“pee-pee, penis”)

Declension

Further reading

  • “pili”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-04-05

Hanunoo

Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pili(h).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpili/ [ˈpi.li]
  • Rhymes: -ili
  • Syllabification: pi‧li

Noun

pili (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜲᜮᜲ) (botany)

  1. a tree from which an inflammable pitch is obtained for use in making crude candles to illuminate the house
See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiliʔ/ [ˈpi.lɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iliʔ
  • Syllabification: pi‧li

Noun

pilì (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜲᜮᜲ)

  1. choosing; selection

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 220

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pilit (“to adhere/stick”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.li/

Noun

pili

  1. black speargrass (Heteropogon contortus)

Verb

pili(intransitive)

  1. to cling
  2. to be close, associated

Derived terms

  • pilikana

Higaonon

Verb

pili

  1. to choose

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]; compare pilih.

Verb

pili (used in the form pilien)

  1. to choose

Latin

Noun

pilī

  1. inflection of pilus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Noun

pīlī

  1. genitive singular of pīlum

Latvian

Noun

pili f

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of pils

Noun

pili f

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of pile

Verb

pili

  1. inflection of pilēt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲili/, [ˈpʲilʲi]

Participle

pili

  1. plural of pił

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.li/
  • Rhymes: -ili
  • Syllabification: pi‧li

Verb

pili

  1. third-person singular present of pilić

Verb

pili

  1. third-person plural virile past of pić

Quechua

Noun

pili

  1. duck, often female

Declension

Romanian

Etymology 1

From pilă +‎ -i.

Verb

a pili (third-person singular present pilește, past participle pilit) 4th conjugation

  1. to file
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani pijel.

Verb

a pili (third-person singular present pilește, past participle pilit) 4th conjugation

  1. (slang) to get drunk
Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

pili (Cyrillic spelling пили)

  1. third-person singular present of piliti

Swahili

Pronunciation

Numeral

pili

  1. two

Usage notes

Used as an abstract value; when the number is being used as an adjective, use -wili.

Coordinate terms

Adjective

-a pili (invariable)

  1. second (number-two)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pili(h). Compare Hiligaynon pili, Waray-Waray pili, Cebuano pili, Bikol Central pili, Hanunoo pili, Ibanag pili, and Iban empili.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpili/ [ˈpiː.lɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ili
  • Syllabification: pi‧li

Noun

pili (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. the pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
  2. a pili nut
    Synonyms: basiyad, liputi, pilaway

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq. Compare Tausug pī' and Malay pilih.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈpiliʔ/ [ˈpiː.lɪʔ] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -iliʔ
    • IPA(key): /piˈliʔ/ [pɪˈlɪʔ] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • Syllabification: pi‧li

Noun

pilì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. choice
  2. act of choosing
Derived terms
See also

Adjective

pilî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. select (privileged, specially selected)
See also

Anagrams

  • Ipil, lipi, ipil

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.li/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧li

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *pili. Cognates include Hawaiian pili and Tuvaluan pili.

Verb

pili

  1. (intransitive) to be close

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *pili. Cognates include Tuvaluan pili and Samoan pili.

Noun

pili

  1. lizard

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

pili

  1. bill (written note of goods solved)

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 269

Ughele

Noun

pili

  1. basket

References

  • Benedicte Haraldstad Frostad (2012). The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu.

Unami

Particle

pili

  1. different, other, else

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pili”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

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