pê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pe"

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pê (attributive pê, not comparable)

1. (colloquial) extremely tired or listless

Usage notes

It is very rarely used attributively.

Ligurian

doî pê – two feet

Etymology

From Latin pedem, accusative of pēs, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (accusative: *pódm̥), from the root *ped- (“to step, walk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peː/, [pej]

Noun

pê m (invariable)

1. (anatomy) foot

Macanese

Alternative forms

• pé

Etymology

From Portuguese pé, with influence from Cantonese 腳 / 脚 (goek³).

Noun

pê (plural pê)

1. (anatomy) foot, feet

   Coordinate term: mám (“hand(s)”)

   pê marado ― small feet (literally, “bound feet”)

   pê solto ― unbound feet

   cai pê-mám ― to lose one's temper; to get disoriented (literally, “to fall feet and hands”)

   chá di pêlo-pê ― infusion to ward off frights (literally, “hair-feet tea”)

2. (anatomy, rare) leg

Derived terms

• pê di piano (“very thick feet”, literally “piano feet”)

See also

• empê

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#p

Mandarin

Romanization

pê

1. nonstandard spelling of pê̄

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

bi +‎ wî/wê

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peː/

Preposition

pê (Arabic spelling پێ)

1. with him/her/it
2. with, by, by means of

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”), derived from the root *ped- (“to walk, to step”).

Alternative forms

• pey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peː/, /pʰeː/

Noun

pê or p’ê m (Arabic spelling پێ)

1. (anatomy) foot

   Synonym: nig

2. (anatomy) leg

   Synonyms: ling, qor

3. (Euphratian, Ruha) (anatomy) arm

Declension

Declension of pê

definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	pê	pê
construct	piyê	piyên
oblique	piyî	piyan
demonstrative oblique	wî piyî	wan piyan
vocative	piyo	piyino
indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	piyek	piyin
construct	piyekî	piyine
oblique	piyekî	piyinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “pê I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 114
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “pê II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 114

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe/

• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: pê

Noun

pê m (plural pês)

1. The name of the Latin script letter P/p.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele, eme, ene, ó, pê, quê, erre, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio, xis, ípsilon, zê

Further reading

• “pê”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pê”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sicilian

Preposition

pê

1. contraction of pi +‎ li, literally “for the”

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French pé.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [pe˧˧], [ʔɓe˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: pê, bê

Noun

pê

1. The name of the Latin script letter P/p.

Synonyms

• phê; bê phở; pê phờ