pè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pe"

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/

Etymology 1

From French paire (“pair”).

Noun

pè

1. pair, couple

Etymology 2

From French peur (“fear”).

1. pair, couple

Verb

pè

1. to fair, to be dread, to be afraid, to be scared

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin pes. Cognates include Italian piede and Spanish pie.

Noun

pè m

1. foot

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Etymology 1

Inherited from French père (“father”).

Noun

pè

1. father, dad

   Synonyms: pap, papa, papi, popa

Alternative forms

• pær, pèr

Coordinate terms

• (gender): mær, mè

Etymology 2

Inherited from French peur (“fear”).

Adjective

pè

1. Alternative form of pœr (“(to be) scared”)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pe, from Latin pēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛ]

• Audio:

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Noun

pè m (plural pès)

1. foot

Portuguese

Noun

pè m (plural pès)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pé.

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin pēs (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ]

Noun

pè m (plural pì)

1. foot

   L’è cun un pè int la fósa.

   He is with a foot in the hole.

References

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 430

Romansch

Alternative forms

• pe (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• pei (Sursilvan)

Etymology

From Latin pēs (“foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun

pè m (plural peis)

1. (anatomy, Puter, Vallader) foot

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin per.

Preposition

pè

1. for
2. through
3. in, on
4. by
5. with
6. as

Unami

Alternative forms

• an archaic variant is pèyu

Etymology

From

• /pa/: come
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

From Proto-Algonquian *pyeᐧwa (“he comes”). Cognate with Munsee péew (“he comes”), Mohegan-Pequot piyô (“he comes”), Massachusett peyáu (“he comes”).

Verb

pè (3rd person present indicative plural peyòk, 3rd person present indicative singular obviative pèlu)(intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he / she comes

present indicative conjugation of pè

pa
1st person singular	mpa
2nd person singular	kpa
3rd person singular	pè
1st person plural inclusive	mpahëna
1st person plural exclusive	kpahëna
2nd person plural	kpahëmo
3rd person plural	peyòk
indefinite subject	[Term?]
obviative	pèlu

present independent negative conjugation of pè

pa
1st person singular	mpai
2nd person singular	kpai
3rd person singular	pèi
1st person plural inclusive	mpahùmëna
1st person plural exclusive	këpahùmëna
2nd person plural	këpahùmo
3rd person plural	peíòk
indefinite subject	pawën
obviative	pèlii

Plain conjunct conjugation of pè

pa
1st person singular	paan/paa
2nd person singular	paàn
3rd person singular	pat
1st person plural inclusive	paànkw
1st person plural exclusive	paènk
2nd person plural	paèkw
3rd person plural	pahtit
indefinite subject	pank
obviative	palit

present subjunctive conjugation of pè

pa
1st person singular	paane
2nd person singular	paàne
3rd person singular	pate
1st person plural inclusive	paànkwe
1st person plural exclusive	paènke
2nd person plural	paèkwe
3rd person plural	pahtite
indefinite subject	panke
obviative	palite

subordinative conjugation of pè

pa
1st person singular	mpan
2nd person singular	kpan
3rd person singular	pòn
1st person plural inclusive	mpanèn
1st person plural exclusive	kpanèn
2nd person plural	kpaneyo
3rd person plural	pòneyo
indefinite subject	pan
obviative	pòlin

Related terms

• pwètun
• pètasu
• pèltuwàk

References

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