pè

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/

Etymology 1

From French paire (“pair”).

Etymology 2

From French peur (“fear”).

1. pair, couple

Etymology

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

Noun

pè m

1. foot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Etymology 1

Inherited from French père (“father”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from French peur (“fear”).

Etymology

From Old Occitan pe, from Latin pēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛ]

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Noun

pè m (plural pès)

1. foot

Noun

pè m (plural pès)

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

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

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

Etymology

From Latin per.

Preposition

pè

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

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

References

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