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pili

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See also: Pili, pilī, píli, pílí, pīli, and pīlì

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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pili

  1. plural of pilus
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Etymology 2

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Pili nuts

Borrowed from Tagalog pili.

Noun

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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.
    • 1996, Roberto E. Coronel, Pili Nut, Canarium Ovatum Engl, page 12:
      The pili is indigenous to the Philippines (Merrill 1912, 1923; Wester 1921; Brown 1954; Li 1970).
    • 2009, Bioversity International, Bioversity Annual Report 2009, page 19:
      Pili (Canarium ovatum) is the most important tree nut of the Philippines. [] Natural populations of pili are found in forests and are threatened by human activities and natural disasters.
    • 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
    • 2017 July 13, Claudia McNeilly, “Pili—The Delicious, Healthy Nut You’ve Never Heard Of”, in Vogue[1]:
      Pili—pronounced “peeley”—is a distinctive, tear-shaped nut native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands. It’s here that roasted, fried, and sugared varieties of pili can be found for sale on nearly every street.

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Anagrams

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Bikol Central

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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píli

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

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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pili

  1. fastidious; selective; particular; fussy

Noun

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pili

  1. choosing; selecting; picking
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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

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pilì

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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pilì

  1. to choose; to select
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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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pili

  1. masculine animate plural of the past participle of pít

Finnish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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pili (childish)

  1. Synonym of pippeli (pee-pee, penis).

Declension

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Inflection of pili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative pili pilit
genitive pilin pilien
partitive piliä pilejä
illative piliin pileihin
singular plural
nominative pili pilit
accusative nom. pili pilit
gen. pilin
genitive pilin pilien
partitive piliä pilejä
inessive pilissä pileissä
elative pilistä pileistä
illative piliin pileihin
adessive pilillä pileillä
ablative pililtä pileiltä
allative pilille pileille
essive pilinä pileinä
translative piliksi pileiksi
abessive pilittä pileittä
instructive pilein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pilini pilini
accusative nom. pilini pilini
gen. pilini
genitive pilini pilieni
partitive piliäni pilejäni
inessive pilissäni pileissäni
elative pilistäni pileistäni
illative piliini pileihini
adessive pililläni pileilläni
ablative pililtäni pileiltäni
allative pililleni pileilleni
essive pilinäni pileinäni
translative pilikseni pileikseni
abessive pilittäni pileittäni
instructive
comitative pileineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pilisi pilisi
accusative nom. pilisi pilisi
gen. pilisi
genitive pilisi piliesi
partitive piliäsi pilejäsi
inessive pilissäsi pileissäsi
elative pilistäsi pileistäsi
illative piliisi pileihisi
adessive pililläsi pileilläsi
ablative pililtäsi pileiltäsi
allative pilillesi pileillesi
essive pilinäsi pileinäsi
translative piliksesi pileiksesi
abessive pilittäsi pileittäsi
instructive
comitative pileinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pilimme pilimme
accusative nom. pilimme pilimme
gen. pilimme
genitive pilimme piliemme
partitive piliämme pilejämme
inessive pilissämme pileissämme
elative pilistämme pileistämme
illative piliimme pileihimme
adessive pilillämme pileillämme
ablative pililtämme pileiltämme
allative pilillemme pileillemme
essive pilinämme pileinämme
translative piliksemme pileiksemme
abessive pilittämme pileittämme
instructive
comitative pileinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pilinne pilinne
accusative nom. pilinne pilinne
gen. pilinne
genitive pilinne pilienne
partitive piliänne pilejänne
inessive pilissänne pileissänne
elative pilistänne pileistänne
illative piliinne pileihinne
adessive pilillänne pileillänne
ablative pililtänne pileiltänne
allative pilillenne pileillenne
essive pilinänne pileinänne
translative piliksenne pileiksenne
abessive pilittänne pileittänne
instructive
comitative pileinenne

Further reading

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Hanunoo

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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pilì (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜲᜮᜲ)

  1. choosing; selection

Further reading

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pili

  1. to cling

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Higaonon

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Verb

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pili

  1. to choose

Ilocano

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Etymology

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

Verb

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pili (used in the form pilien)

  1. to choose

Latin

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Noun

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pilī

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

Noun

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pīlī

  1. genitive singular of pīlum

Latvian

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Noun

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pili f

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of pils

Noun

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pili f

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of pile

Verb

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pili

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

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲili/, [ˈpʲilʲi]

Participle

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pili

  1. plural of pił

Polish

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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pili

  1. third-person singular present of pilić

Verb

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pili

  1. third-person plural virile past of pić

Quechua

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Noun

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pili

  1. duck, often female

Declension

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Romanian

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Etymology 1

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From pilă +‎ -i.

Verb

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

  1. to file
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Romani pijel.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) to get drunk
Conjugation
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Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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pili (Cyrillic spelling пили)

  1. third-person singular present of piliti

Swahili

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Swahili numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: -wili, pili
    Ordinal: -a pili

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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pili

  1. two

Usage notes

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

Coordinate terms

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Adjective

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-a pili (invariable)

  1. second (number-two)

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Noun

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pili (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒ)

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

Etymology 2

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

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Noun

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pilì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. choice
  2. act of choosing
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Tokelauan

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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pili

  1. (intransitive) to be close

Etymology 2

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Te pili (2).

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

Noun

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pili

  1. lizard

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

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pili

  1. bill (written note of goods solved)

References

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

Ughele

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Noun

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pili

  1. basket

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Unami

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Particle

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pili

  1. different, other, else
    Ku kàski pili kèku lësii.
    He could not do anything else.
    Në takok ahsën pili linakòt.
    That other rock looks different.

References

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