pê
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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Usage notes
It is very rarely used attributively.
Arem
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *piʔ; cognate with Vietnamese ba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pæː]
Further reading
- Michel Ferlus, 2014, Arem, a Vietic Language, Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1-15, page 5
Ligurian

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]
Macanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese pé, with influence from Cantonese 腳/脚 (goek3).
Noun
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- (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”)
- (anatomy, rare) leg
Derived terms
- pê di piano (“very thick feet”, literally “piano feet”)
See also
- empê
Mandarin
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peː/
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peː/, /pʰeː/
Noun
pê or p’ê m (Arabic spelling پێ)
Declension
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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
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [pe˧˧], [ʔɓe˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧]
- Phonetic: pê, bê
Synonyms
- phê; bê phở; pê phờ