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pê (attributive pê, not comparable)

1. (colloquial) extremely tired or listless

It is very rarely used attributively.

From Proto-Vietic *paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *piʔ; cognate with Vietnamese ba.

• IPA^(key): [pæː]

pê

1. three

• Michel Ferlus, 2014, Arem, a Vietic Language, Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1-15, page 5

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

• IPA^(key): /peː/, [pej]

pê m (invariable)

1. (anatomy) foot

• pé

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

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

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

• empê

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

pê

1. Nonstandard spelling of pê̄.

• 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.

bi +‎ wî/wê

• IPA^(key): /peː/

pê (Arabic spelling پێ)

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

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

• pey

• IPA^(key): /peː/, /pʰeː/

pê or p’ê m (Arabic spelling پێ)

1. (anatomy) foot

   Synonym: ling

2. (anatomy) leg

   Synonyms: ling, qor

• 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

• Rhymes: -e

pê m (plural pês)

1. pee (name of the letter P, p)

pê

1. Contraction of pi li (“for the”).

Borrowed from French pé.

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

pê

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

• phê; bê phở; pê phờ