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pele

  1. vocative singular of pel

Galician

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Verb

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pele

  1. inflection of pelar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese pele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu peli.

Noun

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pele

  1. skin

Hawaiian

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pele

  1. volcano

Hungarian

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 Pelefélék on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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A loanword from Proto-Balto-Slavic *peljā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (gray). Compare Latvian pele, Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛlɛ]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧le
  • Rhymes: -lɛ

Noun

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pele (plural pelék)

  1. dormouse
  2. (vulgar, slang) erect penis

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative pele pelék
accusative pelét peléket
dative pelének peléknek
instrumental pelével pelékkel
causal-final peléért pelékért
translative pelévé pelékké
terminative peléig pelékig
essive-formal peleként pelékként
essive-modal
inessive pelében pelékben
superessive pelén peléken
adessive pelénél peléknél
illative pelébe pelékbe
sublative pelére pelékre
allative peléhez pelékhez
elative peléből pelékből
delative peléről pelékről
ablative pelétől peléktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
peléé peléké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pelééi pelékéi
Possessive forms of pele
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pelém peléim
2nd person sing. peléd peléid
3rd person sing. peléje peléi
1st person plural pelénk peléink
2nd person plural pelétek peléitek
3rd person plural peléjük peléik

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References

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Further reading

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  • pele in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latvian

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 peles on Latvian Wikipedia
 
Pele (1)
 
Pele (2)

Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *peliā̃ (Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (grey).

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

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pele f (5th declension)

  1. mouse (esp. Mus musculus, domestic mouse)
    mājas pelehouse (= domestic) mouse
    peles alamouse hole (lit. cave)
    peļu slazds, lamatasmousetrap
    peļu indemouse poison
    peles pīkstmice squeak, beep
  2. (computing, also datorpele) computer mouse (movable input device used to move a pointer on a graphic display)
    datorpelecomputer mouse


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Lithuanian

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Noun

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pelè

  1. instrumental singular of pelė̃ (mouse)

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pẽle

  1. vocative singular of pelė̃ (mouse)

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French pele, from Latin pāla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛːl(ə)/, /ˈpɛl(ə)/

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pele (plural peles)

  1. (Late Middle English) shovel, peel

Descendants

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  • English: peel
  • Yola: peel

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pe‧le

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pele, from Latin pellem, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth).

Noun

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pele f (plural peles)

  1. skin
  2. fur
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Descendants
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  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: pele
  • Kabuverdianu: peli

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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pele

  1. inflection of pelar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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pele

  1. inflection of pelar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Tocharian B

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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pele m

  1. law, rule
  2. prison

Derived terms

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  • empele (terrible, awful)

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “pele”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

Tokelauan

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpe.le]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧le

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pele

  1. darling, sweetheart

Verb

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pele

  1. (stative) to be dear

Derived terms

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References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 265

Zazaki

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pele

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    Synonym: per