See also: Paki, pąki, p'aki, and ракӏ

English

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Noun

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paki (plural pakis)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Paki

Anagrams

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Akan

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Etymology

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Cognate to African Akan apaki.

Noun

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paki

  1. (Kromanti spirit possession language) small calabash (gourd)

References

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  • 2011, Anne Storch, Secret Manipulations: Language and Context in Africa, →ISBN:

Esperanto

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Etymology

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pako +‎ -i

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpaki]
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  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ki

Verb

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paki (present pakas, past pakis, future pakos, conditional pakus, volitive paku)

  1. (transitive) to pack, to wrap (to store in containers, to cover in wrappings)

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Estonian

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Noun

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paki

  1. genitive singular of pakk

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Noun

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paki

  1. plural of pako

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *paki₁ (to clap, to slap, to hit, to beat) (compare with Hawaiian paʻi, Tahitian paʻipaʻi and pāʻi plus Samoan paʻipaʻi), from Proto-Oceanic *baki from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pakpak₁ (to clap, to flap) (compare with Malay papak (clapper), Tagalog pakpák (wing) and palakpák (applause) plus Cebuano pakpák (applause)).[1][2][3] Sense of printing extended from Maori beating of aute fabric from paper mulberry, compare with Hawaiian paʻi on similar analogue from kapa production using the same plant. Doublet of papaki (to slap, to spank) and (to touch, to strike).[3]

Verb

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paki

  1. to hit, to smack
  2. to slap, to spank
  3. to clap
  4. to print, to publish
    Synonym:

Noun

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paki

  1. print
  2. story, tale, yarn
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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 306-7
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “paki.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 272

Further reading

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  • paki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pipil

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Etymology

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Compare Classical Nahuatl paqui (to be happy)

Pronunciation

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  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈpaːki/
  • (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ˈpaːɣi/

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pāki

  1. (intransitive) to be happy
    Nipaki ka tikelnamiktuk ne nusiwapiltzinI am happy that you have remembered my daughter
  2. (intransitive) to laugh

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ki/
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: pa‧ki

Noun

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paki f

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpaki/ [ˈpa.ki]
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: pa‧ki

Noun

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paki m or f by sense (plural pakis)

  1. (colloquial, Spain) Pakistani
  2. alternative spelling of paqui[1]

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paki ? (plural pakis)

  1. (colloquial, Spain) Paki shop

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paki m or f (masculine and feminine plural pakis)

  1. alternative spelling of paqui[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Giménez, Paula (2021 July 21) “¿Qué es ser ‘paqui’ y de dónde viene?”, in Filo.news[2] (in Spanish), retrieved 10 December 2023

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Clipping of pakialam.

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pakí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒ)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of pakialam
    Ano'ng paki mo?
    What's your business [with me/us]?

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Yoruba

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Pákí

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pákí

  1. cassava, manioc
    Synonyms: ẹ̀gẹ́, gbágùúdá, lábíríkánná, ìgbáyẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀