picis

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay picis, from Persian پشیز (pešiz, “small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpit͡ʃɪs]
• Hyphenation: pi‧cis

Noun

picis (first-person possessive picisku, second-person possessive picismu, third-person possessive picisnya)

1. (archaic) penny

   Synonym: ketip

2. of small worth
3. a form of execution

Derived terms

• picisan
• sepicis

 

Further reading

• “picis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Noun

picis

1. genitive singular of pix

Noun

pīcīs

1. dative/ablative plural of pīcus

References

• picis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)