pingu

Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

ping

Etymology edit

Probably from Latin impingō, with the loss of the initial prefix, or from a root *pingō instead of pangō. Compare Daco-Romanian împinge, împing.

Verb edit

pingu first-singular present indicative (past participle pimtã)

to push

Related terms edit

pindziri / pindzire, pindzeari / pindzeare
pimtu
pimshu

Fula edit

Noun edit

pingu ngu (plural pinguuji ɗi)

(Pulaar) safety pin
shot, inoculation

Related terms edit

References edit

M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Greenlandic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Inuit *piŋu (“mound. dune, hillock, pimple, sore, swell”), from Proto-Eskimo *pǝŋu (“hill, swelling”). Compare pingujak (“blister”).

Pronunciation edit

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /piŋu/, [pɪ.ŋʊ]

Noun edit

pingu (plural pingut)

tussock, small hill, hillock

Declension edit

Declension of pingu

	singular	plural
absolutive	pingu	pingut
ergative	pingup	pingut
allative	pingumut	pingunut
ablative	pingumit	pingunit
prosecutive	pingukkut	pingutigut
locative	pingumi	pinguni
instrumental	pingumik	pingunik
equative	pingutut	pingutut

Swahili edit

pingu

Etymology edit

Cognates include Luhya epingu.

Pronunciation edit

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun edit

pingu (n class, plural pingu)

handcuff (one ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair)
pingu za maisha ― bonds of marriage