peti

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peti (comparative daha peti, superlative ən peti)

1. (Qazakh, Meghri) ugly, useless

   Synonym: yaraşıqsız

• “peti” in Obastan.com.

From Malay peti, from Tamil பெட்டி (peṭṭi, “chest, trunk, box, case”) or Hindi पेटी (peṭī, “box, chest”).

peti

1. chest

• Baba Malay Dictionary

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.ti]

peti

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

From Latin petō.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeti]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eti
• Hyphenation: pe‧ti

peti (present petas, past petis, future petos, conditional petus, volitive petu)

1. to ask for, request, beg, bid
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta‎^[1]:

     Kiu ne petas, tiu ne ricevas.

     One who doesn't ask doesn't receive.

Conjugation of peti

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		petas		petis		petos
active participle		petanta	petantaj	petinta	petintaj	petonta	petontaj
	acc.	petantan	petantajn	petintan	petintajn	petontan	petontajn
passive participle		petata	petataj	petita	petitaj	petota	petotaj
	acc.	petatan	petatajn	petitan	petitajn	petotan	petotajn
nominal active participle		petanto	petantoj	petinto	petintoj	petonto	petontoj
	acc.	petanton	petantojn	petinton	petintojn	petonton	petontojn
nominal passive participle		petato	petatoj	petito	petitoj	petoto	petotoj
	acc.	petaton	petatojn	petiton	petitojn	petoton	petotojn
adverbial active participle		petante		petinte		petonte
adverbial passive participle		petate		petite		petote

infinitive		peti						imperative		petu						conditional		petus

• proponi (“to propose”)

Borrowed from Swedish bädd, from Old Norse beðr, from Proto-Germanic *badją. Doublet of patja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeti/, [ˈpe̞t̪i]
• Rhymes: -eti
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧ti

peti (colloquial or American)

1. bed (furniture or other place for sleeping)

   Synonyms: punkka (colloquial), sänky, vuode

• “peti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• piet

From Malay peti, from Tamil பெட்டி (peṭṭi).

• IPA^(key): [pəˈt̪i]
• Hyphenation: pê‧ti

pêti (plural peti-peti, first-person possessive petiku, second-person possessive petimu, third-person possessive petinya)

1. box, chest.

• “peti” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ti/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eti
• Hyphenation: pé‧ti

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

peti m

1. plural of peto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

peti

1. inflection of petare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• tipe

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tiː/, [ˈpɛt̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ti/, [ˈpɛːt̪i]

petī

1. present passive infinitive of petō

From Tamil பெட்டி (peṭṭi, “chest, trunk, box, case”) or Hindi पेटी (peṭī, “box, chest”).

• IPA^(key): /pəti/, [pəˈt̪i]
• Rhymes: -ti, -i

pĕti (Jawi spelling ڤتي, plural peti-peti, informal 1st possessive petiku, 2nd possessive petimu, 3rd possessive petinya)

1. box, chest, case

• Baba Malay: peti
• Indonesian: peti
• → Urak Lawoi': เปอตี (peti)

• “peti” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

peti

1. Alternative form of pety

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pętъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pénktas, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷtos

pȇtī (Cyrillic spelling пе̑тӣ)

1. fifth

• “peti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pínˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-.

péti impf (Cyrillic spelling пе́ти)

1. to climb

   Nemoj se peti na drvo. ― Don't climb on a tree.

• “peti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

peti (Cyrillic spelling пети)

1. dative/locative singular of peta

From Proto-Slavic *pętъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *penktas.

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̀ːti/

péti (not comparable)

1. fifth

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

From Proto-Slavic *pěti.

• IPA^(key): /pèːti/

pẹ́ti impf

1. to sing

   ptica poje, ptice pojejo ― the bird sings, the birds sing

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

peti

1. inflection of peta:
   1. dative/locative singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

• “peti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “peti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Borrowed from Dutch put (“well”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ti/

peti

1. well

• watrapeti