pele
Galician
Verb
pele
- inflection of pelar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Cognate with Kabuverdianu peli.
Hawaiian
Hungarian
Etymology
A loanword from Proto-Balto-Slavic *peljā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“gray”). Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛlɛ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧le
- Rhymes: -lɛ
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
| 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 |
Derived terms
- pelepatkány
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “805”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 805
Further reading
- 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


Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *peliā̃ (Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“grey”).
Noun
pele f (5th declension)
- mouse (esp. Mus musculus, domestic mouse)
- mājas pele ― house (= domestic) mouse
- peles ala ― mouse hole (lit. cave)
- peļu slazds, lamatas ― mousetrap
- peļu inde ― mouse poison
- peles pīkst ― mice squeak, beep
- (computing, also datorpele) computer mouse (movable input device used to move a pointer on a graphic display)
- datorpele ― computer mouse
Declension
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | peles |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | peli | peles |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | peles | peļu |
| dative (datīvs) | pelei | pelēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | peli | pelēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | pelē | pelēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | peles |
Derived terms
- datorpele
- pundurpele
Related terms
See also
- žurka f
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin pāla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛːl(ə)/, /ˈpɛl(ə)/
References
- “pē̆l(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.le/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.lɨ/
- Hyphenation: pe‧le
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin pellem, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).
Related terms
- peleiro
- pelanca
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Kabuverdianu: peli
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pele
- inflection of pelar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
pele
- inflection of pelar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Tocharian B
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Derived terms
- empele (“terrible, awful”)
Further reading
- 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