pihi

== Finnish == === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from pihistää. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈpihi/, [ˈpiɦi] Rhymes: -ihi Syllabification(key): pi‧hi Hyphenation(key): pi‧hi ==== Adjective ==== pihi (comparative pihimpi, superlative pihein) (possibly informal) miserly, stingy Synonyms: itara, kitsas, nuuka, saita ===== Declension ===== ===== Antonyms ===== antelias ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “pihi”, 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 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈpihi/, [ˈpiɦi] (third-person indicative) IPA(key): /ˈpihiˣ/, [ˈpiɦi(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative) Rhymes: -ihi Syllabification(key): pi‧hi Hyphenation(key): pi‧hi ==== Verb ==== pihi inflection of pihiä: third-person singular past indicative present active indicative connegative second-person singular present imperative second-person singular present active imperative connegative == Hawaiian == === Etymology === From ʻopihi (“limpet”). === Noun === pihi scab, scar button, badge, any fastened object === References === == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *pihi, from Proto-Central Pacific *pisi, from Proto-Oceanic *pisi ~ *bʷisi (“to spurt out, to fart”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *picik, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *picik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *picik (“to splash, to spray, to sprinkle”). Cognates include Samoan pipisi (“to gush, to spout”) and Tongan pihi (“to squirt”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpihi/ [ˈpihi] === Verb === pihi (passive pihia) to spring up to start growing, to sprout === Noun === pihi sprout, shoot, bud horn, antler === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “pihi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 325 John C. Moorfield (2011), “pihi”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN