pepe

pepe

1. alternative spelling of pipe

From Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), via Middle Persian from an Indo-Aryan source.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe/^[1][2]

• Audio (il pepe):

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• Rhymes: -epe
• Hyphenation: pé‧pe

pepe m (usually uncountable, plural pepi)

1. (seasonings) pepper

• pepe della Giamaica (“allspice”)
• grano di pepe (“peppercorn”)

Compare Tagalog pipi (“mute; dumb”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpepe/, [ˈpʰɛ.pʰɛ]
• Hyphenation: pe‧pe

pepe (Lontara spelling ᨄᨙᨄᨙ)

1. mute, dumb, deaf-mute

   Tau pepe ― Mute person

2. speechless

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[2], Brill, →DOI

From Proto-Oceanic *kau-bebek (compare with Rarotongan pepe, Tahitian pepe, Samoan pepe, Tongan pepe)^[1] ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ali-baŋbaŋ compare with (Tagalog alibangbang, Ilocano alibangbang) affixing *baŋbaŋ (compare with Malay kulimambang, Javanese bambang, Acehnese bambang)^[2][3]

pepe

1. any lepidopterans including butterflies and moths

pepe

1. to flutter
2. to frisk, to frolic
3. to stumble, hesitate or stutter (in speech, reciting etc)

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “pepe”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 322
• “pepe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

pepe

1. stool

• pepe hoi
• pepe noho

pepe

1. butterfly

• Audio (Kenya):

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pepe

1. astray (in a wrong direction)

Compare Malay pepek.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpepeʔ/ [ˈpɛː.pɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -epeʔ
• Syllabification: pe‧pe

pepè (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ) (childish)

1. vagina

   Synonyms: puke, pekpek

   Coordinate term: titi

• The word pepe occurs only in childish settings, and does not appear in medical and formal settings. It is less vulgar than puke and pekpek.

pepe

1. butterfly (daytime)

• pūrehua (night)

• IPA^(key): /pe.pe/

pepe

1. butterfly.