piis
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːs/
Noun
piis (plural piis dem, quantified piis)
- peace
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 14:27:
- Mi a lef go we, bot mi a-go mek unu av piis iina unu aat — di kain-a piis we mi av iina fi mi aat. A no di sed kain-a piis yu get fram di worl. No mek unu aat bada unu, an no kech unu fried.
- Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Further reading
- piis on the Jamaican Creole Wikipedia.Wikipedia jam
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpi.iːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpiː.is]
Adjective
piīs
- dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of pius