pisto
Finnish
Etymology
pistää (“to sting, bite; stick, prick; poke”) + -o
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpisto/, [ˈpis̠to̞]
- Rhymes: -isto
- Syllabification(key): pis‧to
- Hyphenation(key): pis‧to
Noun
pisto
- sting, bite
- ampiaisen pisto ― wasp sting
- prick, puncture, hole made by piercing or puncturing
- (sewing) stitch (single pass of a needle in sewing)
- Synonym: tikki
- (fencing) thrust (attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point)
- (ball games) synonym of pistosyöttö
- (metallurgy) roll pass, rolling pass; a single pass through the rollers
Declension
| Inflection of pisto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | pisto | pistot | |
| genitive | piston | pistojen | |
| partitive | pistoa | pistoja | |
| illative | pistoon | pistoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pisto | pistot | |
| accusative | nom. | pisto | pistot |
| gen. | piston | ||
| genitive | piston | pistojen | |
| partitive | pistoa | pistoja | |
| inessive | pistossa | pistoissa | |
| elative | pistosta | pistoista | |
| illative | pistoon | pistoihin | |
| adessive | pistolla | pistoilla | |
| ablative | pistolta | pistoilta | |
| allative | pistolle | pistoille | |
| essive | pistona | pistoina | |
| translative | pistoksi | pistoiksi | |
| abessive | pistotta | pistoitta | |
| instructive | — | pistoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
- aitapisto
- aivipisto
- ampiaisenpisto
- auringonpisto
- etupisto
- harakanvarvaspisto
- harsimapisto
- harsinpisto
- helmipisto
- hyttysenpisto
- hyötypisto
- häivepisto
- jälkipisto
- katepisto
- ketjupisto
- kiertopisto
- koristepisto
- kuusipisto
- käärmeenpisto
- laakapisto
- lannepisto
- lapionpisto
- lapsivesipisto
- linnunsilmäpisto
- luotospisto
- mehiläisenpisto
- miekanpisto
- napinläpipisto
- neulanpisto
- piilopisto
- pistoaita
- pistohaava
- pistohyökkäys
- pistokirjonta
- pistokoe
- pistokone
- pistokortti
- pistokytkin
- pistokärpänen
- pistolapio
- pistoliekki
- pistomiekka
- pisto-oja
- pistopuhe
- pistoraide
- pistorasia
- pistosaha
- pistosyöttö
- pistotulppa
- polvekepisto
- puukonpisto
- pykäpisto
- päähänpisto
- päärmepisto
- ristipisto
- sidepisto
- sisäänpisto
- solmupisto
- tikarinpisto
- tikkipisto
- tärykalvopisto
- varsipisto
- vastapisto
- veitsenpisto
- vikapisto
Further reading
- “pisto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Frequentative of pīnsō (past participle pī̆stum).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpiːs.toː], [ˈpɪs.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpis.t̪o]
- Note: the original short vowel was apparently prone to analogical substitution from pīnsō.
Verb
pī̆stō (present infinitive pī̆stāre, perfect active pī̆stāvī, supine pī̆stātum); first conjugation
- to pound
Conjugation
Conjugation of pī̆stō (first conjugation)
Descendants
- Italian: pestare
- Neapolitan: pistare
- → Spanish: pistar
- Sicilian: pistari
- Venetan: pestar
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pistālia
Further reading
- “pisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- pisto in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Late Latin pistus (“crushed”), from the Latin pīnsō (“to crush”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpistə/
Noun
pisto m (plural piste)
- pesto (sauce)
Spanish
Etymology
Deverbal from pistar (“crush”), borrowed from Neapolitan pistare, from Vulgar Latin pistare, frequentative of Latin pīnsere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpisto/ [ˈpis.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -isto
- Syllabification: pis‧to
Noun
pisto m (plural pistos)
- (slang, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) money
- Nos va a hacer falta pisto este mes.
- We're going to be short of money this month.
- (slang, Mexico) hard liquor
- (cooking) ratatouille (dish prepared with chopped vegetables, especially peppers, onion, eggplant, and zucchini, which is fried and mixed with tomato sauce and sometimes scrambled egg or a fried egg)
Derived terms
References
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “pistar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 566
Further reading
- “pisto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024