peb
See also: PEB
Translingual
Symbol
peb
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Eastern Pomo terms
English
Noun
peb (plural pebs)
- (slang) Clipping of pebble (“small piece of crack cocaine”)
- 2017 November 29, Digga D, Sav’O, TY, “Next Up?”, performed by CGM:
- No whip, then pedal bike risk it, he flipped it / Back out my shank and dip it, ballistic / Push in my shank and twist it / Pebs in cling, that’s Oreo biscuits
Further reading
- “pebble n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpʰeˀb̥], [ˈpʰewˀ]
Verb
peb
- past tense of pibe
Mapudungun
Noun
peb (Raguileo spelling)
Synonyms
- (throat): rulmewe
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *peβ (“flat”), from Proto-Tupian *pep.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní pe.
Adjective
peb (noun form peba)
- flat; level (having the same height at all places)
- flattened; compressed (made flat by something)
- wide (having a large physical extent from side to side)
- Synonym: py
- shallow
- Synonyms: apererá, aîereb
Declension
Declension of peb (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | momeb | |||||
| Deadjectivals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | i peba'e / i pebyba'e | |||||
| -sab(a) | pepaba | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Adjectival forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | xe peb | nde peb | i peb | oré peb | îandé peb | pe peb |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Permissive | ta xe peb | ta nde peb | t'i peb | t'oré peb | t'îandé peb | ta pe peb |
| Negative indicative | na xe pebi | na nde pebi | n'i pebi | n'oré pebi | n'îandé pebi | na pe pebi |
| Negative imperative | nde peb umẽ | pe peb umẽ | ||||
| Negative permissive | ta xe peb umẽ | ta nde peb umẽ | t'i peb umẽ | t'oré peb umẽ | t'îandé peb umẽ | ta pe peb umẽ |
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe pebamo | nde pebamo | o pebamo | oré pebamo | îandé pebamo | pe pebamo |
| Negative | xe pebe'ymamo | nde pebe'ymamo | o pebe'ymamo | oré pebe'ymamo | îandé pebe'ymamo | pe pebe'ymamo |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | peba | |||||
| Negative | pebe'yma | |||||
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe pebi2 | i pebi2 | oré pebi2 | îandé pebi2 | |||
| Negative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe pebe'ymi2 | i pebe'ymi2 | oré pebe'ymi2 | îandé pebe'ymi2 | |||
| 1South Tupi 2North Tupi | ||||||
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “peba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 376, column 1
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe˥/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-pɔu (“we, us”). Cognate with Iu Mien mbuo.
Pronoun
peb
| < 2 | 3 | 4 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : peb | ||
Etymology 2
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pjɔu (“three”). Cognate with Iu Mien buo.
Numeral
peb
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
- Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.