# paki
## English
### Noun

paki (plural pakis)
* Alternative letter-case form of Paki

### Anagrams

* Paik, kipa, pika

## Akan
### Etymology

Cognate to African Akan apaki.

### Noun

paki
* (Kromanti spirit possession language) small calabash (gourd)

### References

* 2011, Anne Storch, Secret Manipulations: Language and Context in Africa, →ISBN:

## Esperanto
### Etymology

pako +‎ -i

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpaki]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aki
* Hyphenation: pa‧ki

### Verb

paki (present pakas, past pakis, future pakos, conditional pakus, volitive paku)
* (transitive) to pack, to wrap (to store in containers, to cover in wrappings)

#### Derived terms

* malpaki

## Estonian
### Noun

paki
* genitive singular of pakk

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaki/

### Noun

paki
* plural of pako

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *paki₁ (“to clap, to slap, to hit, to beat”) (compare with Hawaiian paʻi, Tahitian paʻipaʻi and pāʻi plus Samoan paʻipaʻi), from Proto-Oceanic *baki from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pakpak₁ (“to clap, to flap”) (compare with Malay papak (“clapper”), Tagalog pakpák (“wing”) and palakpák (“applause”) plus Cebuano pakpák (“applause”)). Sense of printing extended from Maori beating of aute fabric from paper mulberry, compare with Hawaiian paʻi on similar analogue from kapa production using the same plant. Doublet of papaki (“to slap, to spank”) and pā (“to touch, to strike”).

### Verb

paki
* to hit, to smack
* to slap, to spank
* to clap
* to print, to publish
    Synonym: tā

### Noun

paki
* print
* story, tale, yarn

### Related terms

* papaki
* taupaki

### Derived terms

* pakipaki

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 306-7
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “paki.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* 1 2 Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 272

### Further reading

* “paki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Pipil
### Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl paqui (“to be happy”)

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /ˈpaːki/
* (Witzapan) IPA: /ˈpaːɣi/

### Verb

pāki
* (intransitive) to be happy
    Nipaki ka tikelnamiktuk ne nusiwapiltzin ― I am happy that you have remembered my daughter
* (intransitive) to laugh

#### Derived terms

* pajpāki (“to have fun”)
* -pajpākilia (“to mock”)
* palapāki (“to laugh obscenely”)
* -pākilia (“to laugh at”)
* pākilis (“happiness, joy”)
* -pākiltia (“to entertain, amuse”)
* -pāktia (“to make happy”)
* yūlpāki (“to rejoice”)
* īshpajpāki (“to be happy, cheerful; to smile”)
* -īshpākilia (“to smile at (someone)”)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.ki/
* Rhymes: -aki
* Syllabification: pa‧ki

### Noun

paki f
* inflection of paka:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaki/ [ˈpa.ki]
* Rhymes: -aki
* Syllabification: pa‧ki

### Noun

paki m or f by sense (plural pakis)
* (colloquial, Spain) Pakistani
* alternative spelling of paqui

### Noun

paki ? (plural pakis)
* (colloquial, Spain) Paki shop

### Adjective

paki m or f (masculine and feminine plural pakis)
* alternative spelling of paqui

### References

* 1 2 Giménez, Paula (2021 July 21) “¿Qué es ser ‘paqui’ y de dónde viene?”, in Filo.news‎ (in Spanish), retrieved 10 December 2023

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* pake
* paqui — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology

Clipping of pakialam.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /paˈki/ [pɐˈxi], (colloquial) /paˈke/ [pɐˈxɛ]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: pa‧ki

### Noun

pakí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒ)
* (colloquial) Synonym of pakialam
    Ano'ng paki mo?What's your business [with me/us]?

#### Derived terms

* wala akong paki

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /k͡pá.kí/

### Noun

pákí
* cassava, manioc
    Synonyms: ẹ̀gẹ́, gbágùúdá, lábíríkánná, ìgbáyẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀