# pele
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛlɛ]

### Noun

pele
* vocative singular of pel

## Galician
### Verb

pele
* inflection of pelar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese pele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu peli.

### Noun

pele
* skin

## Hawaiian
### Noun

pele
* volcano

## Hungarian
### Etymology

A loanword from Proto-Balto-Slavic *peljā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“gray”). Compare Latvian pele, Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛlɛ]
* Hyphenation: pe‧le
* Rhymes: -lɛ

### Noun

pele (plural pelék)
* dormouse
* (vulgar, slang) erect penis

#### Derived terms

* pelepatkány

### References

* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “805”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 805

### Further reading

* pele in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *peliā̃ (Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“grey”).
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

### Noun

pele f (5th declension)
* mouse (esp. Mus musculus, domestic mouse)
    mājas pele ― house (= domestic) mouse
    peles ala ― mouse hole (lit. cave)
    peļu slazds, lamatas ― mousetrap
    peļu inde ― mouse poison
    peles pīkst ― mice squeak, beep
* (computing, also datorpele) computer mouse (movable input device used to move a pointer on a graphic display)
    datorpele ― computer mouse

#### Derived terms

* datorpele
* pundurpele

#### Related terms

* pelēks

#### See also

* žurka f

## Lithuanian
### Noun

pelè
* instrumental singular of pelė̃ (“mouse”)

### Noun

pẽle
* vocative singular of pelė̃ (“mouse”)

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* peele, pile, pale

### Etymology

From Old French pele, pale, from Latin pāla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛːl(ə)/, /ˈpɛl(ə)/

### Noun

pele (plural peles)
* (Late Middle English) shovel, peel

#### Descendants

* English: peel
* Yola: peel

#### References

* “pē̆l(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛ.li/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛ.li/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛ.le/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɛ.lɨ/
* Hyphenation: pe‧le

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese pele, from Latin pellem, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

#### Noun

pele f (plural peles)
* skin
* fur

##### Related terms

* peleiro
* pelanca

##### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: pele
* Kabuverdianu: peli

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pele
* inflection of pelar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

pele
* inflection of pelar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Tocharian B
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

pele m
* law, rule
* prison

#### Derived terms

* empele (“terrible, awful”)

### Further reading

* Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “pele”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpe.le]
* Hyphenation: pe‧le

### Noun

pele
* darling, sweetheart

### Verb

pele
* (stative) to be dear

#### Derived terms

* fakapele

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 265

## Zazaki
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pele
* page
    Synonym: per