# pili
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

pili
* plural of pilus

##### Derived terms

* arrector pili
* pili multigemini
* pili torti

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog pili.

#### Noun

pili (plural pilis or pili)
* A tropical tree, Canarium ovatum, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia, and cultivated in the Philippines for its nuts.
** 1996, Roberto E. Coronel, Pili Nut, Canarium Ovatum Engl, page 12:The pili is indigenous to the Philippines (Merrill 1912, 1923; Wester 1921; Brown 1954; Li 1970).
** 2009, Bioversity International, Bioversity Annual Report 2009, page 19:Pili (Canarium ovatum) is the most important tree nut of the Philippines. […] Natural populations of pili are found in forests and are threatened by human activities and natural disasters.
** 2012, M.N. Normah, S. K. Malik, R. Chaudhury, I. Salma, M. A. Makeen, Chapter 8: Conservation of Tropical Fruit Genetic Resources, M. N. Normah, H. F. Chin, Barbara M. Reed (editors, Conservation of Tropical Plant Species, page 143,
    The crops covered by the project include jackfruit and other Artocarpus species, pili (Canarium ovatum), mangosteen and other Garcinia species, and durian (Durio zibethinus).
* The edible nut of the tree.
    Synonym: pili nut
** 2017 July 13, Claudia McNeilly, “Pili—The Delicious, Healthy Nut You’ve Never Heard Of”, in Vogue‎:Pili—pronounced “peeley”—is a distinctive, tear-shaped nut native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands. It’s here that roasted, fried, and sugared varieties of pili can be found for sale on nearly every street.

### Anagrams

* ipil

## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pili(h).

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pi‧li
* IPA: /ˈpili/ [ˈpi.l̪i]

#### Noun

píli
* the pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
* a pili nut

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pi‧li
* IPA: /ˈpiliʔ/ [ˈpi.l̪iʔ]

#### Adjective

pili
* fastidious; selective; particular; fussy

#### Noun

pili
* choosing; selecting; picking

##### Derived terms

* magpili
* pilion

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pi‧li
* IPA: /ˈpiliʔ/ [ˈpi.l̪ɪʔ]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

pilì
* pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
* pili nut

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq (cf. Malay pilih and Tagalog pili).

#### Verb

pilì
* to choose; to select

##### Derived terms

* mamili
* mamiliay
* pinili

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɪlɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɪlɪ
* Homophones: pily, pyly

### Participle

pili
* masculine animate plural of the past participle of pít

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish pille (compare Norwegian pill, Low German pille).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpili/, [ˈpili]
* Rhymes: -ili
* Hyphenation: pi‧li

### Noun

pili (childish)
* Synonym of pippeli (“pee-pee, penis”).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pilini
pilini
accusative
nom.
pilini
pilini
gen.
pilini
genitive
pilini
pilieni
partitive
piliäni
pilejäni
inessive
pilissäni
pileissäni
elative
pilistäni
pileistäni
illative
piliini
pileihini
adessive
pililläni
pileilläni
ablative
pililtäni
pileiltäni
allative
pililleni
pileilleni
essive
pilinäni
pileinäni
translative
pilikseni
pileikseni
abessive
pilittäni
pileittäni
instructive
comitative
—pileineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pilisi
pilisi
accusative
nom.
pilisi
pilisi
gen.
pilisi
genitive
pilisi
piliesi
partitive
piliäsi
pilejäsi
inessive
pilissäsi
pileissäsi
elative
pilistäsi
pileistäsi
illative
piliisi
pileihisi
adessive
pililläsi
pileilläsi
ablative
pililtäsi
pileiltäsi
allative
pilillesi
pileillesi
essive
pilinäsi
pileinäsi
translative
piliksesi
pileiksesi
abessive
pilittäsi
pileittäsi
instructive
comitative
—pileinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pilimme
pilimme
accusative
nom.
pilimme
pilimme
gen.
pilimme
genitive
pilimme
piliemme
partitive
piliämme
pilejämme
inessive
pilissämme
pileissämme
elative
pilistämme
pileistämme
illative
piliimme
pileihimme
adessive
pilillämme
pileillämme
ablative
pililtämme
pileiltämme
allative
pilillemme
pileillemme
essive
pilinämme
pileinämme
translative
piliksemme
pileiksemme
abessive
pilittämme
pileittämme
instructive
comitative
—pileinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pilinne
pilinne
accusative
nom.
pilinne
pilinne
gen.
pilinne
genitive
pilinne
pilienne
partitive
piliänne
pilejänne
inessive
pilissänne
pileissänne
elative
pilistänne
pileistänne
illative
piliinne
pileihinne
adessive
pilillänne
pileillänne
ablative
pililtänne
pileiltänne
allative
pilillenne
pileillenne
essive
pilinänne
pileinänne
translative
piliksenne
pileiksenne
abessive
pilittänne
pileittänne
instructive
comitative
—pileinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pilinsä
pilinsä
accusative
nom.
pilinsä
pilinsä
gen.
pilinsä
genitive
pilinsä
piliensä
partitive
piliään piliänsä
pilejään pilejänsä
inessive
pilissään pilissänsä
pileissään pileissänsä
elative
pilistään pilistänsä
pileistään pileistänsä
illative
piliinsä
pileihinsä
adessive
pilillään pilillänsä
pileillään pileillänsä
ablative
pililtään pililtänsä
pileiltään pileiltänsä
allative
pililleen pilillensä
pileilleen pileillensä
essive
pilinään pilinänsä
pileinään pileinänsä
translative
pilikseen piliksensä
pileikseen pileiksensä
abessive
pilittään pilittänsä
pileittään pileittänsä
instructive
comitative
—pileineen pileinensä :

### Further reading

* “pili”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-04-05

## Hanunoo
### Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pili(h).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpili/ [ˈpi.li]
* Rhymes: -ili
* Syllabification: pi‧li

#### Noun

pili (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜲᜮᜲ) (botany)
* a tree from which an inflammable pitch is obtained for use in making crude candles to illuminate the house

##### See also

* aga
* angangi
* daka

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpiliʔ/ [ˈpi.lɪʔ]
* Rhymes: -iliʔ
* Syllabification: pi‧li

#### Noun

pilì (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜲᜮᜲ)
* choosing; selection

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 220

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pilit (“to adhere/stick”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.li/

### Noun

pili
* black speargrass (Heteropogon contortus)

### Verb

pili
* to cling

#### Derived terms

* pilikana

## Higaonon
### Verb

pili
* to choose

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]; compare pilih.

### Verb

pili (used in the form pilien)
* to choose

## Latin
### Noun

pilī
* inflection of pilus:
** nominative/vocative plural
** genitive singular

### Noun

pīlī
* genitive singular of pīlum

## Latvian
### Noun

pili f
* accusative/instrumental singular of pils

### Noun

pili f
* accusative/instrumental singular of pile

### Verb

pili
* inflection of pilēt:
** second-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpʲili/, [ˈpʲilʲi]

### Participle

pili
* plural of pił

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.li/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ili
* Syllabification: pi‧li

### Verb

pili
* third-person singular present of pilić

### Verb

pili
* third-person plural virile past of pić

## Quechua
### Noun

pili
* duck, often female

#### Declension
## Romanian
### Etymology 1

From pilă +‎ -i.

#### Verb

a pili (third-person singular present pilește, past participle pilit) 4th conjugation
* to file

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani pijel.

#### Verb

a pili (third-person singular present pilește, past participle pilit) 4th conjugation
* (slang) to get drunk

##### Conjugation
## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

pili (Cyrillic spelling пили)
* third-person singular present of piliti

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Numeral

pili
* two

#### Usage notes

Used as an abstract value; when the number is being used as an adjective, use -wili.

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | sifuri | -moja, mosi | -wili, pili | -tatu | -nne | -tano | sita | saba | -nane | tisa, kenda |
| 1— | kumi | kumi na moja, edashara | kumi na mbili, thenashara | kumi na tatu, thelatashara | kumi na nne, arobatashara | kumi na tano, hamstashara | kumi na sita, sitashara | kumi na saba, sabatashara | kumi na nane, themantashara | kumi na tisa, tisatashara |
| 2— | ishirini | ishirini na moja | ishirini na mbili | ishirini na tatu | ishirini na nne | ishirini na tano | ishirini na sita | ishirini na saba | ishirini na nane | ishirini na tisa |
| 3— | thelathini | thelathini na moja | thelathini na mbili | thelathini na tatu | thelathini na nne | thelathini na tano | thelathini na sita | thelathini na saba | thelathini na nane | thelathini na tisa |
| 4— | arobaini | arobaini na moja | arobaini na mbili | arobaini na tatu | arobaini na nne | arobaini na tano | arobaini na sita | arobaini na saba | arobaini na nane | arobaini na tisa |
| 5— | hamsini | hamsini na moja | hamsini na mbili | hamsini na tatu | hamsini na nne | hamsini na tano | hamsini na sita | hamsini na saba | hamsini na nane | hamsini na tisa |
| 6— | sitini | sitini na moja | sitini na mbili | sitini na tatu | sitini na nne | sitini na tano | sitini na sita | sitini na saba | sitini na nane | sitini na tisa |
| 7— | sabini | sabini na moja | sabini na mbili | sabini na tatu | sabini na nne | sabini na tano | sabini na sita | sabini na saba | sabini na nane | sabini na tisa |
| 8— | themanini | themanini na moja | themanini na mbili | themanini na tatu | themanini na nne | themanini na tano | themanini na sita | themanini na saba | themanini na nane | themanini na tisa |
| 9— | tisini | tisini na moja | tisini na mbili | tisini na tatu | tisini na nne | tisini na tano | tisini na sita | tisini na saba | tisini na nane | tisini na tisa |

### Adjective

-a pili (invariable)
* second (number-two)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pili(h). Compare Hiligaynon pili, Waray-Waray pili, Cebuano pili, Bikol Central pili, Hanunoo pili, Ibanag pili, and Iban empili.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpili/ [ˈpiː.lɪ]
* Rhymes: -ili
* Syllabification: pi‧li

#### Noun

pili (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒ)
* the pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
* a pili nut
    Synonyms: basiyad, liputi, pilaway

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq. Compare Tausug pī' and Malay pilih.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈpiliʔ/ [ˈpiː.lɪʔ] (noun)
*** Rhymes: -iliʔ
** IPA: /piˈliʔ/ [pɪˈliʔ] (adjective)
*** Rhymes: -iʔ
* Syllabification: pi‧li

#### Noun

pilì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒ)
* choice
* act of choosing

##### Derived terms

* ipili
* mamili
* mapili
* pagpili
* piliin
* pumili

##### See also

* hirang

#### Adjective

pilî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒ)
* select (privileged, specially selected)

##### See also

* limitado

### Anagrams

* Ipil, lipi, ipil

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.li/
* Hyphenation: pi‧li

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *pili. Cognates include Hawaiian pili and Tuvaluan pili.

#### Verb

pili
* (intransitive) to be close

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *pili. Cognates include Tuvaluan pili and Samoan pili.

#### Noun

pili
* lizard

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bill.

#### Noun

pili
* bill (written note of goods solved)

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 269

## Ughele
### Noun

pili
* basket

### References

* Benedicte Haraldstad Frostad (2012). The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu.

## Unami
### Particle

pili
* different, other, else
    Ku kàski pili kèku lësii.He could not do anything else.
    Në takok ahsën pili linakòt.That other rock looks different.

### References

* Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pili”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project