# pisto
## Finnish
### Etymology

pistää +‎ -o

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpisto/, [ˈpis̠to̞]
* Rhymes: -isto
* Hyphenation: 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

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pisto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pistoni
pistoni
accusative
nom.
pistoni
pistoni
gen.
pistoni
genitive
pistoni
pistojeni
partitive
pistoani
pistojani
inessive
pistossani
pistoissani
elative
pistostani
pistoistani
illative
pistooni
pistoihini
adessive
pistollani
pistoillani
ablative
pistoltani
pistoiltani
allative
pistolleni
pistoilleni
essive
pistonani
pistoinani
translative
pistokseni
pistoikseni
abessive
pistottani
pistoittani
instructive
comitative
—pistoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pistosi
pistosi
accusative
nom.
pistosi
pistosi
gen.
pistosi
genitive
pistosi
pistojesi
partitive
pistoasi
pistojasi
inessive
pistossasi
pistoissasi
elative
pistostasi
pistoistasi
illative
pistoosi
pistoihisi
adessive
pistollasi
pistoillasi
ablative
pistoltasi
pistoiltasi
allative
pistollesi
pistoillesi
essive
pistonasi
pistoinasi
translative
pistoksesi
pistoiksesi
abessive
pistottasi
pistoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pistoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pistomme
pistomme
accusative
nom.
pistomme
pistomme
gen.
pistomme
genitive
pistomme
pistojemme
partitive
pistoamme
pistojamme
inessive
pistossamme
pistoissamme
elative
pistostamme
pistoistamme
illative
pistoomme
pistoihimme
adessive
pistollamme
pistoillamme
ablative
pistoltamme
pistoiltamme
allative
pistollemme
pistoillemme
essive
pistonamme
pistoinamme
translative
pistoksemme
pistoiksemme
abessive
pistottamme
pistoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pistoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pistonne
pistonne
accusative
nom.
pistonne
pistonne
gen.
pistonne
genitive
pistonne
pistojenne
partitive
pistoanne
pistojanne
inessive
pistossanne
pistoissanne
elative
pistostanne
pistoistanne
illative
pistoonne
pistoihinne
adessive
pistollanne
pistoillanne
ablative
pistoltanne
pistoiltanne
allative
pistollenne
pistoillenne
essive
pistonanne
pistoinanne
translative
pistoksenne
pistoiksenne
abessive
pistottanne
pistoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pistoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pistonsa
pistonsa
accusative
nom.
pistonsa
pistonsa
gen.
pistonsa
genitive
pistonsa
pistojensa
partitive
pistoaan pistoansa
pistojaan pistojansa
inessive
pistossaan pistossansa
pistoissaan pistoissansa
elative
pistostaan pistostansa
pistoistaan pistoistansa
illative
pistoonsa
pistoihinsa
adessive
pistollaan pistollansa
pistoillaan pistoillansa
ablative
pistoltaan pistoltansa
pistoiltaan pistoiltansa
allative
pistolleen pistollensa
pistoilleen pistoillensa
essive
pistonaan pistonansa
pistoinaan pistoinansa
translative
pistokseen pistoksensa
pistoikseen pistoiksensa
abessive
pistottaan pistottansa
pistoittaan pistoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pistoineen pistoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* pistokas
* pistoke
* pistukka
* aitapisto
* aivipisto
* ampiaisenpisto
* auringonpisto
* etupisto
* harakanvarvaspisto
* harsimapisto
* harsinpisto
* helmipisto
* hyttysenpisto
* hyötypisto
* häivepisto
* jälkipisto
* katepisto
* ketjupisto
* 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]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Posti, posti

## Latin
### Etymology

Frequentative of pīnsō (past participle pī̆stum).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpiːs.toː/, [ˈpiːs̠t̪oː] or IPA: /ˈpis.toː/, [ˈpɪs̠t̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpis.to/, [ˈpist̪o]
* 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

#### Descendants

* Italian: pestare
* Neapolitan: pistare
** → Spanish: pistar
* Sicilian: pistari
* Venetan: pestar
* ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pistālia
** → Albanian: bishtajë
** Eastern Romance:
*** Aromanian: pãstalji, pãstalje, pistalji, pistalje, spãtalji, spãtalje
*** Romanian: păstaie, păstare

### 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

From Late Latin pistus (“crushed”), from the Latin pīnsō (“to crush”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpistə/

### Noun

pisto m (plural piste)
* pesto (sauce)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Deverbal of pistar (“crush”), borrowed from Neapolitan pistare, from Vulgar Latin pistare, frequentative of Latin pīnsere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* darse pisto
* pistear
* ser otro pisto

### 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], 2024 December 10