pingu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ping

Etymology

Probably from Latin impingō, with the loss of the initial prefix, or from a root *pingō instead of pangō. Compare Daco-Romanian împinge, împing.

Verb

pingu first-singular present indicative (past participle pimtã)

1. to push

Related terms

• pindziri / pindzire, pindzeari / pindzeare
• pimtu
• pimshu

Fula

Noun

pingu ngu (plural pinguuji ɗi)

1. (Pulaar) safety pin
2. shot, inoculation

Related terms

• pingaade
• pingude

 

References

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *piŋu (“mound. dune, hillock, pimple, sore, swell”), from Proto-Eskimo *pǝŋu (“hill, swelling”). Compare pingujak (“blister”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /piŋu/, [pɪ.ŋʊ]

Noun

pingu (plural pingut)

1. tussock, small hill, hillock

Declension

Declension of pingu

	singular	plural
absolutive	pingu	pingut
ergative	pingup	pingut
allative	pingumut	pingunut
ablative	pingumit	pingunit
prosecutive	pingukkut	pingutigut
locative	pingumi	pinguni
instrumental	pingumik	pingunik
equative	pingutut	pingutut

Swahili

pingu

Etymology

Cognates include Luhya epingu.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

pingu (n class, plural pingu)

1. handcuff (one ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair)

   pingu za maisha ― bonds of marriage