pingu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

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

Fula

Noun

pingu ngu (plural pinguuji ɗi)

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

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
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