pele
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese pele. Cognates with Kabuverdianu peli.
Hawaiian
Hungarian
Etymology
Compare Latvian pele, Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē.
Latvian

Pele (1)

Pele (2)
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *peliā̃ (Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“grey”).
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
Declension
Declension of pele (5th declension)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pele, pel, from Latin pellis, pellem, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.lɨ/
- Hyphenation: pe‧le
Related terms
- peleiro
Spanish
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