pili

pili

1. plural of pilus

Pili nuts

Borrowing from Filipino.

pili (plural pilis or pili)

1. 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).

2. The edible nut of the tree.

• ipil

• Hyphenation: pi‧li

pili

1. the pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
2. a pili nut

pili

1. to choose; to select

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪ
• Homophones: pily, pyly

pili

1. masculine animate plural of the past participle of pít

pili

1. (childish) A pee-pee.

• pippeli

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

pili (used in the form pilien)

1. To choose

pilī

1. nominative plural of pilus
2. genitive singular of pilus
3. vocative plural of pilus

pili f

1. accusative singular form of pils
2. instrumental singular form of pils

pili f

1. accusative singular form of pile
2. instrumental singular form of pile

pili

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of pilēt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of pilēt

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲili/, [ˈpʲilʲi]

pili

1. plural of pił

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilɐ/

pili m

1. plural of pelo

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲi.lʲi/

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pili

1. third-person plural personal past of pić
2. third-person plural personal present of pilić

pili

1. duck, often female

pili

1. two

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

pili (used in the form piliin)

1. to choose

• lipi

pili

1. basket

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