pipi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pipi"

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪpi/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Māori pipi (“Paphies australis”).

Noun

pipi (plural pipis)

1. (New Zealand) The edible saltwater clam Paphies australis, of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand.
   • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 124:

     She chuckles, and prises another shrinking pipi from its shell.

2. (Australia, New South Wales, Queensland) The edible saltwater clam Plebidonax deltoides, endemic to Australia.
   • 2006, Frank Prokop, Australian Fish Guide, 3rd edition, page 154:

     The sand whiting feeds on nippers, pipis, prawns and especially beach, squirt or blood worms and all these make terrific baits.

   • 2007, Julie McEnally, Lawrie McEnally, Complete Book of Fishing Baits & Rigs, page 6:

     Pipis are very good baits for catching bream, trevally, whiting, particularly King George Whiting, leatherjackets and many others.

   • 2009, David Johnson., The Geology of Australia, page 172:

     Bivalves are shells with two valves joined at a hinge, like oysters, pipis and many of the shells picked up on a modern beach.

Synonyms

• (Plebidonax deltoides): Coorong cockle, Goolwa cockle, eugarie, ugari, yugari

Etymology 2

Noun

pipi (uncountable)

1. The astringent pods of Caesalpinia paipai, a Brazilian plant used in tanning.

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate to Malay pipi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pipi/
• Hyphenation: pi‧pi

Noun

pipi

1. (anatomy) cheek (part of the face)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

pipi

1. inflection of pipar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pipi (“female genitalia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpipiʔ/ [ˈpi.piʔ]
• Hyphenation: pi‧pi

Noun

pipì (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ)

1. (anatomy, childish) vulva (of a female child)

   Synonyms: buray, buday, putay, buli, pita

Finnish

Etymology

Hypocoristic form of kipeä (with assimilation k > p).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpipi/, [ˈpipi]
• Rhymes: -ipi
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧pi
• Hyphenation^(key): pi‧pi

Adjective

pipi (rarely inflected)

1. (hypocoristic, childish) hurt (adjectival form for a boo-boo or an owie)
2. (colloquial) crazy

Noun

pipi (childish)

1. boo-boo, owie (minor injury)

   Tuliko pipi?

   Did you get a boo-boo?

Declension

Inflection of pipi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		pipi	pipit
genitive		pipin	pipien
partitive		pipiä	pipejä
illative		pipiin	pipeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pipi	pipit
accusative	nom.	pipi	pipit
	gen.	pipin
genitive		pipin	pipien
partitive		pipiä	pipejä
inessive		pipissä	pipeissä
elative		pipistä	pipeistä
illative		pipiin	pipeihin
adessive		pipillä	pipeillä
ablative		pipiltä	pipeiltä
allative		pipille	pipeille
essive		pipinä	pipeinä
translative		pipiksi	pipeiksi
abessive		pipittä	pipeittä
instructive		—	pipein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pipi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipini pipini accusative nom. pipini pipini gen. pipini genitive pipini pipieni partitive pipiäni pipejäni inessive pipissäni pipeissäni elative pipistäni pipeistäni illative pipiini pipeihini adessive pipilläni pipeilläni ablative pipiltäni pipeiltäni allative pipilleni pipeilleni essive pipinäni pipeinäni translative pipikseni pipeikseni abessive pipittäni pipeittäni instructive — — comitative — pipeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipisi pipisi accusative nom. pipisi pipisi gen. pipisi genitive pipisi pipiesi partitive pipiäsi pipejäsi inessive pipissäsi pipeissäsi elative pipistäsi pipeistäsi illative pipiisi pipeihisi adessive pipilläsi pipeilläsi ablative pipiltäsi pipeiltäsi allative pipillesi pipeillesi essive pipinäsi pipeinäsi translative pipiksesi pipeiksesi abessive pipittäsi pipeittäsi instructive — — comitative — pipeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipimme pipimme accusative nom. pipimme pipimme gen. pipimme genitive pipimme pipiemme partitive pipiämme pipejämme inessive pipissämme pipeissämme elative pipistämme pipeistämme illative pipiimme pipeihimme adessive pipillämme pipeillämme ablative pipiltämme pipeiltämme allative pipillemme pipeillemme essive pipinämme pipeinämme translative pipiksemme pipeiksemme abessive pipittämme pipeittämme instructive — — comitative — pipeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipinne pipinne accusative nom. pipinne pipinne gen. pipinne genitive pipinne pipienne partitive pipiänne pipejänne inessive pipissänne pipeissänne elative pipistänne pipeistänne illative pipiinne pipeihinne adessive pipillänne pipeillänne ablative pipiltänne pipeiltänne allative pipillenne pipeillenne essive pipinänne pipeinänne translative pipiksenne pipeiksenne abessive pipittänne pipeittänne instructive — — comitative — pipeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pipinsä pipinsä accusative nom. pipinsä pipinsä gen. pipinsä genitive pipinsä pipiensä partitive pipiään pipiänsä pipejään pipejänsä inessive pipissään pipissänsä pipeissään pipeissänsä elative pipistään pipistänsä pipeistään pipeistänsä illative pipiinsä pipeihinsä adessive pipillään pipillänsä pipeillään pipeillänsä ablative pipiltään pipiltänsä pipeiltään pipeiltänsä allative pipilleen pipillensä pipeilleen pipeillensä essive pipinään pipinänsä pipeinään pipeinänsä translative pipikseen pipiksensä pipeikseen pipeiksensä abessive pipittään pipittänsä pipeittään pipeittänsä instructive — — comitative — pipeineen pipeinensä

Further reading

• “pipi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• piip

French

Etymology

Child speak, formed by doubling the first element of pisser (“to piss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.pi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

pipi m (uncountable)

1. (childish, chiefly uncountable) wee, wee-wee, pee

Derived terms

• faire pipi
• pause pipi

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: pipi

Further reading

• “pipi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pipi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pipi/

Noun

pipi

1. urine

Verb

pipi

1. (intransitive) to urinate

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[4], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 149

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.pi/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pipi

1. Pinctada radiata, Hawaiian pearl oyster

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English beef.

Noun

pipi

1. cow
2. beef

Further reading

• pipi in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Higaonon

Noun

pipi

1. (anatomy) cheek

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pipi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpipi/ [ˈpi.pi]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ipi
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Noun

pipi

1. (anatomy) cheek (part of face)

Italian

Verb

pipi

1. inflection of pipare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpipi/ [ˈpi.pi]
• Rhymes: -ipi
• Hyphenation: pi‧pi

Noun

pipi (Jawi spelling ڤيڤي, plural pipi-pipi)

1. (anatomy) cheek (part of face)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pipi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ڤيڤي pipi”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 69
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ڤيڤي pipi”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 486
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “pipi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 272

Further reading

• "pipi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "pipi" at PRPM first version)

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpipi/ [ˈpipi]

Noun

pipi

1. The edible saltwater clam Paphies australis, of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²piː.pɪ/

Verb

pipi

1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of pipe

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.pɪ/

Noun

pipi n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of pip

Portuguese

Etymology

Of imitative origin

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈpi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈpi/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: pi‧pi

Noun

pipi m (plural pipis)

1. (childish) pee (urine)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urina

2. (childish) genitals (of wither sex)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis, Thesaurus:vagina

3. (informal) something or someone overly fanciful or posh

   Synonym: (Portugal) beto

Adjective

pipi m or f (plural pipis)

1. (informal) posh

Further reading

• “pipi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pipi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pipi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpi.pi]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pipi n (uncountable)

1. (childish) pee

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pipi	pipiul
genitive-dative	pipi	pipiului
vocative	pipiule

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps a reduplicated imitative base, with the reduplication suggesting smallness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpipi/ [ˈpi.pi]
• Rhymes: -ipi
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Noun

pipi m (plural pipis)

1. (colloquial) louse

   Synonyms: piojo, pedículo

Further reading

• “pipi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

pipi class IX (plural pipi class X)

1. a peppermint or other sweet candy

   Synonym: peremende

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pipe

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpipi/ [ˈpiː.pɪ]
• Rhymes: -ipi
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Adjective

pipi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ)

1. mute; dumb

   Synonym: apaw (Quezon, Mindoro, Batangas)

Derived terms

• ikapipi
• kapipihan
• mapipi
• pipi at bingi

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pipiq (“flat”). Compare Malay pipeh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpipiʔ/ [ˈpiː.pɪʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ipiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /piˈpiʔ/ [pɪˈpɪʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Noun

pipì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ)

1. act of flattening something; act of crushing something

   Synonyms: pirat, yupi

Derived terms

• magpipi
• pipiin

Adjective

pipî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ)

1. flattened; crushed

   Synonyms: pirat, yupi

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpipiʔ/ [ˈpiː.pɪʔ] (“sterility; infertility”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ipiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /piˈpiʔ/ [pɪˈpɪʔ] (“sterile; infertile”, adjective; “sterile woman”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpipi/ [ˈpiː.pɪ] (obsolete) (“sterility; unripe fruit of camachile”, noun)
  • IPA^(key): /piˈpi/ [pɪˈpɪ] (obsolete) (“sterile; infertile”, adjective)
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Noun

pipì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ)

1. sterility of a woman

   Synonym: pagkabaog

2. infertility (of fruit trees or mammals)

   Synonym: pagkabaog

3. (botany) unripe fruit of the camachile

Derived terms

• ikapipi
• mapipi

Adjective

pipî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ)

1. sterile; infertile

   Synonym: baog

Derived terms

• ikapipi
• mapipi

Noun

pipî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ)

1. sterile woman

Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pipi (“female genitalia”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpipiʔ/ [ˈpiː.pɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -ipiʔ
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Noun

pipì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ) (childish)

1. vagina

   Synonyms: pepe, bilat, puke, kiki, puday, monay, pekpek, kepyas

Alternative forms

• pepe

Etymology 5

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *piqpiq (“wash clothes by pounding on river rocks”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpipiʔ/ [ˈpiː.pɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -ipiʔ
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Noun

pipì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ) (obsolete)

1. act of cleaning clothes; laundry

   Synonyms: laba, paglalaba

Derived terms

• ipagpipi
• magkapipi
• magpipi
• mamipi
• mangapipi
• mapipi
• pagpipi
• pagpipian
• pamimipi
• pipian

See also

• palupalo
• tigmak

Etymology 6

Possibly borrowed from Cebuano pipi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpipi/ [ˈpiː.pɪ]
• Rhymes: -ipi
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Noun

pipi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ) (botany)

1. a type of tree with big leaves

See also

• talisay

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpipiʔ/ [ˈpiː.pɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -ipiʔ
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Noun

pipì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ) (obsolete)

1. carving in clay

Derived terms

• magpipi
• mamipi
• pamipian
• pipian
• pipiin
• pumipi

See also

• tipi

Etymology 8

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpipiʔ/ [ˈpiː.pɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -ipiʔ
• Syllabification: pi‧pi

Noun

pipì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ) (obsolete)

1. soap bar

Derived terms

• kapipi

See also

• tipi

Further reading

• “pipi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[5] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[6] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 269: “Emmudeçer) Pipi (pp) no hablando”
  • page 380: “Labrar) Pipi (pp) T. barro”
  • page 385: “Lauar) Pipi (pp) coſa đ ropa”
  • page 436: “Mudo) Pipi (pp) que no habla ni ſaue”
  • page 462: “Pan) Pipi (pp) de jabon”

Ternate

Etymology

Within North-Halmaheran, cognate with Tidore pipi and Sahu pipisi. Externally, see Balinese pipis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.pi/

Noun

pipi

1. money

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to Greek πιπί (pipí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈpi]

Noun

pipi (definite accusative pipiyi, plural pipiler)

1. (childish) penis, pee-pee, male genitalia

Declension

Declension of pipi

singular plural nominative pipi pipiler definite accusative pipiyi pipileri dative pipiye pipilere locative pipide pipilerde ablative pipiden pipilerden genitive pipinin pipilerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular pipim pipilerim 2nd singular pipin pipilerin 3rd singular pipisi pipileri 1st plural pipimiz pipilerimiz 2nd plural pipiniz pipileriniz 3rd plural pipileri pipileri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular pipimi pipilerimi 2nd singular pipini pipilerini 3rd singular pipisini pipilerini 1st plural pipimizi pipilerimizi 2nd plural pipinizi pipilerinizi 3rd plural pipilerini pipilerini dative singular plural 1st singular pipime pipilerime 2nd singular pipine pipilerine 3rd singular pipisine pipilerine 1st plural pipimize pipilerimize 2nd plural pipinize pipilerinize 3rd plural pipilerine pipilerine locative singular plural 1st singular pipimde pipilerimde 2nd singular pipinde pipilerinde 3rd singular pipisinde pipilerinde 1st plural pipimizde pipilerimizde 2nd plural pipinizde pipilerinizde 3rd plural pipilerinde pipilerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular pipimden pipilerimden 2nd singular pipinden pipilerinden 3rd singular pipisinden pipilerinden 1st plural pipimizden pipilerimizden 2nd plural pipinizden pipilerinizden 3rd plural pipilerinden pipilerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular pipimin pipilerimin 2nd singular pipinin pipilerinin 3rd singular pipisinin pipilerinin 1st plural pipimizin pipilerimizin 2nd plural pipinizin pipilerinizin 3rd plural pipilerinin pipilerinin

See also

• penis
• çük
• sik
• yarak

Wallisian

Etymology

Borrowed from English beef.

Noun

pipi

1. cow, beef

Derived terms

• tini pipi (“corned beef”)

References

• Moyse-Faurie, Claire (January 2008), “Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages”, in Stolz, Thomas, Bakker, Dik, Palomo, Rosa Salas, editors, Aspects of Language Contact, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 325–48

Waray-Waray

Noun

pipî

1. vagina; female sex organ

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪpi/

Verb

pipi

1. (literary) second-person singular present/future of pipo
2. (colloquial) second-person singular future of pipo

Mutation

Mutated forms of pipi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pipi	bipi	mhipi	phipi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.