pigi

See also: Pi Gi

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

From Malay pigi.

Verb

pigi

1. to go

Alternative forms

• pi

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Ido

Noun

pigi

1. plural of pigo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pigi.

Verb

pigi

1. slang form of pergi

Italian

Verb

pigi

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

Malay

Verb

pigi

1. Alternative form of pergi.
   • 1612, Albert Cornelius Ruyl, Translation of the Gospel of Matthew into Malay, 8:21:

     Makka ſa-ůrang lain mů rit-n’ja berkatta kapada dia: Tůanků, beerla aků pigi bertanam Bappaků dahůlů.

     And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Descendants

• Ambonese Malay: pigi
  • North Moluccan Malay: pigi
    • Papuan Malay: pigi
• Indonesian: pigi

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Malay pigi.

Verb

pigi

1. to go

Papuan Malay

Etymology

From Malay pigi.

Verb

pigi

1. to go

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pigy, pig-y, pig-yi — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• pig-i — now dialectal, Marinduque
• pigyi — obsolete

Etymology

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *pigʔiʔ (“buttocks”). Compare Waray-Waray pig-i and Tausug pigi'.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈɡiʔ/ [pɪˈɣiʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: pi‧gi

Noun

pigî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜄᜒ)

1. buttock; either half of the rump

   Synonyms: puwit, (western Marinduque) sasapnan

Further reading

• “pigi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018