lipi

From Proto-Polynesian *lipi (compare with Maori ripi (“to cut, to slash”) and Tongan lipi (“blade, flange”).^[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.pi/

lipi

1. adze, chisel
2. any sharp edge or blade
3. taper
4. ridge of a mountain

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪpɪ]

lipi

1. wide, broad
2. loose, baggy
3. extensive

• lipini (“to widen”)
• lipiringanyi (“to become wide”)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лѣпити (lěpiti), from Proto-Slavic *lěpiti, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”). Compare also Aromanian alãchescu, alichescu.

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a lipi (third-person singular present lipește, past participle lipit) 4th conj.

1. (transitive) to stick, glue
2. (reflexive) to stick, adhere

• dezlipi
• lipici
• lipicios
• lipitoare

lipi (Cyrillic spelling липи)

1. dative/locative singular of lipa

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

lipì (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉᜒ)

1. ancestry; family; lineage

   Synonyms: angkan, kanunuan

2. race

   Synonym: lahi

3. tribe

   Synonym: tribu

• Ipil, ipil, pili, Pili