picu

See also: PICU and piču

Asturian

Noun

picu m (plural picos)

  1. beak
  2. peak
  3. bit, little bit

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay picu, from Portuguese [Term?][1] pico, picar (“to provoke”), from Vulgar Latin *pīccāre (“to puncture”), itself from *pīccus (“woodpecker”), variant of Latin pīcus, or of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pit͡ʃu/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧cu
  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃu, -u

Noun

picu (plural picu-picu, first-person possessive picuku, second-person possessive picumu, third-person possessive picunya)

  1. trigger

Derived terms
  • memicu
  • pemicu
  • terpicu

References
  1. James Sneddon (2003) The Indonesian language: its history and role in modern society, Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, →ISBN

Further reading

Latvian

Noun

picu f

  1. accusative singular form of pica
  2. instrumental singular form of pica
  3. genitive plural form of pica

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.t͡su/
  • Rhymes: -it͡su
  • Syllabification: pi‧cu

Noun

picu m inan

  1. genitive/locative/vocative singular of pic

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

picu

  1. accusative singular of pica
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