peb

See also: PEB

English

Noun

peb (plural pebs)

1. (slang) Clipping of pebble (“small piece of crack cocaine”).
   • 2017 November 29, Digga D, Sav’O, TY (lyrics and music), “Next Up?”, performed by CGM:

     No whip, then pedal bike risk it, he flipped it / Back out my shank and dip it, ballistic / Push in my shank and twist it / Pebs in cling, that’s Oreo biscuits

Further reading

• “pebble n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰeˀb̥], [ˈpʰewˀ]

Verb

peb

1. past tense of pibe

Mapudungun

Noun

peb (Raguileo spelling)

1. (anatomy) neck
2. (anatomy) throat

Synonyms

• (throat): rulmewe

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *peβ (“flat”), from Proto-Tupian *pep.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní pe.

Adjective

peb (noun form peba)

1. flat; level (having the same height at all places)
2. flattened; compressed (made flat by something)
3. wide (having a large physical extent from side to side)

   Synonym: py

4. shallow

   Synonyms: apererá, aîereb

Declension

    Declension of peb (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	momeb
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i peba'e / i pebyba'e
-sab(a)	pepaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe peb	nde peb	i peb	oré peb	îandé peb	pe peb
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe peb	ta nde peb	t'i peb	t'oré peb	t'îandé peb	ta pe peb
Negative indicative	na xe pebi	na nde pebi	n'i pebi	n'oré pebi	n'îandé pebi	na pe pebi
Negative imperative		nde peb umẽ				pe peb umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe peb umẽ	ta nde peb umẽ	t'i peb umẽ	t'oré peb umẽ	t'îandé peb umẽ	ta pe peb umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe pebamo	nde pebamo	o pebamo	oré pebamo	îandé pebamo	pe pebamo
Negative	xe pebe'ymamo	nde pebe'ymamo	o pebe'ymamo	oré pebe'ymamo	îandé pebe'ymamo	pe pebe'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	peba
Negative	pebe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe pebi2		i pebi2	oré pebi2	îandé pebi2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe pebe'ymi2		i pebe'ymi2	oré pebe'ymi2	îandé pebe'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Derived terms

• mboîpeba
• peba
• tatupeba

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “peba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 376, column 1

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe˥/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-pɔu (“we, us”). Cognate with Iu Mien mbuo.

Pronoun

peb

1. we (three or more: first person plural)
2. our (first person plural)

White Hmong cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : peb

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pjɔu (“three”). Cognate with Iu Mien buo.

Numeral

peb

1. three

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
• Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.