pisek

See also: písek and Písek

Chuukese

Etymology

Possibly from the root words pi- (“hand-held”) and sek (“pandanus mat”).

Noun

pisek

  1. belongings
  2. equipment
  3. part

References

  • Goodenough, Ward H. Trukese-English Dictionary. Philadelphia: American Philos. Soc., 1990. 479, 515. →ISBN.

Maranao

Etymology

Akin to Javanese picek.

Adjective

pisek

  1. blind

Polish

Etymology

From pisać +‎ -ek.

Pronunciation

Noun

pisek m inan

  1. (Eastern Lublin, Zamość County) synonym of pisak (“plate folded into a triangle with a funnel-shaped opening in one corner used for decorating eggs”)

Further reading

  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “pisek”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 231
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