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pirinkpaŋ grass

piriŋ pirima cf: pirimpiɛligu, piriŋkpaŋ. n grass [sp.], "that matures into reeds" (IM)

piriŋga·₁ pirinsi·1 n nephew, brother's child, niece "a woman's brother's daughter" (IM)

piriŋga·₂ pirinsi·2; pirimpaɣiba cf: paɣa. n 1policeman 2policewoman

piriŋkpaŋ piriŋkpana cf: pirimpiɛligu, piriŋ. n grass [sp.]

piripa piripanima n a currency note, 'bill' [Am.]

pirisi pirisira cf: piri·₃. v to increase, "rise (of water level), become worse (of sickness)" (IM)

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pisaayika cf: pisi, -yinika; cf: ka·₄, ayi, pisi. num eighteen

pisi cf: -yinika, pisaayika; cf: pisaayika, ka·₄, ayi. num 1twenty 2"two coins (no longer in use) each worth one tenth of a penny" (IM)

piti id be saltless, flavourless

piya v "to dog, keep close behind" (IM)

piyoli piyɔya n a pinnacle, tower, turret

plasta plastanima n a plaster, adhesive dressing, 'Band-Aid' [Am.]

po·₁ pɔra; pɔbu cf: pɔri·₁, pɔri·₂; cf: nɔpoli, noli·₁. v to swear

po·₂ pɔri n "to make roots or herbs ferment" (IM)

poli·₁ polinda v 1to saturate 2to spoil, addle (as eggs under a sitting hen)

poli·₂ cf: lompoli, lɔŋ·₁, -lana·₂. n 1elephantiasis of the scrotum, 'hernia' [Gh.] 2man with a 'hernia'

polim polinda cf: karigi·₁, nabi, tibigi, ŋmɛlim, pahi. v 1increase in weight 2increase in grace

polipoli adj smooth

politiksi n politics

polo politi n 1area, place 2in the direction of, toward, in the matter of 3field, plot 4vacancy, room (-for-sb., fu:e.g. in lorry)

pololi polɔya; polobihi cf: 'bila·₂. n 1a toad 2a tadpole

pooi·₁ poora cf: pooli, bindiripooli, di-m-pooi; cf: bindirigu, bini, -dirigu·, di·₂, bindiripooli, bindiriduɣira. v 1to be short of 2to fall short of, fail, not manage to ... 3to lack 4to fail, be insufficient