piz

Abenaki

Etymology

From English peas.

Noun

piz (plural pizil)

1. a pea

Old French

Alternative forms

• pis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pits/

Noun

piz oblique singular, m (oblique plural piz, nominative singular piz, nominative plural piz)

1. chest, breast (of a person)
2. udder (of an animal)

Descendants

• French: pis

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English pise, from Old English pise, from Late Latin pisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪz/

Noun

piz (plural pizzen or pizzeen)

1. pea
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Piz porachès.

     Pease porridge.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 62