piu

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpiw]
• Rhymes: -iw

Unclear. Compare French pivot.

piu m (plural pius)

1. tenon, peg, pivot
2. (colloquial) penis

Onomatopoeic.

piu m (plural pius)

1. chirp, peep

• piuar

• piular

• “piu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

piu

1. water

• Johannes Chrysostomus Mitterrutzner, Die Dinka-Sprache in Central-Africa. Kurze Grammatik, Text und Wörterbuch (1866)
• Arturo Nebel, Dinka grammar (Rek-Malual dialect) with texts and vocabulary (1948)
• Archibald Norman Tucker, Dinka Orthography (1978)
• Roger Blench (2005) Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[2], page 144

Compare with Tahitian piu and Tuamotuan piu^[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

piu (passive piua)

1. to cast, to throw, to fling (of rope, line etc)
2. to swing (of a cord)
3. to wave, to sway
4. to wield, to brandish (of a weapon)

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “piu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 331
• “piu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Onomatopoeic.

piu

1. chirp (sound made by young chicken)

• piui
• piuit

piu (plural pïu)

1. water

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[3], 2005

• IPA^(key): /ˈpju/ [ˈpju]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: piu

piu

1. pew (Onomatopoeia for gunfire)