apito

Latin

Verb

apitō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of apō

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pito (archaic)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpi.tu/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from apitar.

Noun

apito m (plural apitos)

1. whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)
2. whistle (shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

apito

1. first-person singular present indicative of apitar

Further reading

• “apito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “apito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Yami

Yami cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : apito

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitu, from Proto-Austronesian *pitu.

Numeral

apito

1. seven