ipi

Etymology

from uncertain prefix i- plus *pi "that sticks out, that bends")

substantive

1. a digit, portion of a body part that can bend, such as:
   1. (ipi paj) a finger
   2. (ipi pam) a toe
2. a tree branch
3. a fifth, one of five parts
   • ipi uvsaka ^uai, yefi ea ipi ^uaiu. I eat a fifth of the cracker; you each eat a fifth of the cracker.
4. (vulgar, especially in Uae pala) of a male, penis
5. (Kanjeii, pejorative) gossiper, rabble-rouser
6. (Kanjeii, pejorative, legal) a person who intrudes into other's affairs
7. (Mizre, offensive, ableist) an incompetent person, compared to a person who has only one finger

enumerative

1. one, as a finger of the hand is one
2. one-fifth, as a finger of the hand is one of five (on a single hand)

Derivatives

Numerals

• ipi paj: one, (per context) one-fifth
• paj a waz ipi usa: three
• paj a waz ipi: four
• paj ej ipi: six
• paj ej paj waz ipiy: nine

Vulgar

• ipiuaih: one who takes pleasure in that which causes his downfall