petis

See also: pētīs

English

Noun

petis (uncountable)

1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) A thick, dark, sticky paste made from shrimp or prawn.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpe̞.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpe.tis]

Verb

petis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of petar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpetis/
• Rhymes: -etis
• Syllabification: pe‧tis

Verb

petis

1. past of peti

Indonesian

pêtis

Etymology

From Malay petis borrowing Javanese ꦥꦼꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (petis), probably from Old Javanese pa-; tis, tes (“drop”). Cognate of Tagalog patis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈtis/ [pəˈt̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: pe‧tis

Noun

pêtis (plural petis-petis)

1. (cooking) black-coloured shrimp paste

Further reading

• “petis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Verb

petis

1. second-person singular present active indicative of petō

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦼꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (petis), probably from Old Javanese pa-; tis, tes (“drop”). Cognate of Tagalog patis. See also titis

Noun

petis (Jawi spelling ڤتيس, plural petis-petis)

1. any concentrated or reduced meat, or seafood extract to be further processed as fish sauce, budu etc
2. (cooking) black-coloured shrimp paste

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “pĕtis”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 264

Further reading

• "petis" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "petis" at PRPM first version)