====== pi ====== ===== -pi ===== //suffixe// (invariable) : **aussi**, tellement ; avec adjectifs numéraux : **et encore** *forme enclitique de **[[api|api]]** =====Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede===== **pi** (indecl.) [the enclitic form of **//api//** (cp.api 2a); on similarities in Prk.see Pischel,Prk.Gr.§ 143] emphatic particle,__as prefix__ only in pidahati and pilandhati,where api° also is found (cp.api 1b).-- 1.also,and also,even so D.I,1; Vin.IV,139 (cara pi re get away with you:see re); J.I,151,278.-- 2.even,just so; with numbers or num.expressions “altogether,in all,just that many” J.I,151; III,275; IV,142.-- cattāro pi J.III,51; ubho pi J.I,223; sabbe pi Sn.52; J.I,280.‹-› 3.but,however,on the other hand,now (continuing a story) J.I,208; IV,2.-- 4.although,even if J.II,110 (ciram pi kho ...ca although for a long time ...yet).-- 5.perhaps,it is time that,probably Sn.43; J.I,151; II,103.-- 6.pi ...pi in correlation (like api ...api):(a) both ...and; very often untranslatable Sn.681 (yadā pi ...tadā pi when ...then),808 (diṭṭhā pi sutā pi); J.I,222 (jale pi thale pi); (b) either ...or J.I,150; II,102.