Jastrow: פִּטְפּוּט

פִּטְפּוּט, פִּיטְ׳ m. (פטט, cmp. פתת) [something minute, tender,] one of the clay pins forming a sort of tripod for the support of a pot, peg. Sabb. VIII, 4 כדי לעשות פ׳ a quantity of clay large enough for a peg.—[Yalk. Num. 785 פּוּט של מנורה the peg for a candlestick v., however, quot. fr. Sifré Zuṭṭa in R. S. to Kel. XI, 2.]—Pl. פִּטְפּוּטִים, פִּטְפּוּטִין, פִּי׳, (פִּטְפְּטִין). Sabb. 102ᵇ עני עושה פִּיטְפּוּטֵי כירה קטנה וכ׳ a poor man makes pegs for a small stove to put on it a small pot (which is also called building). Kel. V, 11 עשה לה פ׳ if he made legs for the stove (so that it no longer rests immediately on the ground); Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. IV, 20. Ib. V, 1 שלשה … פטפט׳ שנתנן וכ׳ three pegs, three pins or three legs stuck in the ground and joined with clay to put a pot on them; Kel. VI, 1. Tosef. l. c. 7 פטפוטי (read טין …). Ib. 8. Ib. 9 ארבעה פטפוטי כירה וכ׳ four legs of a stove &c.; a. e.