Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "pith" ya dogara ne akan mahallin da aka yi amfani da shi. Ga wasu ma’anoni masu yiwuwa: > Muhimmanci ko tsakiyar wani abu; core or essence. Langaren kashin baya da kwakwalwar kwakwalwa an dauke su tare a matsayin tsarin jijiya ta tsakiya. daga itacen itace ko ’ya’yan itace, yawanci ta hanyar gogewa ko yanke shi. Don kashe ko raunata wani ta hanyar huda muhimman gabobinsa, kamar da takobi ko mashi. Lura: Mafi yawan ma'anar "pith" ita ce tausasawa, spongy tissue a tsakiyar itace ko 'ya'yan itace.