poen

Dutch

Etymology

Uncertain. Originally Bargoens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pun/

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• Hyphenation: poen
• Rhymes: -un

Noun

poen f or n (plural poenen, diminutive poentje n)

1. (informal) money
   • 1955, Jean Senn, "Poen", performed by Wim Sonneveld.

     Poen, poen, poen, poen. / De een zegt geld, de ander money, maar wij zeggen poen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Synonyms: doekoe, geld

See also

• pegel
• pieterman

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh poen, a learned borrowing from Latin poena. Cornish and Breton poan suggest a Proto-Brythonic *puɨn from Vulgar Latin *pēna, which would have given *pwyn. Cognate with English pain.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /poːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /pɔi̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /poːn/
• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯n

Noun

poen m or f (plural poenau)

1. pain, ache

   Synonyms: cur, dolur, gloes

Derived terms

• lleddfu poen (“analgesia”)
• poen clust (“earache”)
• poendod (“pain; nuisance”)
• poeni (“to worry”)
• poenleddfol (“analgesic”)
• poenladdwr (“painkiller”)
• poenus (“painful”)

Related terms

• poenydio (“to torture”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
poen	boen	mhoen	phoen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “poen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies