poon

See also: Poon, and po-on

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːn/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology 1

Calophyllum inophyllum var. inophyllum

Compare Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), Malayalam പുന്ന (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum. Doublet of punnai.

Noun

poon (plural poons)

1. Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc. [from 1690s]

Etymology 2

Clipping of poontang.

Noun

poon (countable and uncountable, plural poons)

1. (US, vulgar, slang) The vagina and vulva; or intercourse with a woman.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva, Thesaurus:copulation

   I'm gonna get me some poon at this party.

2. (colloquial) A wimp; a pussy.

   Synonyms: sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop

See also

• poon up (probably etymologically unrelated)
• khao poon (etymologically unrelated)

Further reading

• Calophyllum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calophyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• no-op

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈʔon/ [poˈʔon̪]
• Hyphenation: po‧on

Noun

pòon (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. Misspelling of puon.

Esperanto

Noun

poon

1. accusative singular of poo

Higaonon

Etymology

Akin to Malay pohon.

Noun

poon

1. stem

Middle English

Noun

poon

1. Alternative form of pown (“peacock”)

Old French

Noun

poon oblique singular, m (oblique plural poons, nominative singular poons, nominative plural poon)

1. Alternative form of peon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• puon, puhon

Etymology

Possibly from either of the following:

• From Proto-Philippine *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun. Compare Ilocano puon (“tree; source”), Kapampangan pun (“tree; leader”), Bikol Central puon (“tree; leader”), Western Subanon poon (“leader”), and its possible metathesis and doublet puno (“tree; leader”). The derived terms involving familial ties may also possibly be related to the meaning “tree; source”. See also puhunan.
• From contraction of panginoon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /poˈʔon/ [poˈʔon̪]
    • Rhymes: -on
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpoʔon/ [ˈpoː.ʔon̪] (archaic)
    • Rhymes: -oʔon
• Syllabification: po‧on

Noun

poón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. lord; master

   Synonyms: amo, apo, panginoon

2. image of a saint

   Synonyms: santo, rebulto, anito

Derived terms

• amang poon
• amba poon
• inang poon
• inda poon
• poonin
• pumoon

 

See also

• opo
• po
• senyor

 

Further reading

• “poon” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “poon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1104.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 551: “Señor) Poon (pp) palabrilla q̃ vſan reſpõdiendo, oo poõ, ſi ſeñor, aba poon (ſaludando) pues ſeñor.”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puqun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI