poen

Dutch

Etymology

Uncertain. Originally Bargoens.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pun/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

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

Noun

poen m or f (plural poenau)

  1. pain, ache
    Synonyms: cur, dolur, gloes

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of poen
radical soft nasal aspirate
poen boen mhoen phoen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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
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