poon

• IPA^(key): /puːn/

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• Rhymes: -uːn

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

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]

Clipping of poontang.

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

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

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

• no-op

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

pòon (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. misspelling of puon

poon

1. accusative singular of poo

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun. Akin to Malay pohon.

poon

1. stem

poon

1. alternative form of pown (“peacock”)

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

1. alternative form of peon

• puon, puhon

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.

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

poón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. lord; master

   Synonyms: amo, apo, panginoon

2. image of a saint

   Synonyms: santo, rebulto, anito

• “poon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “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^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (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^[3], 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