pui
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Puinave.
Symbol
pui
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Puinave terms
Aragonese
Etymology
Apocopated form of pueyo, from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion).
Noun
pui m
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch poye, from Old French poie, from Latin podia, plural of podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of podium.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
pui f (plural puien, diminutive puitje n) (architecture)
- facade, front of a building
- large glass window frame (generally reaching from floor to ceiling) as part of the outer or inner walls of a building
Derived terms
- binnenpui
- glaspui
- schuifpui
- winkelpui
Further reading
- pui on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpui̯/, [ˈpui̯] (third-person indicative)
- IPA(key): /ˈpui̯ˣ/, [ˈpui̯(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
- Rhymes: -ui
- Syllabification(key): pui
- Hyphenation(key): pui
Verb
pui
- inflection of puida:
- third-person singular present/past indicative
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Lombard
Etymology
Noun
pui
Old French
Etymology
Noun
pui oblique singular, m (oblique plural puis, nominative singular puis, nominative plural pui)
- well (structure from which water can be drawn)
Descendants
- French: puits
Portuguese
Verb
pui
- inflection of puir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puj]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin pullus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, or alternatively formed from the plural of an original Romanian form *pul. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Spanish pollo and Italian pollo.
Noun
pui m (plural pui)
- chicken
- chick
- cub, youngling, nestling, whelp, young of an animal, or less commonly of people
- darling, dear
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | pui | puiul | pui | puii | |
genitive-dative | pui | puiului | pui | puilor | |
vocative | puiule | puilor |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- →? Hungarian: pulya
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
pui
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pune
Sarasira
Noun
pui
References
- Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
Tho
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *t-puːj, cognate with Vietnamese vui, Muong pui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puːj¹/
Adjective
pui
- (Cuối Chăm) joyful