poi

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Noun

poi (plural po)

Fire poi (juggling).

1. A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
2. A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.
3. A style of performance art originating in New Zealand Maori culture.
4. The equipment used in such a performance, typically a pair of short cords with a soft cloth ball at one end of each piece. Similar items, of different construction, are used in a more modern style of fire poi.

Anagrams

• IPO, PIO

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Italian

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔi

Adverb

poi

1. then
2. later

Noun

il poi m (invariable)

1. the future

See also

• poiché

Anagrams

• pio, Pio

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Lojban

Etymology 1

A priori.

Cmavo

poi

1. Introduces a restrictive relative clause: who; which.

Usage notes

• The cmavo ku'o can be used to indicate the termination of the (restrictive) relative clause, but is only required if the parsing of the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.
• The cmavo zi'e can be used to join two relative clauses.

Related terms

• noi
• voi

See also

• ke'a
• po'u
• zi'e

Etymology 2

From porsi.

Rafsi

poi

1. rafsi of porsi.

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Old French

Etymology

Latin paucus.

Adjective

poi m and f (invariable)

1. few; little

Adverb

poi

1. little; not much

Pronoun

poi

1. few; not many (people, objects etc.)

Descendants

• French: peu

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Samoan

Noun

poi

1. Samoan poi