pou
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
pou (plural poue, diminutive poutjie)
Derived terms
Amanab
Noun
pou
- a kind of snake
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan pou, from an older */pots/ (with regular /-ts/ > /u̯/), from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”). Attested from 1272.[1] Compare Occitan potz, French puits, Spanish pozo.
Pronunciation
Noun
pou m (plural pous)
- well (a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids)
- (figurative) well (a source of supply)
- 2020 August 11, Mònica Planas Callol, “Secrets i prejudicis a l’americana [American-style secrets and prejudices]”, in Ara[1]:
- La sèrie provoca una angoixa creixent en l’espectador per la tendència dels personatges a amagar les seves ferides en comptes de guarir-les, i això es converteix en un pou de malentesos i conflictes que es van acumulant.
- The show causes a growing anxiety in the viewer because of the characters' tendency to hide their wounds instead of healing them, and that becomes a well of misunderstandings and conflicts that build up over time.
Derived terms
References
- ^ “pou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
References
- “pou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French pouil, peouil, püil, from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, from pēdis, from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. The singular is a back-formation from the plural (see also genou with the same development).
Pronunciation
Noun
pou m (plural poux)
Usage notes
Only seven words in French ending in -ou have their plurals in -oux instead of -ous: bijou, caillou, chou, genou, hibou, joujou, pou.
Derived terms
See also
- lente f
Further reading
- “pou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
Etymology 1
Preposition
pou
- for
- 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik[2]:
- Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou “sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”
- American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to speak about "the worsening situation in Venezuela."
Etymology 2
Noun
pou
Mandarin
Romanization
pou
- Nonstandard spelling of pōu.
- Nonstandard spelling of póu.
- Nonstandard spelling of pǒu.
- Nonstandard spelling of pòu.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Maori
Noun
pou
Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
- pu
Etymology
From French pour. Compare Haitian Creole pou.
Pronunciation
Preposition
pou
Verb
pou (medial form pou)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate future tense.
Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French poi.
Adverb
pou
- little (not much, not a lot)
Descendants
- French: peu
Old French
Adverb
pou
- Alternative form of poi
Pará Arára
Alternative forms
- pougu (used when talking to a capuchin monkey)
Noun
pou
- small peccary
References
- 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.
Tulu-Bohuai
Noun
pou
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
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