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poi

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See also: POI and P.O.I.

Translingual

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Symbol

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poi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Highland Popoluca.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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A bowl of poi.

Borrowed from Hawaiian poi.

Noun

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poi (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii) The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. [from 18th c.]
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 104:
      It was a far cry from the traditional Hawaiian feast, which always included the beloved poi, a purplish paste made from pounded taro root […] .
  2. A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

Etymology 2

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Fire poi (juggling).

Borrowed from Māori poi.

Noun

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poi (countable and uncountable, plural poi or pois)

  1. (New Zealand) A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string. [from 19th c.]
    • 2008, Ellen Koskoff, “Haka poi”, in The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Routledge, →ISBN, page 738:
      Warriors formerly used poi actions to maintain wrist flexibility, but poi have developed as a women's dance. Classic poi dances and songs are reputed to have been those of the people of the Taranaki, Rotorua, and Whanganui tribal areas, but poi are now performed everywhere in Aotearoa.
    • 2013, Catriona Rainsford, The Urban Circus: Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas, Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 18:
      A couple of days later Trico announced that, if I were to travel with them, it was imperative that I learn some form of malabares, or circus skill. The available options were poi, staff or juggling. ‘Poi’, the form of malabares that Sandra played, are two balls at the end of chains which are spun in patterns around the body. When the balls are replaced by wicks soaked in gasoline and set alight, the poi ‘spin fire’.
  2. (New Zealand) A traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. [from 19th c.]

Etymology 3

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Noun

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poi (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of poee (“Goan flatbread”).

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Anagrams

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Hawaiian

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *poʔoi (“pounded starchy food together with a sauce or gravy”), from Proto-Central Pacific *boxoi "a kind of pudding". Cognate with Māori paoi (“pound, mash”), Fijian bokoi (“pudding”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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poi

  1. a porridge-like substance made from cooked and ground taro corm mixed with water; a traditional Hawaiian staple food

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Descendants

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  • → English: poi

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post.[1] Compare Portuguese pois, Spanish pues, French puis, and Romanian apoi / Romanian poi (archaic păi).

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Adverb

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poi

  1. then
  2. later

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Noun

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il poi m (invariable)

  1. the future

References

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  1. ^ “poi” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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poi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぽい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ポイ

Jingpho

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese ပွဲ (pwai:).

Noun

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poi

  1. feast, festival

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  • Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Māori

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poi

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *pohi, from Proto-Central Pacific *poci, from Proto-Oceanic *posi,[1] from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *popəs, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pəpəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəspəs (“to press out”). See also pōpō. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “verify Proto-Polynesian and Proto-Central Pacific”)

Noun

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poi

  1. lump of dirt, clump of hair etc
  2. ball, sphere
    poi āwhiowhio: a special gourd instrument spun around to produce a whistling sound (lit. 'whirled ball')
    poi whana: association football
    1. poi (tethered weights used in a poi performance)
    3. a poi performance or the accompanying music

Verb

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poi (passive poia)

  1. to make into balls, to knead
    Synonym: pōpō
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Descendants
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References

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  1. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[1], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 282–3.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *poi (“irregular motion”). Cognate with Niuean poi (“to run around”), with influence of homograph above.

Verb

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poi (passive poia)

  1. to toss up
  2. to swing or twirl
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Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “poi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 334
  • John C. Moorfield (2011), “poi”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin paucus.

Adjective

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poi m or f (invariable)

  1. few; little

Adverb

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poi

  1. little; not much

Pronoun

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poi

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

Descendants

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Paraguayan Guarani

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Etymology

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Cognate with Old Tupi po'ir.

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Verb

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poi

  1. to quit (doing something)
  2. to let go, to unleash

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of poi
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
active
indicative che apoi nde repoi ha'e opoi ñande japoi ore ropoi peẽ pepoi ha'ekuéra opoi/opoi hikuái
hortative tapoi che terepoi nde topoi ha'e tajapoi ñande toropoi ore tapepoi peẽ topoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - epoi - - - pepoi -
passive
indicative che ajepoi nde rejepoi ha'e ojepoi ñande jajepoi ore rojepoi peẽ pejepoi ha'ekuéra ojepoi/ojepoi hikuái
hortative tajepoi che terejepoi nde tojepoi ha'e tajajepoi ñande torojepoi ore tapejepoi peẽ tojepoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - ejepoi - - - pejepoi -
reciprocal
indicative - - - ñande jajopoi ore rojopoi peẽ pejopoi ha'ekuéra ojopoi/ojopoi hikuái
hortative - - - tajajopoi ñande torojopoi ore tapejopoi peẽ tojopoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - - - - - pejopoi -
coactive
indicative che ambopoi nde rembopoi ha'e ombopoi ñande ñambopoi ore rombopoi peẽ pembopoi ha'ekuéra ombopoi/ombopoi hikuái
hortative tambopoi che terembopoi nde tombopoi ha'e tañambopoi ñande torombopoi ore tapembopoi peẽ tombopoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - embopoi - - - pembopoi -
objective
indicative che aropoi/agueropoi nde reropoi/regueropoi ha'e oropoi/ogueropoi ñande jaropoi/jagueropoi ore roropoi/rogueropoi peẽ peropoi/pegueropoi ha'ekuéra oropoi/ogueropoi//oropoi/ogueropoi hikuái
hortative toropoi/tagueropoi che tereropoi/teregueropoi nde toropoi/togueropoi ha'e tajaropoi/tajagueropoi ñande tororopoi/torogueropoi ore taperopoi/tapegueropoi peẽ toropoi/togueropoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - eropoi/egueropoi - - - peropoi/pegueropoi -
subsumptive¹
indicative che aporopoi/amba'epoi nde reporopoi/remba'epoi ha'e oporopoi/omba'epoi ñande japoropoi/ñamba'epoi ore roporopoi/romba'epoi peẽ peporopoi/pemba'epoi ha'ekuéra oporopoi/omba'epoi//oporopoi/omba'epoi hikuái
hortative taporopoi/tamba'epoi che tereporopoi/teremba'epoi nde toporopoi/tomba'epoi ha'e tajaporopoi/tañamba'epoi ñande toroporopoi/toromba'epoi ore tapeporopoi/tapemba'epoi peẽ toporopoi/tomba'epoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - eporopoi/emba'epoi - - - peporopoi/pemba'epoi -
¹: the subsumptive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɔi
  • Syllabification: po‧i

Verb

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poi

  1. third-person singular present of poić

Romanian

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Adverb

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poi

  1. alternative form of apoi

Samoan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *poʔoi (“pounded starchy food together with a sauce or gravy”), from Proto-Central Pacific *boxoi "a kind of pudding".

Noun

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poi

  1. Samoan poi (dessert of bananas mashed with coconut cream)

References

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  • Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 186

Sukurum

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Noun

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poi

  1. water

References

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  • Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
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