pov

See also: POV and pov'

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Abbreviation of poverty or Clipping of impoverished.

Adjective

pov (comparative more pov, superlative most pov)

1. (colloquial, Australia, slang, abbrevaition) Poor; impoverished; cheap.
   • 1999 April 28, Gerard, “GAF clothes in Melbourne”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet):

     Phantazeum is still in existence, on Chapel Street (the more pov end, not the yuppy end) ...

   • 2002 June 2, Marco Spaccavento, “Focus to start at $23k!”, in aus.cars (Usenet):

     Especially considering the most pov Astra is $18,990 and $20k gets you a fully loaded Pulsar...

Alternative forms

• povvo

Etymology 2

Noun

pov (plural povs)

1. Alternative form of POV
   • 2001 January 20, louie, “Proximity”, in alt.philosophy.taoism (Usenet):

     We all have a different pov with most pov′s probably not being had by anybody at a given moment.

   • 2004 June 5, Greig, “Why there was no W.M.D's in Iraq”, in aus.politics (Usenet):

     Show your proof that they are lying.  Otherwise you are just one more pov on a keyboard expressing your ignorant viewpoint, without the benefot^[sic] of facts to support your view.

Anagrams

• OPV, OVP, VOP

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Volapük

Noun

pov (nominative plural povs)

1. (geography) pole

Declension

declension of pov

	singular	plural
nominative	pov	povs
genitive	pova	povas
dative	pove	poves
accusative	povi	povis
vocative 1	o pov!	o povs!
predicative 2	povu	povus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pənX (“to shoot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒ˧˦/

Verb

pov

1. to throw

References

• John Duffy, Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community →ISBN, 2007)