puni

See also: Puni, puní, punì, pȕnī, -puni, and Puni

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin pūniō (“to punish”), from poena (“punishment, penalty”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, from the root *kʷey- (“to pay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuni/

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• Rhymes: -uni
• Syllabification: pu‧ni

Verb

puni (present punas, past punis, future punos, conditional punus, volitive punu)

1. to punish
   • 1990, H. C. Andersen, Knabino, kiu paŝis sur panon [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf], translation of Pigen, som traadte paa Brødet by L. L. Zamenhof:

     Ŝi estis tiel malbona, oni devis ŝin dece puni!

     She was so bad, she had to be properly punished!

   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 20:

     "Mi pensas pri la rakontoj kiuj parolas pri homoj en Hadeso - ke maljustulo devas esti punata tie. Eble oni antaŭe ridis pri tiaj rakontoj, sed nun la menso ekdubas, eble ili estas veraj."

     "I think about the stories which talk about people in Hades - that the unjust must be punished there. Perhaps one previously laughed about these stories, but now the mind begins to doubt, maybe they are true."

Conjugation

Conjugation of puni

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		punas		punis		punos
active participle		punanta	punantaj	puninta	punintaj	punonta	punontaj
	acc.	punantan	punantajn	punintan	punintajn	punontan	punontajn
passive participle		punata	punataj	punita	punitaj	punota	punotaj
	acc.	punatan	punatajn	punitan	punitajn	punotan	punotajn
nominal active participle		punanto	punantoj	puninto	punintoj	punonto	punontoj
	acc.	punanton	punantojn	puninton	punintojn	punonton	punontojn
nominal passive participle		punato	punatoj	punito	punitoj	punoto	punotoj
	acc.	punaton	punatojn	puniton	punitojn	punoton	punotojn
adverbial active participle		punante		puninte		punonte
adverbial passive participle		punate		punite		punote
		infinitive	puni	imperative	punu	conditional	punus

Derived terms

• galerpuno
• karcerpuno
• monpuno
• mortpuno
• puna
• puniĝi
• puno
• senpuna

Further reading

• “puni”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “puni”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Participle

puni (feminine punie, masculine plural punis, feminine plural punies)

1. past participle of punir

Further reading

• “puni”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Verb

puni

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of punir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ni/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *puni (“prevent access by surrounding completely”). Cognate with Māori puni (“sheath”).

Verb

puni(stative)

1. surrounded, enclosed
2. controlled
3. (figurative) overcome (by emotion)

Derived terms

• hoʻopuni (“to surround”, verb)
• punihei (“ensnared”)

Etymology 2

Verb

puni(stative)

1. deceived, deluded
2. to believe a lie

Derived terms

• hoʻopuni (“deceive”, verb)
• punipuni (“lie”, verb)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

puni

1. (stative) completed, terminated

Noun

puni

1. lap (complete circuit)
2. (boxing) round
3. (card games) hand (round of a card game)

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

puni(transitive)

1. to be fond of, to be partial to
2. to desire, to covet

Derived terms

• hoʻopuni (“desire greatly”, verb)
• puni ʻai (“fond of eating”)

Further reading

• puni in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).

Noun

puni ?

1. water

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎^[1], pages 13-36

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.niː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.ni]

Verb

pūnī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pūniō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ni

Verb

puni

1. inflection of punir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Rapa Nui

Adjective

puni

1. dull

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

puni (Cyrillic spelling пуни)

1. inflection of pun:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Umbrian

Romanization

puni

1. romanization of 𐌐𐌖𐌍𐌉