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puni

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

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin pūniō (I 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuni/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uni
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ni

Verb

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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!

Conjugation

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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

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French

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Participle

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

  1. past participle of punir

Further reading

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Galician

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Verb

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puni

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

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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puni(stative)

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

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Verb

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puni (stative)

  1. deceived, deluded
  2. to believe a lie
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Etymology 3

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

Verb

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puni

  1. (stative) completed, terminated

Noun

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puni

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

Etymology 4

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

Verb

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puni(transitive)

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

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).

Noun

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puni ?

  1. water

References

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pūnī

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pūniō

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pu‧ni

Verb

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puni

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

Rapa Nui

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Adjective

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puni

  1. dull

Serbo-Croatian

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Adjective

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puni

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

Umbrian

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Romanization

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puni

  1. Romanization of 𐌐𐌖𐌍𐌉