poe

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

poe (plural poes)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of po (“chamberpot”)
    • 1984, Frank L. Mills, Simon B. Jones-Hendrickson, Bertram Eugene, Christmas Sports in St. Kitts-Nevis: Our Neglected Cultural Tradition:
      He looked for his enamel chamber pot — or poe in local parlance — whose better days had long gone: the handle was broken, there were a few rusted holes, and it was covered with a myriad of spalls. The poison of the fish soon had him vomiting in the poe.

Etymology 2

Derived from the Hokkien 桮 (“poe”)

Noun

poe

  1. moon blocks.
    poe divination

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

poe

  1. genitive singular of pood

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *poe (“pearl”) (compare with Tahitian poe (“pearl”))[1][2]

Verb

poe

  1. (stative) round, rounded
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hae”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 334
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “poe”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boy.

Noun

poe

  1. boy

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English buoy.

Noun

poe

  1. buoy

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.e/
  • Rhymes: -ɔe
  • Hyphenation: pò‧e

Noun

poe f

  1. plural of poa

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Attested from the early twelfth century onward.

Pronunciation

(central pronunciations)

Noun

poe oblique singular, f (oblique plural poes, nominative singular poe, nominative plural poes)

  1. paw
  2. animal's foot
  3. claw

Descendants

  • → Middle Breton: pau
  • → Middle English: pawe, pauwe, powe
  • → Middle Irish: pói

References

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *poe (“pearl”) (compare with Hawaiian poe (“round”))[1]

Noun

poe

  1. pearl

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “poe”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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