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Dutch
Etymology
Uncertain. Originally Bargoens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pun/
- Hyphenation: poen
- Rhymes: -un
Noun
poen f or n (plural poenen, diminutive poentje n)
- (informal) money
- 1955, Jean Senn, "Poen", performed by Wim Sonneveld.
Poen, poen, poen, poen. / De een zegt geld, de ander money, maar wij zeggen poen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Synonyms: doekoe, geld
See also
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh poen, a learned borrowing from Latin poena. Cornish and Breton poan suggest a Proto-Brythonic *puɨn from Vulgar Latin *pēna, which would have given *pwyn. Cognate with English pain.
Pronunciation
Noun
poen m or f (plural poenau)
- pain, ache
- Synonyms: cur, dolur, gloes
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “poen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies