poon

• IPA^(key): /puːn/

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Compare Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), Malayalam പുന്ന (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum. Doublet of punnai.

poon (plural poons)

1. Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.

Clipping of poontang.

poon (countable and uncountable, plural poons)

1. (US, vulgar, slang) The vagina and vulva; or intercourse with a woman.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva, Thesaurus:copulation

   I'm gonna get me some poon at this party.

2. (colloquial) A wimp; a pussy.

   Synonyms: sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop

• poon up (probably etymologically unrelated)
• khao poon (etymologically unrelated)

• Calophyllum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calophyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• no-op

• IPA^(key): /poˈʔon/
• Hyphenation: po‧on

pòon (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. Misspelling of puon.

poon

1. accusative singular of poo

Akin to Malay pohon.

poon

1. stem

poon

1. Alternative form of pown (“peacock”)

poon oblique singular, m (oblique plural poons, nominative singular poons, nominative plural poon)

1. Alternative form of peon

• puon, puhon

Possibly from either of the following:

• From Proto-Philippine *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun. Compare Ilocano puon (“tree; source”), Kapampangan pun (“tree; leader”), Bikol Central puon (“tree; leader”), Western Subanon poon (“leader”), and its possible metathesis and doublet puno (“tree; leader”). The derived terms involving familial ties may also possibly be related to the meaning “tree; source”. See also puhunan.
• From contraction of panginoon.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /poˈʔon/
    • Rhymes: -on
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpoʔon/ (archaic)
    • Rhymes: -oʔon
• Syllabification: po‧on

poón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. lord; master

   Synonyms: amo, apo, panginoon

2. image of a saint

   Synonyms: santo, rebulto, anito

• “poon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “poon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1104.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 551: “Señor) Poon (pp) palabrilla q̃ vſan reſpõdiendo, oo poõ, ſi ſeñor, aba poon (ſaludando) pues ſeñor.”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puqun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI