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Aragonese
Etymology
Apocopated form of pueyo, from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion).
Noun
pui m
- hill
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch poye, from Old French poie, from Latin podia, plural of podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of podium.
Pronunciation
Noun
pui f (plural puien, diminutive puitje n)
(architecture)
- facade, front of a building
- large glass window frame (generally reaching from floor to ceiling) as part of the outer or inner walls of a building
Derived terms
Further reading
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpui̯/, (third-person indicative)
- IPA(key): /ˈpui̯ˣ/, (imperative, indicative connegative)
- Rhymes: -ui
- Hyphenation(key): pui
Verb
pui
- inflection of puida:
- third-person singular present/past indicative
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Lombard
Etymology
From Latin pullus.
Noun
pui
- chicken
Old French
Etymology
From Latin puteus.
Noun
pui oblique singular, m (oblique plural puis, nominative singular puis, nominative plural pui)
- well (structure from which water can be drawn)
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
pui
- inflection of puir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin pullus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, or alternatively formed from the plural of an original Romanian form *pul. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Spanish pollo and Italian pollo.
Noun
pui m (plural pui)
- chicken
- chick
- cub, youngling, nestling, whelp, young of an animal, or less commonly of people
- darling, dear
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
pui
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pune
Sarasira
Noun
pui
- water
References
- Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
Tho
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *t-puːj, cognate with Vietnamese vui, Muong pui.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pui
- (Cuối Chăm) joyful