puin

From Middle Dutch poyn, pouyn, pueyn, further etymology unknown. Compared to Old English punian (“to crush up, pound”), but this is questionable due to the variable spelling in the Middle Dutch forms.

Compare West Frisian pún, English pound (“to beat, crush”).

• IPA^(key): /pœy̯n/

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• Rhymes: -œy̯n

puin n (plural puinen, diminutive puintje n)

1. rubble, debris, wreckage; also as recycled building material
2. (usually in the plural) ruins
   • 1914, Theo van Doesburg, De oorlog:

     De akkers, het koren, het vee zullen vertrapt worden; steden zullen in puin vallen en al wat de menschelijke geest eens deed oprichten: Kunst, Nijverheid of Wetenschap, het zal met bloed bespat worden.

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• bepuinen
• puinhoop
• puinig
• verpuind

• → Indonesian: puing

• IPA^(key): /ˈpui̯n/,
• Rhymes: -uin
• Hyphenation^(key): puin

pukea +‎ -in

puin

1. (usually in the plural) apparel, clothing

   Synonyms: asu, asukokonaisuus, puku, sopa, vaatetus

• “puin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puin

1. first-person singular past indicative of pukea

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puin

1. instructive plural of puu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puin

1. first-person singular present/past indicative of puida

• nupi

From Proto-Finnic *puinën, equivalent to puu (“wood”) +‎ -in. Cognates include Finnish puinen and Estonian puine.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpui̯ne/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpui̯n/,
• Rhymes: -ui̯n
• Hyphenation: puin
• Homophone: puinna

puin

1. barrel, vat

puin (comparative puisemp)

1. wooden

• (wooden): puukas
• (barrel): bocka, pytty

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puin

1. Alternative spelling of puinna

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 435

From Proto-Finnic *puinën.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpui̯n/,
• Rhymes: -ui̯n
• Hyphenation: puin

puin

1. wooden

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “puin”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn