puni

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See also: Puni, puní, punì, pȕnī, and -puni

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Etymology

Derived from Latin pūniō (I punish), from poena (punishment, penalty), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, penalty, fine, bloodmoney), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, from the root *kʷey- (to pay).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uni
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ni

Verb

puni (present punas, past punis, future punos, conditional punus, volitive punu)

  1. to punish
    • 1990, H. C. Andersen, Knabino, kiu paŝis sur panon [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf], translation of Pigen, som traadte paa Brødet by L. L. Zamenhof:
      Ŝi estis tiel malbona, oni devis ŝin dece puni!
      She was so bad, she had to be properly punished!

Conjugation

Conjugation of puni
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense punas punis punos
active participle punanta punantaj puninta punintaj punonta punontaj
acc. punantan punantajn punintan punintajn punontan punontajn
passive participle punata punataj punita punitaj punota punotaj
acc. punatan punatajn punitan punitajn punotan punotajn
nominal active participle punanto punantoj puninto punintoj punonto punontoj
acc. punanton punantojn puninton punintojn punonton punontojn
nominal passive participle punato punatoj punito punitoj punoto punotoj
acc. punaton punatojn puniton punitojn punoton punotojn
adverbial active participle punante puninte punonte
adverbial passive participle punate punite punote
infinitive puni imperative punu conditional punus

Derived terms

French

Participle

puni (feminine punie, masculine plural punis, feminine plural punies)

  1. past participle of punir

Further reading

Galician

Verb

puni

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of punir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).

Noun

puni ?

  1. water

References

  • Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx, pages 13-36

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

pūnī

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pūniō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧ni

Verb

puni

  1. inflection of punir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Rapa Nui

Adjective

puni

  1. dull

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

puni

  1. inflection of pun:
    1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
    2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
    3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Umbrian

Romanization

puni

  1. Romanization of 𐌐𐌖𐌍𐌉