pônais

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Etymology

From Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”); related to pastinare (“to dig up the ground”).

Noun

pônais m (plural pônais)

  1. (Guernsey) parsnip
    • 1883, Nicholas Guilbert, L'Ami Pierre:
      V'là not bouan vier ami Pierre, / A serellaïr dans ses pânais […] .
      There's our good old friend Peter, weeding his parsnips.
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 512:
      A p'tit pourche grosse pânais.
      The little pig gets the big parsnip.
    • 2006, Peggy Collenette, “Au shaoux du Vouest”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 16:
      Quand nous vait les belles paunais et les manifique carottes.
      Look at the beautiful parsnips and the magnificent carrots.
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