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== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /puːn/ Rhymes: -uːn === Etymology 1 === Compare Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), Malayalam പുന്ന (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum. Doublet of punnai. ==== Noun ==== poon (plural poons) Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc. [from 1690s] === Etymology 2 === Clipping of poontang. ==== Noun ==== poon (countable and uncountable, plural poons) (US, vulgar, slang) The vagina and vulva; or intercourse with a woman. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva, Thesaurus:copulation (colloquial) A wimp; a pussy. Synonyms: sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop ===== Derived terms ===== === See also === poon up (probably etymologically unrelated) khao poon (etymologically unrelated) === Further reading === Calophyllum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Calophyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Anagrams === no-op == Central Bikol == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poˈʔon/ [poˈʔon̪] Hyphenation: po‧on === Noun === pòon (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔) misspelling of puon == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoon/ Rhymes: -oon Syllabification: po‧on === Noun === poon accusative singular of poo == Higaonon == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun. Akin to Malay pohon. === Noun === poon stem == Middle English == === Noun === poon alternative form of pown (“peacock”) == Old French == === Noun === poon oblique singular, m (oblique plural poons, nominative singular poons, nominative plural poon) alternative form of peon == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === puon, puhon === Etymology === Possibly from either of the following: From Proto-Philippine *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun. Compare Ilocano puon (“tree trunk; source”), Kapampangan pun (“tree trunk; leader”), Central Bikol puon (“tree trunk; 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 trunk; source”. See also puhunan. From contraction of panginoon. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /poˈʔon/ [poˈʔon̪] Rhymes: -on (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpoʔon/ [ˈpoː.ʔon̪] Rhymes: -oʔon Syllabification: po‧on === Noun === poón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔) lord; master Synonyms: amo, apo, panginoon image of a saint Synonyms: santo, rebulto, anito ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “poon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “poon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: 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, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier. Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva. San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., 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