English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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poe (plural poes)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of po (chamberpot)
    • 1984, Frank L. Mills, Simon B. Jones-Hendrickson, Bertram Eugene, Christmas Sports in St. Kitts-Nevis: Our Neglected Cultural Tradition:
      He looked for his enamel chamber pot — or poe in local parlance — whose better days had long gone: the handle was broken, there were a few rusted holes, and it was covered with a myriad of spalls. The poison of the fish soon had him vomiting in the poe.

Etymology 2

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Derived from the Hokkien (“poe”)

Noun

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poe

  1. moon blocks.
    poe divination

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Noun

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poe

  1. genitive singular of pood

Hawaiian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *poe (pearl) (compare with Tahitian poe (pearl))[1][2]

Verb

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poe

  1. (stative) round, rounded
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hae”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 334
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “poe”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English boy.

Noun

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poe

  1. boy

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English buoy.

Noun

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poe

  1. buoy

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.e/
  • Rhymes: -ɔe
  • Hyphenation: pò‧e

Noun

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poe f

  1. plural of poa

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Attested from the early twelfth century onward.

Pronunciation

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(central pronunciations)

Noun

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poe oblique singularf (oblique plural poes, nominative singular poe, nominative plural poes)

  1. paw
  2. animal's foot
  3. claw

Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: pau
  • Middle English: pawe, pauwe, powe
  • Middle Irish: pói

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Tahitian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *poe (pearl) (compare with Hawaiian poe (round))[1]

Noun

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poe

  1. pearl

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “poe”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online