poe
See also: Appendix:Variations of "poe"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
poe (plural poes)
- (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 edit
Derived from the Hokkien 桮 (“poe”)
Noun edit
poe
- moon blocks.
- poe divination
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Noun edit
poe
Hawaiian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *poe (“pearl”) (compare with Tahitian poe (“pearl”))[1][2]
Verb edit
poe
Derived term edit
Reference edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
poe
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
poe
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
poe f
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Attested from the early twelfth century onward.
Pronunciation edit
(central pronunciations)
Noun edit
poe oblique singular, f (oblique plural poes, nominative singular poe, nominative plural poes)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “poe1”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
- Pope, Mildred Katherine (1934) From Latin to French with Especial Consideration of Anglo-Norman, Manchester: Manchester University Press, page 210
- powe_1 on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pauta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 75
Tahitian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *poe (“pearl”) (compare with Hawaiian poe (“round”))[1]
Noun edit
poe
References edit
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “poe” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.