pov

See also: POV, PoV, pov', p.o.v., and P.O.V.

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of poverty or clipping of impoverished.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Adjective

pov (comparative more pov, superlative most pov)

1. (colloquial, Australian slang) Poor; impoverished; cheap.
   • 1999 April 28, Gerard, “GAF clothes in Melbourne”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet):

     Phantazeum is still in existence, on Chapel Street (the more pov end, not the yuppy end) ...

   • 2002 June 2, Marco Spaccavento, “Focus to start at $23k!”, in aus.cars (Usenet):

     Especially considering the most pov Astra is $18,990 and $20k gets you a fully loaded Pulsar...

Alternative forms

• povvo

Noun

pov (plural povs)

1. (slang) A poor person; a pauper.
   • 1997, South Park (animated TV series), "Starvin' Marvin" (episode)

     Well, mayor, it's based on the cash grab, but instead of money, the cans of food are blown around inside the capsule. The pov inside catches as many as he can to feed his family.

Alternative forms

• povvo

Etymology 2

Noun

pov (plural povs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of POV (“point of view”)

Anagrams

• OPV, PVO, VOP, OVP

Volapük

Noun

pov (nominative plural povs)

1. (geography) pole

Declension

declension of pov

	singular	plural
nominative	pov	povs
genitive	pova	povas
dative	pove	poves
accusative	povi	povis
vocative 1	o pov!	o povs!
predicative 2	povu	povus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pənX (“to shoot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒ˧˦/

Verb

pov

1. to throw

References

• John Duffy, Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community →ISBN, 2007)