pue

See also: PUE, pué, pu'e, and pü

English

Alternative forms

• pew

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

pue (third-person singular simple present pues, present participle puing, simple past and past participle pued)

1. (dated, intransitive) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, OCLC 801077108; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, OCLC 318419127:

     The birds likewise with chirps and puing could / Cackling and chattering that of Jove beseech.

Related terms

• peevish

References

• pue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Asturian

Verb

pue

1. third-person singular present indicative of poder

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Finnish

Verb

pue

1. present active indicative connegative of pukea
2. second-person singular present imperative of pukea
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of pukea

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py/
• Homophones: pu, pues, puent, pus, put, pût

Verb

pue

1. inflection of puer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• peu

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Warembori

Noun

pue

1. pig

   E pue pa kambi.

   I hunt big pigs.

References

• Donohue, Mark. Warembori grammar sketch. Sydney: Univ. iii+70pp. (1999).