Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch puust. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pœy̯st/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: puist
  • Rhymes: -œy̯st

Noun

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puist f or m (plural puisten, diminutive puistje n)

  1. pimple, boil, pustule

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Aukan: posi (from the diminutive)
  • Caribbean Hindustani: poisi
  • Papiamentu: pèshi, peishi, pijsji (from the diminutive)

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Noun

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puist

  1. elative plural of puu

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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puist m

  1. inflection of post:
    1. genitive singular
    2. plural

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
puist phuist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.