Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. pimple, boil, pustule

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Anagrams edit

Estonian edit

Noun edit

puist

  1. elative plural of puu

Scottish Gaelic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

puist m

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

Mutation edit

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.