poon

See also: Poon and po-on

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːn/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology 1

Calophyllum inophyllum var. inophyllum

Compare Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), Malayalam പുന്ന (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum. Doublet of punnai.

Noun

poon (plural poons)

1. Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc. [from 1690s]

Etymology 2

Clipping of poontang.

Noun

poon (countable and uncountable, plural poons)

1. (US, vulgar, slang) The vagina and vulva; or intercourse with a woman.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva, Thesaurus:copulation

   I'm going to get me some poon at this party.

2. (colloquial) A wimp; a pussy.

   Synonyms: sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop

Derived terms

• pooner

See also

• poon up (probably etymologically unrelated)
• khao poon (etymologically unrelated)

Further reading

• Calophyllum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calophyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• no-op

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈʔon/ [poˈʔon̪]
• Hyphenation: po‧on

Noun

pòon (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. misspelling of puon

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoon/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oon
• Syllabification: po‧on

Noun

poon

1. accusative singular of poo

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun. Akin to Malay pohon.

Noun

poon

1. stem

Middle English

Noun

poon

1. alternative form of pown (“peacock”)

Old French

Noun

poon oblique singular, m (oblique plural poons, nominative singular poons, nominative plural poon)

1. alternative form of peon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• puon, puhon

Etymology

Possibly from either of the following:

• From Proto-Philippine *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun. Compare Ilocano puon (“tree trunk; source”), Kapampangan pun (“tree trunk; leader”), Central Bikol puon (“tree trunk; leader”), Western Subanon poon (“leader”), and its possible metathesis and doublet puno (“tree; leader”). The derived terms involving familial ties may also possibly be related to the meaning “tree trunk; source”. See also puhunan.
• From contraction of panginoon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /poˈʔon/ [poˈʔon̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
• (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʔon/ [ˈpoː.ʔon̪]
  • Rhymes: -oʔon
• Syllabification: po‧on

Noun

poón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. lord; master

   Synonyms: amo, apo, panginoon

2. image of a saint

   Synonyms: santo, rebulto, anito

Derived terms

• amang poon
• amba poon
• inang poon
• inda poon
• poonin
• pumoon

See also

• opo
• po
• senyor

Further reading

• “poon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “poon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1104
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 551: “Señor) Poon (pp) palabrilla q̃ vſan reſpõdiendo, oo poõ, ſi ſeñor, aba poon (ſaludando) pues ſeñor.”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puqun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI