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poi

See also: POI and P.O.I.

Translingual

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poi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Highland Popoluca.

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English

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Etymology 1

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A bowl of poi.

Borrowed from Hawaiian poi.

Noun

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poi (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii) The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. [from 18th c.]
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 104:
      It was a far cry from the traditional Hawaiian feast, which always included the beloved poi, a purplish paste made from pounded taro root […] .
  2. A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

Etymology 2

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Fire poi (juggling).

Borrowed from Maori poi.

Noun

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poi (plural poi or pois)

  1. (New Zealand) A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string. [from 19th c.]
    • 2008, Ellen Koskoff, “Haka poi”, in The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Routledge, →ISBN, page 738:
      Warriors formerly used poi actions to maintain wrist flexibility, but poi have developed as a women's dance. Classic poi dances and songs are reputed to have been those of the people of the Taranaki, Rotorua, and Whanganui tribal areas, but poi are now performed everywhere in Aotearoa.
    • 2013, Catriona Rainsford, The Urban Circus: Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas, Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 18:
      A couple of days later Trico announced that, if I were to travel with them, it was imperative that I learn some form of malabares, or circus skill. The available options were poi, staff or juggling. ‘Poi’, the form of malabares that Sandra played, are two balls at the end of chains which are spun in patterns around the body. When the balls are replaced by wicks soaked in gasoline and set alight, the poi ‘spin fire’.
  2. (New Zealand) A traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. [from 19th c.]

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Noun

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poi (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of poee (“Goan flatbread”)

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Guaraní

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Etymology

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Cognate with Old Tupi po'ir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [poˈi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: po‧i

Verb

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poi

  1. to quit (doing something)
  2. to let go, to unleash

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of poi
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
active
indicative che apoi nde repoi ha'e opoi ñande japoi ore ropoi peẽ pepoi ha'ekuéra opoi/opoi hikuái
hortative tapoi che terepoi nde topoi ha'e tajapoi ñande taropoi ore tapepoi peẽ topoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - epoi - - - pepoi -
passive
indicative che ajepoi nde rejepoi ha'e ojepoi ñande jajepoi ore rojepoi peẽ pejepoi ha'ekuéra ojepoi/ojepoi hikuái
hortative tajepoi che terejepoi nde tojepoi ha'e tajajepoi ñande tarojepoi ore tapejepoi peẽ tojepoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - ejepoi - - - pejepoi -
reciprocal
indicative - - - ñande jajopoi ore rojopoi peẽ pejopoi ha'ekuéra ojopoi/ojopoi hikuái
hortative - - - tajajopoi ñande tarojopoi ore tapejopoi peẽ tojopoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - - - - - pejopoi -
coactive
indicative che ambopoi nde rembopoi ha'e ombopoi ñande ñambopoi ore rombopoi peẽ pembopoi ha'ekuéra ombopoi/ombopoi hikuái
hortative tambopoi che terembopoi nde tombopoi ha'e tañambopoi ñande tarombopoi ore tapembopoi peẽ tombopoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - embopoi - - - pembopoi -
objective
indicative che aropoi/agueropoi nde reropoi/regueropoi ha'e oropoi/ogueropoi ñande jaropoi/jagueropoi ore roropoi/rogueropoi peẽ peropoi/pegueropoi ha'ekuéra oropoi/ogueropoi//oropoi/ogueropoi hikuái
hortative taropoi/tagueropoi che tereropoi/teregueropoi nde toropoi/togueropoi ha'e tajaropoi/tajagueropoi ñande taroropoi/tarogueropoi ore taperopoi/tapegueropoi peẽ toropoi/togueropoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - eropoi/egueropoi - - - peropoi/pegueropoi -
subsuntive¹
indicative che aporopoi/amba'epoi nde reporopoi/remba'epoi ha'e oporopoi/omba'epoi ñande japoropoi/ñamba'epoi ore roporopoi/romba'epoi peẽ peporopoi/pemba'epoi ha'ekuéra oporopoi/omba'epoi//oporopoi/omba'epoi hikuái
hortative taporopoi/tamba'epoi che tereporopoi/teremba'epoi nde toporopoi/tomba'epoi ha'e tajaporopoi/tañamba'epoi ñande taroporopoi/taromba'epoi ore tapeporopoi/tapemba'epoi peẽ toporopoi/tomba'epoi ha'ekuéra/hikuái
imperative - eporopoi/emba'epoi - - - peporopoi/pemba'epoi -
¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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poi

  1. a porridge-like substance made from cooked and ground taro corm mixed with water; a traditional Hawaiian staple food

Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post.[1] Compare Portuguese pois, Spanish pues, French puis, and Romanian apoi / Romanian poi (archaic păi).

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Adverb

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poi

  1. then
  2. later

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Noun

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il poi m (invariable)

  1. the future

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  1. ^ “poi” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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poi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぽい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ポイ

Jingpho

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese ပွဲ (pwai:).

Noun

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poi

  1. feast, festival

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  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin paucus.

Adjective

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poi m or f (invariable)

  1. few; little

Adverb

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poi

  1. little; not much

Pronoun

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poi

  1. few; not many (people, objects etc.)

Descendants

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  • French: peu

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɔi
  • Syllabification: po‧i

Verb

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poi

  1. third-person singular present of poić

Romanian

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Adverb

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poi

  1. Alternative form of apoi

Samoan

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Noun

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poi

  1. Samoan poi

Sukurum

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Noun

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poi

  1. water

References

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  • Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
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