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English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).

Noun

poa (plural poas)

1. Any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua.

Anagrams

• AOP, APO, OAP, PAO, Pa-O, Pao, apo, apo-

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??? (póa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.a/

Noun

poa m (plural poas)

1. poa, grass

   Synonym: pâturin

References

• “poa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.a/
• Rhymes: -?a
• Hyphenation: pòa

Noun

poa f (plural poe)

1. poa

References

• poa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-poa (infinitive kupoa)

1. become calm
2. recover, get better

Conjugation

Interjection

poa

1. (Sheng) I'm fine (response to "how are you?")
2. (Sheng) cool, okay

Westrobothnian

Noun

poa

1. (childish) Horse.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian poi.

Noun

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.]
2. A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori poi.

Noun

poi (plural poi or pois)

1. (New Zealand) A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; also, a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. [from 19th c.]

Further reading

• poi (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• poi (performance art) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IOP, IPO, OPI, PIO, Pio

Hawaiian

Noun

poi

1. Traditional staple food of Hawai?i. A porridge-like substance made from cooked and ground taro corm mixed with water.

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i/
• Rhymes: -?i

Adverb

poi

1. then
2. later

Derived terms

• poiché

Related terms

• dopo

Noun

il poi m (invariable)

1. the future

References

Anagrams

• pio, Pio

Japanese

Romanization

poi

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ??? (pwai:).

Noun

poi

1. feast, festival

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research?^[1], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Old French

Etymology

From Latin paucus.

Adjective

poi m or f (invariable)

1. few; little

Adverb

poi

1. little; not much

Pronoun

poi

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

Descendants

• French: peu

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.i/

Verb

poi

1. third-person singular present of poi?

Romanian

Adverb

poi

1. Alternative form of apoi

Samoan

Noun

poi

1. Samoan poi

Sukurum

Noun

poi

1. water

References

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