different between ponty vs pooty

English

Noun

ponty (plural ponties)

1. Alternative form of punty

Anagrams

• poynt

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?po?c]
• Rhymes: -o?c

Noun

ponty (plural pontyok)

1. carp (Cyprinus carpio)

   Synonym: potyka

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with the keszeg. The ponty is usually fleshier and has a humped back (but not always).

Declension

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References

Further reading

• ponty in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

English

Adjective

pooty (comparative more pooty, superlative most pooty)

1. (dialectal) pretty
   • 1857, The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1, No.1, Sally Parson's Duty

     "Bless your pooty little figger-head, Sally! I don't know as 'tis, but suthin' nigh about as bad is a-comin...

Adverb

pooty (comparative more pooty, superlative most pooty)

1. (dialectal) pretty
   • 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter VIII

     "Well, you see, it 'uz dis way. Ole missus — dat's Miss Watson — she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she awluz said she wouldn' sell me down to Orleans.

Anagrams

• otopy