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pung
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Shortened form of tom-pung, from the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan.
Noun
pung (plural pungs)
- (US, Canada) A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
- 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, p. 213,[1]
- […] they all crowded into the big pung sleigh, among straw and furry robes.
- 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, p. 213,[1]
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Chinese ? (pèng).
Alternative forms
- pong
Noun
pung (plural pungs)
- (mahjong) A set of three identical tiles.
Translations
Coordinate terms
- chow
- kong
Etymology 3
Verb
pung
- (nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of ping
Ambonese Malay
Etymology
Derived from Indonesian punya (“to have”) and Malay punya (“to have”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu?/
Verb
pung
- (transitive) to have
Particle
pung
- possessive particle
Aromanian
Verb
pung
- Alternative form of pungu
Atong (India)
Etymology
From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
pung
- granary, rice storehouse
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Chuukese
Adjective
pung
- right, correct, just
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse pungr.
Noun
pung c (singular definite pungen, plural indefinite punge)
- purse (small bag for carrying money)
- Synonym: pengepung
- (anatomy) scrotum
- (zoology) a pouch in marsupials where it rears its young during their early infancy
Inflection
Derived terms
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *po?ka (“tuber, boil, unevenness”), along with Hungarian bog.
Noun
pung (genitive punga, partitive punga)
- bud
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- pung in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
Icelandic
Noun
pung
- indefinite accusative singular of pungur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse pungr.
Noun
pung m (definite singular pungen, indefinite plural punger, definite plural pungene)
- a pouch (including of marsupials)
- a purse
- (anatomy) a scrotum
- Synonym: skrotum
Derived terms
- pengepung
- pungdyr
- sminkepung
References
- “pung” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse pungr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???/
Noun
pung m (definite singular pungen, indefinite plural pungar, definite plural pungane)
- a pouch (including of marsupials)
- a purse
- (anatomy) a scrotum
- Synonym: skrotum
Derived terms
- pengepung
- pungdyr
- sminkepung
References
- “pung” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish punger, from Old Norse pungr, itself of unknown origin.
Noun
pung c
- purse (small bag used to keep small items)
- scrotum
- Synonym: scrotum
- a pouch in marsupials where it rears its young during their early infancy
Declension
Derived terms
- punga ut
- pengapung
- pungdjur
- pungkula
- pungråtta
- pungräv
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pug
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?g, IPA(key): /p??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from the 18th c]
- Synonyms: Chinese pug, Dutch bulldog, Dutch mastiff, mini mastiff, mops, carlin, pugdog
- A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
- (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
- rotten chaffe or pugs, and such like plain mullock
- Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Derived terms
- pug nose
- pug-nosed
- pug-ugly
Translations
Etymology 2
Corruption of puck, from Old English p?ca (“goblin, demon”). Compare Icelandic púki (“demon”) and Welsh pwca (“hobgoblin”).
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
- A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cotgrave to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (mythological creature): puck, goblin, fairy
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of pugilist, from Latin pugil.
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- (informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.
- 1988, Ken Blady, The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame (page 226)
- He never trained for his characters either: with his slurred speech and disfigured mug he usually portrayed a punch-drunk ex-pug or comic tough guy, roles in which he was a natural.
- 1988, Ken Blady, The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame (page 226)
Etymology 4
Compare German pucken (“to thump, beat”).
Noun
pug (countable and uncountable, plural pugs)
- Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
- A pug mill.
Verb
pug (third-person singular simple present pugs, present participle pugging, simple past and past participle pugged)
- (transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
- to pug clay for bricks or pottery
- (transitive) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.
Etymology 5
From Hindi ?? (pag, “step, foot”), related to Sanskrit ???? (padya, “foot”) and Greek ???? (pódi, “foot”).
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- The pawprint or footprint of an animal
Synonyms
- pugmark
Etymology 6
Probably related to puck.
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- (obsolete) A term of endearment. [from the 16th c]
Anagrams
- GPU, gup
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pu?]
Noun
pug (nominative plural pugs)
- slaughter, slaughtering
- butchery, butchering
Declension
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