different between puns vs pung

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nz/
• Rhymes: -?nz

Noun

puns

1. plural of pun

Verb

puns

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pun

Anagrams

• spun

Portuguese

Noun

puns

1. plural of pum

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Shortened form of tom-pung, from the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan.

Noun

pung (plural pungs)

1. (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.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese ? (pèng).

Alternative forms

• pong

Noun

pung (plural pungs)

1. (mahjong) A set of three identical tiles.

Translations

Coordinate terms

• chow
• kong

Etymology 3

Verb

pung

1. (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

1. (transitive) to have

Particle

pung

1. possessive particle

Aromanian

Verb

pung

1. 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

1. 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

1. right, correct, just

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse pungr.

Noun

pung c (singular definite pungen, plural indefinite punge)

1. purse (small bag for carrying money)

   Synonym: pengepung

2. (anatomy) scrotum
3. (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)

1. bud

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• pung in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Icelandic

Noun

pung

1. indefinite accusative singular of pungur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pungr.

Noun

pung m (definite singular pungen, indefinite plural punger, definite plural pungene)

1. a pouch (including of marsupials)
2. a purse
3. (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)

1. a pouch (including of marsupials)
2. a purse
3. (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

1. purse (small bag used to keep small items)
2. scrotum

   Synonym: scrotum

3. a pouch in marsupials where it rears its young during their early infancy

Declension

Derived terms

• punga ut
• pengapung
• pungdjur
• pungkula
• pungråtta
• pungräv