different between woon vs poon

English

Noun

woon

1. (obsolete) dwelling; wone

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?n/
• Hyphenation: woon
• Rhymes: -o?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wone.

Noun

woon f (uncountable)

1. domicile, residence, home, abode (place of living)
2. residence, inhabiting (state of residing)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

woon

1. first-person singular present indicative of wonen
2. imperative of wonen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Etymology 1

Wikispecies Origin: 1690–1700; compare Tamil ?????? (pu??ai), Malayalam ????? (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum.

Noun

poon (plural poons)

1. Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.

Etymology 2

Clipping of poontang.

Noun

poon (countable and uncountable, plural poons)

1. (US, vulgar slang) Poontang, the vagina, or, intercourse with a woman.

2. (colloquial) A wimp; a pussy.

Synonyms

• (vagina): cooch, pussy, quim; see also Thesaurus:vulva
• (intercourse with a woman): coitus, punani, snu snu; see also Thesaurus:copulation
• (wimp): nestle-cock, sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop

Anagrams

• no-op

Esperanto

Noun

poon

1. accusative singular of poo

Middle English

Noun

poon

1. Alternative form of pown (“peacock”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• peon, paon, poun

Etymology

From Late Latin ped?, ped?nem (“footsoldier”), from Latin p?s, pedem (“foot”).

Noun

poon m (oblique plural poons, nominative singular poons, nominative plural poon)

1. walker; pedestrian
2. (chess) pawn

Descendants

• ? Middle English: pown, powne, poun, poune, pon, pawn, paun, pewne
  • English: pawn
  • Scots: poun
• French: pion

References

• poon on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• puon, p'oon

Etymology

From Clipping of Panginoon

Noun

poón

1. lord; master
2. image of a saint

Synonyms

• (lord): amo, apo, Panginoon
• (image of a saint): santo, rebulto

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: po
• ? Tagalog: opo