poon

See also: Poon and po-on

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːn/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology 1

Compare Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), Malayalam പുന്ന (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum. Doublet of punnai.

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. [from 1690s]

Etymology 2

Clipping of poontang.

Noun

poon (countable and uncountable, plural poons)

1. (US, vulgar, slang) The vagina and vulva; or intercourse with a woman.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva, Thesaurus:copulation

   I'm gonna get me some poon at this party.

2. (colloquial) A wimp; a pussy.

   Synonyms: sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop

Derived terms

• pooner

See also

• poon up (probably etymologically unrelated)
• khao poon (etymologically unrelated)

Further reading

• Calophyllum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calophyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• no-op

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈʔon/ [poˈʔon̪]
• Hyphenation: po‧on

Noun

pòon (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. misspelling of puon

Esperanto

Noun

poon

1. accusative singular of poo

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun. Akin to Malay pohon.

Noun

poon

1. stem

Middle English

Noun

poon

1. alternative form of pown (“peacock”)

Old French

Noun

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

1. alternative form of peon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• puon, puhon

Etymology

Possibly from either of the following:

• From Proto-Philippine *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun. Compare Ilocano puon (“tree; source”), Kapampangan pun (“tree; leader”), Bikol Central puon (“tree; leader”), Western Subanon poon (“leader”), and its possible metathesis and doublet puno (“tree; leader”). The derived terms involving familial ties may also possibly be related to the meaning “tree; source”. See also puhunan.
• From contraction of panginoon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /poˈʔon/ [poˈʔon̪]
    • Rhymes: -on
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpoʔon/ [ˈpoː.ʔon̪] (archaic)
    • Rhymes: -oʔon
• Syllabification: po‧on

Noun

poón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. lord; master

   Synonyms: amo, apo, panginoon

2. image of a saint

   Synonyms: santo, rebulto, anito

Derived terms

• amang poon
• amba poon
• inang poon
• inda poon
• poonin
• pumoon

See also

• opo
• po
• senyor

Further reading

• “poon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “poon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1104
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 551: “Señor) Poon (pp) palabrilla q̃ vſan reſpõdiendo, oo poõ, ſi ſeñor, aba poon (ſaludando) pues ſeñor.”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puqun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI