puin

From Middle Dutch poyn, pouyn, pueyn, further etymology unknown. Compare West Frisian pún, English pound (“to beat, crush”).

• IPA^(key): /pœy̯n/

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• Rhymes: -œy̯n

puin n (plural puinen, diminutive puintje n)

1. rubble, debris, wreckage; also as recycled building material
2. (usually in the plural) ruins
   • 1914, Theo van Doesburg, De oorlog:

     De akkers, het koren, het vee zullen vertrapt worden; steden zullen in puin vallen en al wat de menschelijke geest eens deed oprichten: Kunst, Nijverheid of Wetenschap, het zal met bloed bespat worden.

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• bepuinen
• puinhoop
• puinig
• verpuind

• → Indonesian: puing

• IPA^(key): /ˈpui̯n/, [ˈpui̯n]
• Rhymes: -uin
• Syllabification^(key): puin

pukea +‎ -in

puin

1. (usually in the plural) apparel, clothing

   Synonyms: asu, asukokonaisuus, puku, sopa, vaatetus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puin

1. first-person singular past indicative of pukea

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puin

1. instructive plural of puu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puin

1. first-person singular present indicative of puida
2. first-person singular past indicative of puida

• nupi

From puu (“wood”) +‎ -in. Akin to Finnish puinen and Karelian puini.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpui̯ne/, [ˈpui̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpui̯n/, [ˈpui̯n]
• Rhymes: -ui̯n
• Hyphenation: puin

puin

1. wooden

puin

1. barrel, vat

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 435