puisi

See also: puisī and puiši

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *puǝrǝ (“animal on surface of water, seal”), from Proto-Eskimo *puɣǝr(a)- (“seal, beluga”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /puisi/, [pʊ.ɪ.sɪ]

Noun

puisi (plural puisit)

1. seal

Declension

Declension of puisi

	singular	plural
absolutive	puisi	puisit
ergative	puisip	puisit
allative	puisimut	puisinut
ablative	puisimit	puisinit
prosecutive	puisikkut	puisitigut
locative	puisimi	puisini
instrumental	puisimik	puisinik
equative	puisitut	puisitut

Derived terms

• puisippoq (“catches a seal”)
• puisip amia (“sealskin”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch poëzie, from Middle French poésie (Modern French poésie), from Late Latin poēsia, from earlier poēsis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

puisi (first-person possessive puisiku, second-person possessive puisimu, third-person possessive puisinya)

1. poetry, rhymes

Further reading

• “puisi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Noun

puisi m

1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of puisis