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# counterpoint
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪnt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Middle French contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrāpūnctum. Equivalent to counter- +‎ point.

#### Noun

counterpoint (countable and uncountable, plural counterpoints)
* (music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
** 2009, Roger T. Dean, The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music:I noticed […] that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.
* Any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
** 2014, Nancy M. Marion, Willard M. Oliver, Drugs In American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics and the Law, page 188:As counterpoints to the glamorous looks of 1980s models such as Chistie Brinkley and Heidi Klum, heroin chic looks such as Kate Moss were thin to the point of anorectic gauntness.
* An opposite point.
** 1605, Sir Edwin Sandys, Europae Speculum [A Relation of the State of Religion in Europe], in Mary Ellen Henley, Sir Edwin Sandy's Europae Speculum: a Critical Edition (2001)
    […] Priests; who affecting in them selves and their followers a certein Angelical puritie, fell sodainly to the very counterpoint of justifying bestialitie.

##### Synonyms

* contrapuntal music
* polyphony

##### Translations
#### Verb

counterpoint (third-person singular simple present counterpoints, present participle counterpointing, simple past and past participle counterpointed)
* (transitive) To compose or arrange such music.
* (transitive) To serve as an opposing point against.
** 2011, Paul-François Tremlett, Religion and the Discourse on Modernity:[…] the dominant discourse on theory and method in the study of religions remains stuck on the debate about reductionism, which is in turn bent on representing the debate about theory and method in the study of religions as a choice between an unscientific phenomenology or an unsympathetic positivism (for phenomenology the idea that explanation is always 'bad' is perfectly counterpointed by the idea that religion is always 'good').

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Old French contrepointe, a corruption of coultepointe, from Latin culcita puncta, i.e. a stitched pillow or cover. See quilt.

#### Noun

counterpoint (plural counterpoints)
* Obsolete form of counterpane.

### Anagrams

* unprotection
# vollendet
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔlˈɛndət/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: voll‧en‧det

### Participle

vollendet
* past participle of vollenden

### Adjective

vollendet (strong nominative masculine singular vollendeter, not comparable)
* perfect, accomplished
    Synonyms: beispielhaft, bravourös, einwandfrei, ideal, makellos, meisterhaft, mustergültig, musterhaft, optimal, perfekt, tadellos, traumhaft, unübertrefflich, unübertroffen, vollkommen, vorbildhaft, vorbildlich

#### Derived terms

* vollendete Gegenwart f
* vollendete Tatsache f
* vollendete Zukunft f

#### Related terms

* vollenden

### Further reading

* “vollendet” in Duden online
* “vollendet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
# ιθαγενή
## Greek
### Adjective

ιθαγενή • (ithagení)
* accusative masculine/feminine singular of ιθαγενής (ithagenís)
* nominative/accusative neuter plural of ιθαγενής (ithagenís)

### Noun

ιθαγενή • (ithagení) m or f
* genitive/accusative/vocative singular of ιθαγενής (ithagenís)
# samhainophobic
## English
### Etymology

From Samhain +‎ -o- +‎ -phobic.

### Adjective

samhainophobic (comparative more samhainophobic, superlative most samhainophobic)
* Of or pertaining to samhainophobia.
** 2006 October 31, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Face Your fears”, in Chicago Tribune‎:If you’re samhainophobic, you should probably stay home today.
** (Can we date this quote?), Olivera Tolimir, “Halloween in Serbia: Learn 4 Serbian Tricks to get a Treat”, in Belgrade Language School‎:Did you know that many Serbs are pretty samhainophobic?
# cocking on
## English
### Verb

cocking on
* present participle and gerund of cock on
# grafall
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkraːvatl/

### Noun

grafall m (genitive singular grafals, nominative plural graflar)
* graver, burin

#### Related terms

* grafa
# crums up
## English
### Verb

crums up
* third-person singular simple present indicative of crum up
# μανταρινιού
## Greek
### Noun

μανταρινιού • (mantarinioú) n
* genitive singular of μανταρίνι (mantaríni)
# Cieplucha
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Cieplucha.

### Proper noun

Cieplucha (plural Ciepluchas)
* A surname from Polish.

#### Statistics

* According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cieplucha is the 463456th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 30 individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cieplucha”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 337.

## Polish
### Etymology

From ciepłucha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ɕɛˈplu.xa/
* Rhymes: -uxa
* Syllabification: Cie‧plu‧cha

### Proper noun

Cieplucha m pers
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Cieplucha f
* a female surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Cieplucha”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
# 擢髮難數
## Chinese

| | | pull out; select | hair | disaster; distress; to scolddisaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good | number; figure; to countnumber; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly |
| trad. (擢髮難數) | trad. (擢髮難數) | 擢 | 髮 | 難 | 數 |
| simp. (擢发难数) | simp. (擢发难数) | 擢 | 发 | 难 | 数 |
| Literally: “so many that one cannot finish counting even with all strands of hair pulled out”. ||||||

### Etymology

From Records of the Grand Historian:
    （須賈）曰：「擢賈之髮以續賈之罪，尚未足。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]（须贾）曰：「擢贾之发以续贾之罪，尚未足。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE(Xū Jiǎ) yuē: “Zhuó gǔ zhī fà yǐ xù gǔ zhī zuì, shàng wèi zú.” [Pinyin]Xu Jia said: “I have committed so many sins that it even if you pull away all my hair for counting them would not be enough.”

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuófà-nánshǔ, zhuófǎ-nánshǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zok$^6$ faat$^3$ naan$^4$ sou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuófà-nánshǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuófànánshǔ
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^2$-fa$^4$-nan$^2$-shu$^3$
*** Yale: jwó-fà-nán-shǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwofahnanshuu
*** Palladius: чжофананьшу (čžofananʹšu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ fä⁵¹ nän³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuófǎ-nánshǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuófǎnánshǔ
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^2$-fa$^3$-nan$^2$-shu$^3$
*** Yale: jwó-fǎ-nán-shǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwofaananshuu
*** Palladius: чжофананьшу (čžofananʹšu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zok$^6$ faat$^3$ naan$^4$ sou$^2$
*** Yale: johk faat nàahn sóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzok$^9$ faat$^8$ naan$^4$ sou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zog$^6$ fad$^3$ nan$^4$ sou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔːk̚² faːt̚³ naːn²¹ sou̯³⁵/

### Idiom

擢髮難數
* (of crimes) innumerable

#### Synonyms

* 罄竹難書／罄竹难书 (qìngzhúnánshū)
# Ισλανδέζας
## Greek
### Noun

Ισλανδέζας • (Islandézas) f
* genitive singular of Ισλανδέζα (Islandéza)
# protivný
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech protivný, from Proto-Slavic *protivьnъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprocɪvniː]

### Adjective

protivný (comparative protivnější, superlative nejprotivnější, adverb protivně)
* mean; annoying
    protivný chlap ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ten člověk je mi protivný ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    protivný zvuk ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    protivný zvyk ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (dated) contrary; opposite

#### Declension
### See also

* nepříjemný
* nesnesitelný
* nesympatický
* otravný

### Further reading

* “protivný”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “protivný”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “protivný”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *protivьnъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈprociʋnɨː/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈprocivniː/, /ˈprocivnɛj/

### Adjective

protivný
* contrary; opposite
* mean; annoying

#### Descendants

* Czech: protivný

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “protivný”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Old Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *protivьnъ.

### Adjective

protivný
* contrary; opposite
* mean; annoying

#### Derived terms

* protivník m anim

#### Descendants

* Pannonian Rusyn: процивни (procivni)
* Slovak: protivný

### Further reading

* Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “protivný”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak protivný, from Proto-Slavic *protivьnъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprɔcivniː]
* Homophone: protivní

### Adjective

protivný
* mean; annoying
* (dated) contrary; opposite

#### Derived terms

* protivne
* protivnosť

### Further reading

* “protivný”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
# ts'uu
## Northern Haida
### Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡sʼuː/

### Noun

ts'uu
* western redcedar (Thuja plicata)
* Nancy J. Turner (2014) Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN

## Southern Haida
### Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡sʼuː/

### Noun

ts'uu
* western redcedar (Thuja plicata)
* Nancy J. Turner (2014) Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN
# sviftifall
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From svifta (“to deprive, remove something from”) +‎ fall (“case”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsvɪftɪˌfatl/

### Noun

sviftifall n (genitive singular sviftifalls, nominative plural sviftiföll)
* (grammar) ablative case
# going cahoots
## English
### Verb

going cahoots
* present participle and gerund of go cahoots
# μανδαρίνο
## Greek
### Noun

μανδαρίνο • (mandaríno) m
* accusative singular of μανδαρίνος (mandarínos)
# Trabalík
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtrabaʎiːk]

### Proper noun

Trabalík m pers (female equivalent Trabalíková)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Trabalík”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
# làikēi
## Khiamniungan Naga
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laɪ³¹kɛɪ³³/

### Verb

làikēi
* (Patsho) walk; roam around.
    Ei chamvijam le khuva tü liam le laikei je.I am (walking) on the way to school.
    Ei amkhamjam tong kü laikei je.I am walking by the church.
    Nyü atei le laikei je?Where are you roaming around?
# αποταμιεύσεων
## Greek
### Noun

αποταμιεύσεων • (apotamiéfseon) f
* genitive plural of αποταμίευση (apotamíefsi)
# さんじょ
## Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さんじょ – see the following entries. :
| 【三女】 | [noun] three daughters [noun] the third daughter |
| 【芟除】 | [noun] elimination, scything [verb] to eliminate, to scythe, to wipe out |
(This term, さんじょ (sanjo), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) :
# collecting up
## English
### Verb

collecting up
* present participle and gerund of collect up
# botnfall
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From botn +‎ fall.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔhtn.fatl/

### Noun

botnfall n (genitive singular botnfalls, no plural)
* lees (sediment)
# went cahoots
## English
### Verb

went cahoots
* simple past of go cahoots
# einbezog
## German
### Verb

einbezog
* first/third-person singular dependent preterite of einbeziehen
# argón
## Asturian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

### Noun

argón m (uncountable)
* argon

## Hungarian
### Etymology

argó +‎ -n

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒrɡoːn]
* Hyphenation: ar‧gón

### Noun

argón
* superessive singular of argó
    A katonai argón belül is vannak alcsoportok. ― There are subgroups even within the military jargon.

## Irish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

### Noun

argón m (genitive singular argóin)
* (chemistry) argon

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
argón
vocative
a argóin
genitive
argóin
dative
argón
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an t-argón
genitive
an argóin
dative
leis an argón don argón :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “argón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* “argon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “argón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈarɡɔːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

argón m inan (genitive singular argónu, declension pattern of dub)
* argon (chemical element)

### Further reading

* “argón”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter form of ἀργός (argós, “idle”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -ón.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾˈɡon/ [aɾˈɣ̞õn]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: ar‧gón

### Noun

argón m (uncountable)
* argon

### Further reading

* “argón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

### Anagrams

* grano, rango
# lāi
## Khiamniungan Naga
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑɪ³³/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lāi
* (Patsho) traditional spear shaft; in the olden days, this kind of spear or shaft were used as a weapon or to support one's body while walking.
    Pieh naih lai nü liu uh langah hie-a thih jülaIn the olden days, spear was used a a weapon to catch wild animals.
# αγκλέουρα
## Greek
### Noun

αγκλέουρα • (agkléoura) m
* genitive singular of αγκλέουρας (agkléouras)
* accusative singular of αγκλέουρας (agkléouras)
* vocative singular of αγκλέουρας (agkléouras)
# jimpansî
## Welsh
### Noun

jimpansî
* (colloquial) Soft mutation of tsimpansî.
# came off it
## English
### Verb

came off it
* simple past of come off it
# samvistarfall
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From samvist (“being or living together”) +‎ fall (“case”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsamvɪstarˌfatl/

### Noun

samvistarfall n (genitive singular samvistarfalls, nominative plural samvistarföll)
* (grammar) comitative case
# érjen
## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈeːrjɛn]
* Hyphenation: ér‧jen

### Etymology 1

ér (“to reach; to be worth”) +‎ -jen

#### Verb

érjen
* third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of ér

### Etymology 2

From the ér- stem of érik (“to ripen”) +‎ -jen.

#### Verb

érjen
* third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of érik
# τάπητα
## Ancient Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tá.pɛː.ta/ → /ˈta.pi.ta/ → /ˈta.pi.ta/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /tá.pɛː.ta/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈta.pe̝.ta/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈta.pi.ta/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈta.pi.ta/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈta.pi.ta/

### Noun

τάπητᾰ • (tápēta)
* accusative singular of τάπης (tápēs)

## Greek
### Noun

τάπητα • (tápita) m
* genitive singular of τάπητας (tápitas)
* accusative singular of τάπητας (tápitas)
* vocative singular of τάπητας (tápitas)
# fambly
## English
### Etymology

From family.

### Noun

fambly (plural famblies)
* (dialect) A family.
** 1905, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, The Colonel's Dream:Lawd, no, suh, de fambly did n' die out — 'deed dey did n' die out! dey ain't de kind er fambly ter die out! But it's mos' as bad, suh — dey's moved away.
** 1915, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Old Judge Priest:But there's a right smart chance of middle-aged famblies and even a few toler'ble new famblies in this here community.
** 2005, Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black:You don't want to mess with the fambly of Nick. Because Nick he is a fambly man.
# bagaikan
## Indonesian
### Etymology

bagai +‎ -kan

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /baɡaˈikan/ [ba.ɡaˈi.kan]
* Rhymes: -ikan
* Syllabification: ba‧gai‧kan

### Preposition

bagaikan
* as, like
# αγκομαχητά
## Greek
### Noun

αγκομαχητά • (agkomachitá) n
* nominative plural of αγκομαχητό (agkomachitó)
* accusative plural of αγκομαχητό (agkomachitó)
* vocative plural of αγκομαχητό (agkomachitó)
# Kalema
## English
### Proper noun

the Kalema (uncountable)
* A violent surf that occurs on the coast of the Guinea region of West Africa.
** 1899, The International Geography Publisher: G. Newnes limited. Editor(s): Hugh Robert Mill. Page 972.:Has no harbour and landing is rather difficult through the heavy surf, the “Kalema”, which breaks upon the coast all year round.
** 1961, Physical Oceanography. Publisher: Macmillan. Author(s): Albert Defant. P 101.:"In the same way, the imposing swell causing the constant surf at the coast of Guinea (the Kalema) originates from a region near Tristan de Cunha […] There is sometimes a strong surf generated from about 400 nautical miles distance.

### Anagrams

* Amalek, Makela, Melaka, kamela

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈle.ma/, [kəˈlɛ.mə]

### Proper noun

Kalema
* Salem
** The capital of Oregon, United States
# condescend upon
## English
### Verb

condescend upon (third-person singular simple present condescends upon, present participle condescending upon, simple past and past participle condescended upon)
* (transitive) To specify; to mention.
# sjávarfall
## Icelandic
### Noun

sjávarfall n (genitive singular sjávarfalls, nominative plural sjávarföll)
* (in the plural) tide
# érjetek
## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈeːrjɛtɛk]
* Hyphenation: ér‧je‧tek

### Etymology 1

ér (“to reach; to be worth”) +‎ -jetek

#### Verb

érjetek
* second-person plural subjunctive present indefinite of ér

### Etymology 2

From the ér- stem of érik (“to ripen”) +‎ -jetek.

#### Verb

érjetek
* second-person plural subjunctive present indefinite of érik
# einbeziehst
## German
### Verb

einbeziehst
* second-person singular dependent present of einbeziehen
# contrafreeload
## English
### Etymology

Back-formation from contrafreeloading.

### Verb

contrafreeload (third-person singular simple present contrafreeloads, present participle contrafreeloading, simple past and past participle contrafreeloaded)
* (intransitive) To engage in contrafreeloading.
** 2024 November 22, Stephanie Hanes, Melanie Stetson Freeman, “Moody chickens? Playful bumblebees? Science decodes the rich inner lives of animals.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:Scientists are still debating why most animals contrafreeload.

#### Related terms

* contrafreeloader
* contrafreeloading
* freeload
* freeloader
* freeloading
# Fliese
## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vlīse, from Proto-Germanic *flīsō (“split chip”), a nasalized dental extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”), whence also Proto-Germanic *splītaną (“to split”). Cognate with Swedish flis (“wood chips”) (DWDS).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfliːzə/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iːzə

### Noun

Fliese f (genitive Fliese, plural Fliesen)
* tile (on walls or floors, not roof tile)
    Synonym: Kachel

#### Hyponyms

* Bodenfliese
* Terracottafliese
* Wandfliese

#### Derived terms

* fliesen

#### Related terms

* Fliesenleger
* Fliesentisch

### Further reading

* “Fliese” in Duden online
* “Fliese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
# αγκραφών
## Greek
### Noun

αγκραφών • (agkrafón) f
* genitive plural of αγκράφα (agkráfa)
# Kalolaina Hema
## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.loˈlai̯.na ˈhe.ma/, [kə.loˈlɐj.nə ˈhɛ.mə], [kə.loˈlɛj.nə ˈhɛ.mə] (rapid speech)

### Proper noun

Kalolaina Hema
* South Carolina (a state of the United States)
# POV
## English
### Noun

POV (plural POVs)
* Initialism of point of view.
    Synonym: viewpoint
    Antonyms: (epistemically) NPOV, point-of-viewlessness; eticness
    Hyponyms: (epistemically) worldview; emicness
    Alternative forms: P.O.V., PoV, p.o.v., pov
** 1988, Kristin Thompson, Breaking the Glass Armor: Neoformalist Film Analysis, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 308:By this time we might suspect that he had not been looking at her in the previous shot, and that the bird shot had been from his pov.
** 1993, Richard Price, 3 Screenplays, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 261:From his pov, we see Boom Boom Grossman, 60, huge ex-pug Jack Dempsey look-alike with meat-hook hands and meat-pie face.
** 1999, Laurence A. Rickels, The vampire lectures, page 259:When one of the girls goes down into the basement, she is devoured by the POV accompanied by audio portions of werewolfish sounds.
** 2015, Kate Elliott, The Very Best of Kate Elliott, Tachyon Publications, →ISBN, page 344:A female point-of-view (pov) character is not necessarily written from the perspective of a female gaze. […] A pov character is a character through whose eyes and perspective we follow the action of the story.
** 2022, Peter C. Pugsley, Ben McCann, The Cinematic Influence: Interaction and Exchange Between the Cinemas of France and Japan, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:The film takes us immediately to Oscar’s pov, complete with momentary ‘blackouts’ as he blinks. […] Soon, still from Oscar’s pov, he begins lighting up a form of hallucinatory drug, and after a seemingly interminable number of attempts, begins to achieve the high he was seeking.
** 2022, Nigel Hamilton, “The Missing Key: Theorizing Modern Historical Biography”, in Hans Renders, David Veltman, editors, Fear of Theory: Towards a New Theoretical Justification of Biography, Brill, →ISBN, part I (Reflections on Theory and Biography), page 39:Who would dare theorize the history and practice of jazz without taking into account its significant composers, vocalists and instrumentalists from their pov?
** 2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times‎:Ms. Brier specializes in point of view, or P.O.V., videos that confront relatable, often hateable characters, with a subtle sneer, gleefully rubbery body and arch delivery of generational catchphrases like “slay, queen” and “I got you,” often repeated for effect.
* Initialism of privately owned vehicle.
* (finance, computing) Initialism of percentage of volume, a type of securities trading algorithm.

#### Usage notes

* (point of view) The acronym POV has gone through a semantic shift on the social media app TikTok, where it refers to videos not filmed from any individual's actual point of view, but rather to give context to a situation.
* In fan fiction and amateur fiction online, sometimes used to indicate a change of protagonist, e.g. "POV: Bobby".

### References

* ↑ Emma Carey (2022 August 4) “What Does POV Mean On TikTok? The Popular Acronym, Explained”, in Bustle‎, archived from the original on 2022-11-01

### Anagrams

* OPV, PVO, VOP, OVP