# poi
## Translingual
### Symbol

poi
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Highland Popoluca.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Highland Popoluca terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK, General American) IPA: /pɔɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɪ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian poi.

#### Noun

poi (uncountable)
* (Hawaii) The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. [from 18th c.]
** 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 104:It was a far cry from the traditional Hawaiian feast, which always included the beloved poi, a purplish paste made from pounded taro root […] .
* A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori poi.

#### Noun

poi (plural poi or pois)
* (New Zealand) A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string. [from 19th c.]
** 2008, Ellen Koskoff, “Haka poi”, in The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Routledge, →ISBN, page 738:Warriors formerly used poi actions to maintain wrist flexibility, but poi have developed as a women's dance. Classic poi dances and songs are reputed to have been those of the people of the Taranaki, Rotorua, and Whanganui tribal areas, but poi are now performed everywhere in Aotearoa.
** 2013, Catriona Rainsford, The Urban Circus: Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas, Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 18:A couple of days later Trico announced that, if I were to travel with them, it was imperative that I learn some form of malabares, or circus skill. The available options were poi, staff or juggling. ‘Poi’, the form of malabares that Sandra played, are two balls at the end of chains which are spun in patterns around the body. When the balls are replaced by wicks soaked in gasoline and set alight, the poi ‘spin fire’.
* (New Zealand) A traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. [from 19th c.]

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

poi (uncountable)
* Alternative form of poee (“Goan flatbread”)

### Further reading

* poi (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* poi (performance art) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* IOP, IPO, OPI, PIO, Pio

## Guaraní
### Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi po'ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [poˈi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: po‧i

### Verb

poi
* to quit (doing something)
* to let go, to unleash

#### Conjugation
## Hawaiian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

poi
* a porridge-like substance made from cooked and ground taro corm mixed with water; a traditional Hawaiian staple food

## Italian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post. Compare Portuguese pois, Spanish pues, French puis, and Romanian apoi / Romanian poi (archaic păi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔj/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔj
* Hyphenation: pòi

### Adverb

poi
* then
* later

#### Derived terms

* poiché

#### Related terms

* dopo

### Noun

il poi m (invariable)
* the future

### References

* ↑ “poi” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

### Anagrams

* Pio, ipo-, pio, pio-

## Japanese
### Romanization

poi
* Rōmaji transcription of ぽい
* Rōmaji transcription of ポイ

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ပွဲ (pwai:).

### Noun

poi
* feast, festival

### References

* Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin paucus.

### Adjective

poi m or f (invariable)
* few; little

### Adverb

poi
* little; not much

### Pronoun

poi
* few; not many (people, objects etc.)

#### Descendants

* French: peu

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔ.i/
* Rhymes: -ɔi
* Syllabification: po‧i

### Verb

poi
* third-person singular present of poić

## Romanian
### Adverb

poi
* Alternative form of apoi

## Samoan
### Noun

poi
* Samoan poi

## Sukurum
### Noun

poi
* water

### References

* Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71