Entry:puindi
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| Letters | 6 |
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| Alphagram | D I I N P U |
| Morphemes | puind |
| Rhymes | wɪndi, pwɪndi |
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| eskonindi • nakosuinauwe • uzempuindi Inflections: puinde |
puindi a, puindausmi comp, puindausomi super 1 / 1a i b [/pwɪn.di/; puin•di (2 syll.)] [After Port. possuidor (in the sense of "leader"/"master")PanLinx.]
→ Puind- is a productive affixoid denoting highest-ranked entities. See also ault (high/tall/above).
The vomparative/superlative forms are only used to translate the English equivalents of more/most principal.
- puinde ns, puindo m, puinda f, puindous(e/o/a) du, puindes/puind(o/a)s pl [/pwɪnd/; puinde]
- puindar v [/pwɪn.dɑɹ/; puin•dar]
- 1 : to preside (over)
- 1 : to preside (over)
From the Corpus
[0007] Grieve (1906):86:
- Roasowe, puind’ouremeterije ńansulozi ten 6,000tame ńaulmadi, ńotrondat suode hoteleti, naumten «Ogilvie’s»…
- Roseau, which is the principal town on the island, having a population of about 6,000 inhabitants, has only one small hotel, viz., “Ogilvie’s”…
Hyponyms
meyaure (mayor), prêfekte (prefect)
Added on: 2021-08-11, 22:24 • View semantic data