pøs

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Verb

pøs

  1. imperative of pøse

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): /pøːs/, [pʰʏ́ːs]
    • Rhymes: -ǿːs

Noun

pøs m (definite singular pøsn)

  1. (anatomy) scrotum
  2. a man's strength, power
    ta pös å nan
    to do someone in
  3. gust

Alternative forms
  • pös

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): [pʰʏ̀ːs]
    • Rhymes: -ø̀ːs

Verb

pø̂s

  1. pant
  2. boil over
  3. be proud
  4. (of wet wood) burn badly, without flame

Alternative forms
  • pöös

Derived terms
  • pøsut (“inflated, conceited”)

References
  • Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “pös s. pø:s”; “pösa v. pø̂:s”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt [The Hössjö speech: dictionary of a southern Westrobothnian dialect] (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 151
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Pös” etc, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 516
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