pøs

pøs

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

pøs

1. imperative of pøse

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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