pov
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of poverty or Clipping of impoverished.
Adjective
pov (comparative more pov, superlative most pov)
- (colloquial, Australia, slang, abbrevaition) Poor; impoverished; cheap.
- 1999 April 28, Gerard, “GAF clothes in Melbourne”, in aus.culture.gothic, Usenet:
- Phantazeum is still in existence, on Chapel Street (the more pov end, not the yuppy end) ...
- 2002 June 2, Marco Spaccavento, “Focus to start at $23k!”, in aus.cars, Usenet:
- Especially considering the most pov Astra is $18,990 and $20k gets you a fully loaded Pulsar...
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Alternative forms
Initialism
pov
- Alternative form of POV
- 2001 January 20, louie, “Proximity”, in alt.philosophy.taoism, Usenet:
- We all have a different pov with most pov′s probably not being had by anybody at a given moment.
- 2004 June 5, Greig, “Why there was no W.M.D's in Iraq”, in aus.politics, Usenet:
- Show your proof that they are lying. Otherwise you are just one more pov on a keyboard expressing your ignorant viewpoint, without the benefot[sic] of facts to support your view.
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Volapük
Declension
declension of pov
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pov | povs |
genitive | pova | povas |
dative | pove | poves |
accusative | povi | povis |
vocative 1 | o pov! | o povs! |
predicative 2 | povu | povus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pənX (“to shoot”).
References
- John Duffy, Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community →ISBN, 2007)
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