puing

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch puin, from Middle Dutch poyn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: pu‧ing

Noun

puing (plural puing-puing)

1. rubble, debris, wreckage
2. ruin

Derived terms

• berpuing-puing
• memuingkan
• puing-puing

Further reading

• “puing”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɯiŋʲkʲ/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [pʰəiɲkʲ]

Noun

puing m or f (genitive singular puing, nominative plural puingean or puingan)

1. point
2. note

Declension

Declension of puing (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	puing	puingean
genitive	puing	phuingean
dative	puing	puingean; puingibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) puing	(na) puingean
genitive	(a') phuing	(nam) puingean
dative	(a') phuing	(na) puingean; puingibh1
vocative	phuing	phuingean; phuingean

¹ archaic or poetic form

Derived terms

• stad-phuing
• clisg-phuing

Mutation

Mutation of puing

radical	lenition
puing	phuing

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “puing”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN