punani

English

/pʊˈnɑːni/

noun

Definitions

(countable) The female genitalia.
(uncountable) sexual Sexual intercourse with a woman.

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole punaany (female genitalia) derived from French putain (whore) derived from Hawaiian Puanani (beautiful flower).

Origin

Hawaiian

Puanani

Gloss

beautiful flower

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

poontang English
puttana Italian
punani Dutch, Flemish
putain French
putanisme French
puta Spanish, Castilian
punani Swedish
putain Old French
Puanani Hawaiian
nani Hawaiian
pua Hawaiian
punaany Jamaican Creole

poontang