"ポイ" meaning in Japanese

See ポイ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: poi [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian poi. Etymology templates: {{ja-see|ぽい}}, {{bor+|ja|haw|poi}} Borrowed from Hawaiian poi Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ポイ • (poi)
  1. poi (food)
    Sense id: en-ポイ-ja-noun-wFWTBF2h Categories (other): Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: poi [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori poi. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|mi|poi}} Borrowed from Maori poi Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ポイ • (poi)
  1. the poi style of Māori dancing, using a ball on the end of a rope or string
    Sense id: en-ポイ-ja-noun-GzPDYqVs Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ポイ meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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