"pou" meaning in Mauritian Creole

See pou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /pu/
Etymology: From French pour. Compare Haitian Creole pou. Etymology templates: {{der|mfe|fr|pour}} French pour, {{cog|ht|pou}} Haitian Creole pou Head templates: {{head|mfe|preposition}} pou
  1. for
    Sense id: en-pou-mfe-prep-EMIrz0x2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pu

Verb

IPA: /pu/ Forms: form pou [medial]
Etymology: From French pour. Compare Haitian Creole pou. Etymology templates: {{der|mfe|fr|pour}} French pour, {{cog|ht|pou}} Haitian Creole pou Head templates: {{head|mfe|verb}} pou, {{mfe-verb|pou}} pou (medial form pou)
  1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate future tense. Tags: auxiliary Related terms: ti pou
    Sense id: en-pou-mfe-verb-tR1i1pZj Categories (other): Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header, Mauritian Creole prepositions Disambiguation of Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Mauritian Creole prepositions: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pu
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        "(auxiliary) Used to indicate future tense."
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  "etymology_text": "From French pour. Compare Haitian Creole pou.",
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    }
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        "(auxiliary) Used to indicate future tense."
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