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poenamu

poenamu is the alternative form of pounamu.

Meaning of pounamu

Noun

pounamu (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) Jade, nephrite.
    • “They didn't exactly eat off pounamu plates, but they left quite a bit to us all.”1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 233

Questions about poenamu

What is poenamu the alternative form of?
Poenamu is the alternative form of pounamu.

Words near poenamu in the dictionary

  1. poemlike
  2. poems
  3. POEMS syndrome
  4. poena cullei
  5. poena damni
  6. poenamu
  7. Poeni
  8. poenology
  9. poep
  10. poephagous
  11. poeps

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