poeslief
Dutch (Brabantic)
/pusˈlif/
adj
Definitions
- very friendly, nice or sweet
- acting very nicely, but insincerely
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish poes (cat, female cat, vagina, slang for vulva, pussy, puss) + Dutch, Flemish lief (love, dear, beloved).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
lief
Gloss
love, dear, beloved
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lief Dutch, Flemish
- liefdadig Dutch, Flemish
- liefhebben Dutch, Flemish
- lieflijk Dutch, Flemish
- lieveling Dutch, Flemish
- lieven Dutch, Flemish
- pitspoes Dutch, Flemish
- poes Dutch, Flemish
- smeerpoets Dutch, Flemish
- zoonlief Dutch, Flemish
- lief Middle Dutch
- poes Afrikaans
- pūs Middle Low German
- puspusi Sranan Tongo