poun.

Brit.

/pəʊ/, U.S.

/poʊ/, South African English

/pəʊ/

Forms:

α. 1700s– pow, 1800s phow, 1800s– pou, 1800s– pouw.

β. 1800s paow, 1800s– paauw, 1800s– pauw, 1900s– pau.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch paauw; Afrikaans pou.

Etymology: < South African Dutch paauw, pauw (Afrikaans pou), transferred use of Dutch pauw , †paauw peacock (see po n.¹). Compare gompaauw n. N.E.D. (1907) enters this under paauw and gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (pāu) /pɑːʊ/.

South African.

Any of the larger kinds of bustard found in southern Africa, esp. the kori bustard, Ardeotis kori, Ludwig's bustard, Neotis ludwigii, and Denham's (or Stanley's) bustard, N. denhami.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Otididae > member of (bustard)

bustarda1475

gustardc1540

pou1798

native turkey1822

houbara1827

Stanley bustard1831

α.

1798 A. Barnard Jrnl. 13 May in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 439 I..tied the pow, or wild peacock, to the waggon—a very fine bird indeed, of grave colours, but rich brown.

1827 G. Thompson Trav. I. 96 I saw..the pouw, which is a sort of large bustard, and very delicate eating.

1892 Daily News 8 Mar. 5/3 Shooting in all two quagga, two koodoo,..and a pow,..an enormous bird, standing about 4ft. high, chiefly body.

1909 Lady S. Wilson S. Afr. Mem. 84 We now traversed a fine open grassy country, very desolate... The only signs of life were various fine ‘pows’..or ‘korans,’..or a covey of guinea-fowl.

1959 Cape Argus 3 Jan. (Mag.) 8/2 Even the beginner in bird lore would not look for..a pou in the Knysna forest.

1975 W. Steenkamp Land of Thirst King 135 The pou is a handsome bird and very good eating. There also happens to be a long-standing ban on hunting it.

β. 1800 G. Yonge in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1898) III. 197 Pauws or Wild Peacocks are become extremely scarce.1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. iv. 73 I..perceived a large paow or bustard walking on the plain before me.1860 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 30 239 We had had no time to shoot a paauw or bustard, so dined off wildebeest-steaks and stew.1910 J. Buchan Prester John xix. 313 I saw odd little movements in the bush—a buck's head raised, a paauw stalking solemnly in the long grass.1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn iii. 39 To make this feast there had been a great killing: of oxen,..of wildfowl, guineas, pauws, and pheasants.1958 Cape Times 9 Aug. (Week-end Mag.) 5/5 Paauw and korhaan share the river beds with secretary birds, red-breasted shrikes, hornbills, blue jays and many other birds.1991 Best of S. Afr. Short Stories (Reader's Digest Assoc.) 11 Another game bird favoured by hunters in the Karoo..was the kori bustard (Ardeotis kori), often called the gompou or paauw.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pou
释义	poun. Brit. /pəʊ/, U.S. /poʊ/, South African English /pəʊ/ Forms: α. 1700s– pow, 1800s phow, 1800s– pou, 1800s– pouw. β. 1800s paow, 1800s– paauw, 1800s– pauw, 1900s– pau. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch paauw; Afrikaans pou. Etymology: < South African Dutch paauw, pauw (Afrikaans pou), transferred use of Dutch pauw , †paauw peacock (see po n.¹). Compare gompaauw n. N.E.D. (1907) enters this under paauw and gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (pāu) /pɑːʊ/. South African. Any of the larger kinds of bustard found in southern Africa, esp. the kori bustard, Ardeotis kori, Ludwig's bustard, Neotis ludwigii, and Denham's (or Stanley's) bustard, N. denhami. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Otididae > member of (bustard) bustarda1475 gustardc1540 pou1798 native turkey1822 houbara1827 Stanley bustard1831 α. 1798 A. Barnard Jrnl. 13 May in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 439 I..tied the pow, or wild peacock, to the waggon—a very fine bird indeed, of grave colours, but rich brown. 1827 G. Thompson Trav. I. 96 I saw..the pouw, which is a sort of large bustard, and very delicate eating. 1892 Daily News 8 Mar. 5/3 Shooting in all two quagga, two koodoo,..and a pow,..an enormous bird, standing about 4ft. high, chiefly body. 1909 Lady S. Wilson S. Afr. Mem. 84 We now traversed a fine open grassy country, very desolate... The only signs of life were various fine ‘pows’..or ‘korans,’..or a covey of guinea-fowl. 1959 Cape Argus 3 Jan. (Mag.) 8/2 Even the beginner in bird lore would not look for..a pou in the Knysna forest. 1975 W. Steenkamp Land of Thirst King 135 The pou is a handsome bird and very good eating. There also happens to be a long-standing ban on hunting it. β. 1800 G. Yonge in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1898) III. 197 Pauws or Wild Peacocks are become extremely scarce.1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. iv. 73 I..perceived a large paow or bustard walking on the plain before me.1860 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 30 239 We had had no time to shoot a paauw or bustard, so dined off wildebeest-steaks and stew.1910 J. Buchan Prester John xix. 313 I saw odd little movements in the bush—a buck's head raised, a paauw stalking solemnly in the long grass.1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn iii. 39 To make this feast there had been a great killing: of oxen,..of wildfowl, guineas, pauws, and pheasants.1958 Cape Times 9 Aug. (Week-end Mag.) 5/5 Paauw and korhaan share the river beds with secretary birds, red-breasted shrikes, hornbills, blue jays and many other birds.1991 Best of S. Afr. Short Stories (Reader's Digest Assoc.) 11 Another game bird favoured by hunters in the Karoo..was the kori bustard (Ardeotis kori), often called the gompou or paauw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1798
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