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発音

A biting midge or sandfly (family Ceratopogonidae), known as a punkie (etymology 1) in the United States.

• (Received 発音, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌŋki/
• Homophone: punky
• 韻: -ʌŋki
• ハイフネーション: punk‧ie

語源 1

From Jersey Dutch *punkje + English -ie (diminutive suffix). *Punkje is derived from Delaware Munsee *pónkwes + Dutch -je (diminutive suffix); and *pónkwes from Proto-Algonquian *penkw- (“ashes; dust”) (whence Unami punkw (“dust”); probably referring to the insects’ small size)^[1][2] + *-ehs- (diminutive suffix).^[3] Compare the name of the Pennsylvania, USA, borough Punxsutawney (from Unami punkwës utènay (“sandfly town”)).

名詞

punkie (複数形 punkies)

1. (chiefly New England) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; a biting midge or sandfly.

   Synonyms: noseeum, no-see-um, sandflea

別の表記

• punkey
• punky

語源 2

A punkie (etymology 2) in Cornwall, England, UK, made from a turnip.

Possibly an alteration of pumpkin (“plant of the species Cucurbita pepo; round orange or yellow fruit of this plant; (古風な用法) any type of edible gourd”) +‎ -ie (diminutive suffix).^[4]

名詞

punkie (複数形 punkies)

2. (South West England, chiefly Somerset) In full punkie lantern: a lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern consisting of a gourd such as a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel or swede which has been hollowed out, in which a candle has been placed; these are chiefly displayed during Punkie Night in late October.

別の表記

• punky

派生語

• Punkie Night

語源 3

A punkie (etymology 3) or pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus).

Possibly an alteration of the first two syllables of pumpkinseed (“the North American sunfish Lepomis gibbosus”) +‎ -ie (diminutive suffix).

名詞

punkie (複数形 punkies)

1. (US) Synonym of pumpkinseed (“a North American sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus”).
   • 1949 October–November, John R. Greeley, “Sunfishes”, in P. W. Fosburgh, editor, New York State Conservationist, volume 4, number 2, Albany, N.Y.: State of New York Conservation Department, OCLC 35835113, page 14, column 2:

     But, although anything but a wary fish, the sunfish is not easy to catch because of its small mouth. Unless a small hook is used, meager results are secured in proportion to the antics of the cork or bobber, which in good "punkie" territory is likely to jiggle, stand on end and depart bottomward on short notice.

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