punee
n.— «Small keed time, 60’s in Kailua, and Laie area, had chase mastah, rough take, shaveice, yes, I heard “confonnit!” a lot. (I thought this was my name for a while, my faddah usta say to me alla time; “confonnit, stop jumping up and down on da punee!» —“Re: dialectal differences” by Alkahuna Kekaula Kamauoha Usenet: soc.culture.hawaii May 6, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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