Another word for "mouth"? Where does this word come from?

Question

I'm going to get the spelling wrong but it is the word "Punome" and I've heard it before to replace the word "mouth". There is a scene in "meet the folkers" where Barbara Streisands character grabs and squeezes her son's face and says "look at the punome". Where does this word come from? Is it another language?

Answer 1

The word is "punim", and it's Yiddish (the so-called "mother tongue" of many Jews in years past):

Punim: (poo-nim) face. A "shana punim" is a pretty or beautiful face. A "lichtikeh punim" is a happy, "lit up" face. A"zeiseh punim" is a "sweet face." Usually these expressions are accompanied by much cheek-pinching by elder relatives. A"mieseh punim" is an "ugly face." A "farbissenah punim" is a "sour face." (visualize Leona Helmsley.)

Answer 2

I was used to the word piehole that refers to the mouth!

Answer 3

i think that they are meant to be a jewish family, so it is probably hebrew, most romance language have the word mouth similar to the word oral, or in french it is bouche.

Answer 4

You might mean "Punim" (poo-nim), which means "face" (as in "Look at that pretty face!") in Yiddish.

Answer 5

yiddish

Answer 6

jewish jargon,