Description:

The term 'poen' refers to names.

Noun:

As a noun, poen means a name or designation. To state what something's name is, the usual way is a possessive construction with a copula. For example:

A poen na lijátuin se an na Elia.
The woman's name is Elia.

In linguistics, 'poen' is also the word for 'noun'.

The derived form 'poencas' is the grammatical term for the Nominative case in Common. This coexists with the borrowed 'nominatif' when used in lin linguistics in general, to describe other languages.

Verb:

The verb 'poen' means to give something a name. It is a happat verb of giving, taking an ergative namer, an absolutive thing named, and a dative name given. It is also the main verb for calling someone something.

Ja Toni a Elia hanne poen ijy harah.
Tony called Elia a jerk (snake).

Poen also has a very often used distinentive antipassive form which is used in one popular expression for introducing yourself. For example, to say 'My name is Kaitlyn', you could say:

We Ketlyn se poen.

In this form, the name is used as the head term of the first person article. It is also possble to introduce the name in the third person with 'lo' using this form.

We se poen lo na Ketlyn.

In the latter form, Kaitlyn might noit be your real name, the former form implies strongly that it is. They differ from the natural ditransitive form in that the focus on having a name as a state and imply that it is reflexive, rather than on an act of naming.