broad daybed usually with a solid base, built-in or set into a window space, always immovable. part of the romance of the punee is napping in the breeze of a nearby window. traditional bedding in pre-western-contact Hawaii included tapa (bark cloth) bedding and woven padanus leaf cushion and mattress. called lauhala.Mar 11, 2007
What is a Hawaiian Punee?
couch. . . F[requent]. 1951 AmSp 26.23 HI, Other common Hawaiian words are . . punee (a couch or day bed).