pua

Noun

pua (plural puas)

1. A scraper or stick used to play a guiro.

See also

• shim-pua marriage

Anagrams

• APU, AUP, Pau, UAP, UPA, pau

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate to Spanish púa, Galician puga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpu.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpu.a]
• Rhymes: -ua

Noun

pua f (plural pues)

1. sharp point, prong, spike
2. tooth (of a comb)
3. tine (of a fork)

   Synonym: pollegó

4. thorn
5. quill
6. (music) plectrum
7. (figurative) a crafty person

Further reading

• “pua” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Noun

pua m (plural puam)

1. boy

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Noun

pua

1. edible bamboo shoots

Pronunciation

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Verb

pua

1. third-person singular past historic of puer

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *puŋa (“flower; blossom”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”) (compare with Malay bunga), from Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”).

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower
2. progeny, child
3. young (of fish, etc)
4. arrow, dart

Verb

pua

1. (intransitive) to blossom
2. (intransitive) to emerge, issue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puaʔ/

Noun

pua

1. blanket
2. a fabric woven using cotton or silk thread that is always involved ceremonially in festivals and celebrations, in association with traditional customs and beliefs.

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *puŋa (“flower; bossom”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”) (compare with Malay bunga), from Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.a/, [pʉ.ɐ]

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower

   Synonym: putiputi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bō-, a stem meaning “father; brother; male relative”. Compare Pennsylvania German Buh, English boy.

Noun

pua m

1. boy

References

• “pua” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pugia, from Latin pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to sting”). Cognate with Galician puga, púa and Spanish púa. The sense "womanizer", "player" is influenced by English PUA.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧a

Noun

pua f (plural puas)

1. sharp end; point
2. drill; bit (rotary cutting tool)

   Synonyms: broca, verruma

3. sting
4. (Brazil, Northeast Region, colloquial) womanizer, player

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *puŋa (“flower; bossom”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”), from Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”).

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

pua

Wikipedia ^sw

Cognate with Chichewa mphuno and Shona mhuno.

Etymology 2

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Chuma cha pua

Wikipedia ^sw

A very old borrowing, ultimately from Persian پولاد (pulâd).

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *puŋa (“flower; bossom”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”), from Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”).

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower