See also: pua, Pua, PUA, púa, pu'a, and pûã

Nheengatu edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Tupi pûã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pwã.[1]

Cognate with Portuguese puã.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /puˈã/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ã

Noun edit

puã

  1. (archaic) finger
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu

References edit

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “puã”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 628

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Tupi pûã (finger).[1]

Cognate with Nheengatu puã.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈɐ̃/ [pʊˈɐ̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpwɐ̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ã

Noun edit

puã f (plural puãs)

  1. (Brazil) pincer, claw (of crustaceans etc)
    Synonyms: garra, pinça, pata

References edit

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “puã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil[1] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 406–407