puã
Nheengatu edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Tupi pûã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pwã.[1]
Cognate with Portuguese puã.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
puã
- (archaic) finger
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu
References edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Tupi pûã (“finger”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
- Hyphenation: pu‧ã
Noun edit
puã f (plural puãs)
References edit
- ^ 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