puwa
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA(key): /puˈa/, [ˈpwa]
- Hyphenation: pu‧wa
Adjective edit
puwá
- (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) Alternative form of pula
Noun edit
puwá
- (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) Alternative form of pula
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:puwa.
Martuthunira edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Ngayarda *puka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *puka.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
puwa
- (nominal) rotten
References edit
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish púa (“plectrum; pick”), from Vulgar Latin *pugia, from Latin pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to sting”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
puwa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)
- (music) plectrum; guitar pick
- Synonym: plektro
Further reading edit
- “puwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018