Nheengatu edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Tupi pysá.[1]

Cognate with Portuguese puçá.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piˈsa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pi‧sá

Noun edit

pisá

  1. cast net
  2. hand net
  3. (by extension) web
    yandú pisáspiderweb
  4. (archaic) loose hammock

References edit

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “pisá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 614

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese pesado and Spanish pesado and Kabuverdianu pizadu.

Adjective edit

pisá

  1. heavy

Spanish edit

Verb edit

pisá

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of pisar