See also: puca, puça, and púca

Portuguese

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puçá

Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi pysá.[1]

Cognate with Nheengatu pisá.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pu‧çá

Noun

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puçá m (plural puçás)

  1. (Brazil) hand net (net equipped with a handle)

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pysá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 418, column 2