punta
English edit
Noun edit
punta (uncountable)
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
punta inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | punta | punta | puntak |
ergative | puntak | puntak | puntek |
dative | puntari | puntari | puntei |
genitive | puntaren | puntaren | punten |
comitative | puntarekin | puntarekin | puntekin |
causative | puntarengatik | puntarengatik | puntengatik |
benefactive | puntarentzat | puntarentzat | puntentzat |
instrumental | puntaz | puntaz | puntez |
inessive | puntatan | puntan | puntetan |
locative | puntatako | puntako | puntetako |
allative | puntatara | puntara | puntetara |
terminative | puntataraino | puntaraino | puntetaraino |
directive | puntatarantz | puntarantz | puntetarantz |
destinative | puntatarako | puntarako | puntetarako |
ablative | puntatatik | puntatik | puntetatik |
partitive | puntarik | — | — |
prolative | puntatzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
punta f (plural puntes)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “punta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *punta (compare Estonian pund, Livonian pūnda), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), itself from Latin pondō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
punta
- pound (currency)
Declension edit
Inflection of punta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation) | ||||
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nominative | punta | punnat | ||
genitive | punnan | puntien | ||
partitive | puntaa | puntia | ||
illative | puntaan | puntiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | punta | punnat | ||
accusative | nom. | punta | punnat | |
gen. | punnan | |||
genitive | punnan | puntien puntainrare | ||
partitive | puntaa | puntia | ||
inessive | punnassa | punnissa | ||
elative | punnasta | punnista | ||
illative | puntaan | puntiin | ||
adessive | punnalla | punnilla | ||
ablative | punnalta | punnilta | ||
allative | punnalle | punnille | ||
essive | puntana | puntina | ||
translative | punnaksi | punniksi | ||
abessive | punnatta | punnitta | ||
instructive | — | punnin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “punta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese ponta, from Late Latin puncta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
punta m (plural puntas)
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References edit
- “ponta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “ponta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “punta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “punta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “punta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
punta m (genitive singular punta, nominative plural puntaí)
- punt (boat)
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Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
punta
- Cois Fharraige form of puint (“pounds”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
punta | phunta | bpunta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
punta f (plural punte)
- point, head, tip, top, peak, end
- toe (of a shoe)
- pinch, touch, hint (small quantity)
- bit (of a drill)
- (soccer) forward, striker, attacker
- Synonym: attaccante
- pile (of arrow or spear)
- scriber
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
punta
- inflection of puntare:
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
The word "punda" is an obsolete variation.
Noun edit
punta
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.
Noun edit
punta f (plural puntas)
- tip, point, end
- la punta del iceberg ― the tip of the iceberg
- pinch, bit (small amount)
- Synonym: pizco
Derived terms edit
- a punta de lanza
- a punta de pala
- a punta pala
- apuntar
- de punta (“tip-top, cutting edge, state-of-the-art”)
- de punta a cabo
- de punta a punta
- de punta en blanco
- en la punta de la lengua
- entado en punta
- media punta
- pelos de punta
- por la otra punta
- punta de anca
- punta del iceberg
- puntiaguda
- puntilla
- puntita
- sacapuntas
- sacar punta
- serrucho de punta
- sierra de punta
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
punta
- inflection of puntar:
Further reading edit
- “punta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly from Spanish puntar (“point”) or Spanish apuntar (“aim”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
puntá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ)
- destination, direction
- Synonyms: patutunguhan, paroroonan
- Saan ang punta mo?
- Where will you go? (lit. Where is your destination?)
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Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
punta (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ)
- point, end
- (geology) headland, promontory
- (colloquial) aim, purpose
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Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
puntâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ)
- a piece of bamboo with metal wire hooked on both sides, which is hooked to a pail or bucket, and is carried on the shoulders