punyal

Catalan

Etymology

Compare Spanish puñal, Portuguese punhal, Italian pugnale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [puˈɲal]

Noun

punyal m (plural punyals)

1. dagger

   Synonym: daga

Derived terms

• apunyalar
• punyalada

Related terms

• puny

Further reading

• “punyal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “punyal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “punyal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “punyal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puñal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pun‧yal
• IPA^(key): /punˈjal/ [pʊn̪ˈjal̪]

Noun

punyál (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔)

1. dagger

   Synonyms: baraw, hansak

Derived terms

• gipunyal
• punyalon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ponyal — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puñal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /punˈjal/ [pʊˈɲal]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /punˈjal/ [pʊn̪ˈjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pun‧yal

Noun

punyál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔)

1. dagger

   Synonyms: daga, patalim

Related terms

• punyalada

See also

• balaraw
• iwa
• sundang

Further reading

• “punyal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 212: “Daga) Ponyal (pc) C. de los caſtillas”
  • page 504: “Puñal) Ponyal (pc) C. que traen eſtos”

Anagrams

• punlay