puã

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See also: pua, Pua, PUA, púa, pu'a, and pûã

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi pûã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pwã.[1]

Cognate with Portuguese puã.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puˈã/
  • Rhymes: -ã
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ã

Noun

puã (plural puã-itá)

  1. (archaic) finger
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “puã”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 628

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pûã (“finger”).[1]

Cognate with Nheengatu puã.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈɐ̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈpwɐ̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ã

Noun

puã f (plural puãs)

  1. (Brazil) pincer, claw (of crustaceans etc)
    Synonyms: garra, pinça, pata

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “puã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 406–407
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