punta

English

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punta

Wikipedia

Noun

punta (uncountable)

1. A Garifuna style of festive music and dance.

Anagrams

• Anput, tupan, unapt, untap

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish punta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /punta/,

Noun

punta inan

1. peak, tip

Declension

Further reading

• "punta" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
• “punta” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

punta f (plural puntes)

1. point, tip
2. pinch, bit (small amount)
3. peak, top
4. point, purpose, reason
5. lace

   Synonym: randa

Derived terms

Related terms

• punt

Further reading

• “punta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

punta

1. inflection of puntar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *punta (“old unit of weight”) (compare Estonian pund, Livonian pūnda), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), itself from Latin pondō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuntɑ/,
• Rhymes: -untɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pun‧ta

Noun

punta

1. pound (currency)
2. (rare, archaic) Synonym of pauna (“pound (unit of weight)”)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “punta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• pantu, patun, punat

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ponta, from Late Latin puncta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

punta m (plural puntas)

1. tip, point, end

   Synonym: cabo

Derived terms

• punteiro

References

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʊn̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

Noun

punta m (genitive singular punta, nominative plural puntaí)

1. punt (boat)

Declension

Synonyms

• puint

Etymology 2

Noun

punta

1. Cois Fharraige form of puint (“pounds”)

Mutation

Italian

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punta

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpun.ta/
• Rhymes: -unta
• Hyphenation: pùn‧ta

Noun

punta f (plural punte)

1. point, head, tip, top, peak, end

   Synonyms: estremità, cima, testa

2. toe (of a shoe)
3. pinch, touch, hint (small quantity)

   Synonyms: pizzico, tocco, accenno

4. bit (of a drill)
5. (soccer) forward, striker, attacker

   Synonym: attaccante

6. pile (of arrow or spear)
7. scriber

Derived terms

Related terms

• punto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

punta

1. inflection of puntare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish punta.

The word "punda" is an obsolete variation.

Noun

punta

1. point

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpunta/
• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: pun‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.

Noun

punta f (plural puntas)

1. tip, point, end

   la punta del iceberg ― the tip of the iceberg

2. pinch, bit (small amount)

   Synonym: pizco

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

punta

1. inflection of puntar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “punta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Possibly from Spanish puntar (“point”) or Spanish apuntar (“aim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /punˈta/,
• Hyphenation: pun‧ta

Noun

puntá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. destination, direction

   Synonyms: patutunguhan, paroroonan

   Saan ang punta mo?

   Where will you go? (lit. Where is your destination?)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish punta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpunta/,
• Hyphenation: pun‧ta

Noun

punta (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. point, end

   Synonyms: dunggit, dulo

2. (geology) headland, promontory
3. (colloquial) aim, purpose

   Synonyms: layon, layunin, hangad, hangarin, intensyon, pakay

Related terms

See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /punˈtaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: pun‧ta

Noun

puntâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. 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