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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Adjective
puwá
- (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) Alternative form of pula
Noun
puwá
- (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) Alternative form of pula
Quotations
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Martuthunira
Etymology
From Proto-Ngayarda *puka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *puka.
Pronunciation
Adjective
puwa
- (nominal) rotten
References
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish púa (“plectrum; pick”), from Vulgar Latin *pugia, from Latin pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to sting”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧wa
- IPA(key): /ˈpua/,
Noun
puwa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)
- (music) plectrum; guitar pick
- Synonym: plektro
Further reading
- “puwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018