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English
Etymology 1
From Manipuri ꯄꯨꯌꯥ (pooyaa).
Noun
puya (plural puyas)
- A group of books written in Ancient Meitei language, mostly sacred to Sanamahism.
Etymology 2
From Spanish puya, from Mapudungun puüya.
Noun
puya (plural puyas)
- (botany) A member of the genus Puya of bromeliad plants.
2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 45:The puya is a strange form of bromeliad, and the giant species grows ever so slowly for between 30 and 100 years and then sends a flower spike covered in 8000 florets about 9 metres (30 feet) up into the air, like a floral telegraph pole.
Anagrams
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuʝa/,
- Rhymes: -uʝa
- Hyphenation: pu‧ya
Noun
puya f (plural puyes)
- auction (public sales event)
- bid
Further reading
Capiznon
Noun
puya
- child
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpuʝa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpuʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpuʒa/
- Rhymes: -uʝa
- Syllabification: pu‧ya
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūgia, from Latin pūgiō (“dagger”).
Noun
puya f (plural puyas)
- (bullfighting) sharp point on the tip of the vara (bullfighter's lance)
- jibe; taunt
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Interjection
puya
- (El Salvador, euphemistic) fudge (euphemism of the interjection puta (“fuck!”))
- Synonym: púchica
¡Puya mano, nos dejó el bus!- Oh fudge, we missed the bus!
¡Puya! ¡Qué me arde la herida!- Oh fudge, this wound really hurts!
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
puya
- inflection of puyar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading