pua

See also: Pua, PUA, púa, puã, and pu'a

English

Noun

pua (plural puas)

1. A scraper or stick used to play a guiro.

Anagrams

• APU, AUP, Pau, UAP, UPA, pau

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpu.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpu.a]
• Rhymes: -ua

Noun

pua f (plural pues)

1. sharp point, prong, spike
2. thorn
3. (music) plectrum

Further reading

• “pua” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Cimbrian

Noun

pua m (plural puam)

1. boy

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Ese

Noun

pua

1. edible bamboo shoots

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French

Verb

pua

1. third-person singular past historic of puer

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *puŋa (“flower; bossom”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”), from Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”).

Noun

1. (botany) flower
2. progeny, child
3. young (of fish, etc)
4. arrow, dart

Verb

1. (intransitive) to blossom
2. (intransitive) to emerge, issue

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Mòcheno

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bō-, a stem meaning “father; brother; male relative”. Compare Pennsylvania German Buh, English boy.

Noun

pua m

1. boy

References

• “pua” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *pugia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pungō (“I prick, puncture, sting”). Cognate with Galician puga, púa and Spanish púa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: pu‧a

Noun

pua f (plural puas)

1. sharp end; point
2. drill; bit (rotary cutting tool)

   Synonyms: broca, verruma

3. sting
4. womanizer, player

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *puŋa (“flower; bossom”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”), from Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”).

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower

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Swahili

Etymology 1

Cognate with Chichewa mphuno.

Noun

pua (ma class, plural mapua)

1. nose

Derived terms

• tundu la pua

Etymology 2

A very old borrowing, ultimately from Persian پولاد (pulâd).

Noun

pua (n class, no plural)

1. steel

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Tahitian

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower