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.

See also

• shim-pua marriage

Anagrams

• APU, AUP, Pau, UAP, UPA, pau

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate to Spanish púa, Galician puga.

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. tooth (of a comb)
3. tine (of a fork)

   Synonym: pollegó

4. thorn
5. quill
6. (music) plectrum
7. (figurative) a crafty person

Derived terms

• corn amb pues
• espuar
• puada
• puat

 

Further reading

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

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

Ese

Noun

pua

1. edible bamboo shoots

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

pua

1. third-person singular past historic of puer

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *puŋa (“flower; blossom”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”) (compare with Malay bunga), 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

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puaʔ/

Noun

pua

1. blanket
2. a fabric woven using cotton or silk thread that is always involved ceremonially in festivals and celebrations, in association with traditional customs and beliefs.

Maori

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.a/, [pʉ.ɐ]

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower

   Synonym: putiputi

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.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pugia, from Latin pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to sting”). Cognate with Galician puga, púa and Spanish púa. The sense "womanizer", "player" is influenced by English PUA.

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. (Brazil, Northeast Region, colloquial) womanizer, player

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Cognate with Chichewa mphuno and Shona mhuno.

Noun

pua (ma class, plural mapua)

2. nose

Derived terms

• tundu la pua

Etymology 2

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

Noun

pua (n class, no plural)

2. steel

   Synonym: feleji

Tahitian

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

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puə̯˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pæk (“hundred”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 百 (MC paek, “hundred”).

Numeral

pua

1. hundred

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 布 (MC puH, “to spread out; cloth”).

Verb

pua

1. to lay out, to lay on a surface
2. to prepare a flat surface, to prepare a level place on the ground
3. to spread on a flat surface

   pua pob zeb ― to pave with stone

   pua chaw pw ― to prepare a sleeping place

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 235-6.