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

pua

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

Verb

pua

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.