different between pua vs puna

English

Noun

pua (plural puas)

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

Anagrams

• APU, AUP, Pau, UAP, UPA, pau

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?pu.?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?pu.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.

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

Verb

pua

1. third-person singular past historic of puer

Hawaiian

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

Mòcheno

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *b?-, 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

From Vulgar Latin *pugia, from Latin pung? (“I prick, puncture, sting”). Cognate with Galician puga, púa and Spanish púa.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?pu.?/
• 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, slang) womanizer, player

Rapa Nui

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower

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 ?????? (pulâd).

Noun

pua (n class, no plural)

1. steel

Tahitian

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower

English

Alternative forms

• Puna

Etymology

From Spanish puna, from Quechua puna.

Noun

puna (plural punas)

1. An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population.
   • 2009, M. Hermann and T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:

     The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]

Derived terms

Anagrams

• napu

Cavineña

Noun

puna

1. root of epuna

References

• Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña (2008, ?ISBN

Esperanto

Etymology

From puni +? -a.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -una

• IPA^(key): /?puna/
• Hyphenation: pu?na
• Rhymes: -una

Adjective

puna (accusative singular punan, plural punaj, accusative plural punajn)

1. Of or relating to punishment; punitive

   punaj metodoj; puna ekspedicio.

   punitive methods, expedition.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *puna. Cognate to Finnish puna.

Noun

puna (genitive puna, partitive puna)

1. the colour red

Declension

Derived terms

• punane
• punakas

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *puna, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *puna (“color, hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pun?/, [?pun?]
• Rhymes: -un?
• Syllabification: pu?na

Noun

puna

1. The color red.

Declension

Derived terms

• punainen
• punastua
• punaviini
• punatukkainen
• punastus

Anagrams

• Panu

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

puna

1. spring (water source)
2. coral, lime, plaster
3. spoon

Pali

Alternative forms

Particle

puna

1. again

Portuguese

Verb

puna

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of punir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of punir
3. first-person singular imperative of punir
4. third-person singular imperative of punir

Quechua

Not to be confused with phuña

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

puna

1. lofty region, elevated cold plains
2. Andean altitude between 4,000m and 5,000m

Declension

Descendants

• ? Spanish: puna
  • ? English: puna

See also

• (Peruvian ecoregions) Piruwpi sallqasuyukuna; challa, hanka, puna, qhichwa, rupha rupha, sallqa/suni, umawa, yunka ^{(Category: qu:Peruvian ecoregions)}

Sakizaya

Noun

puna

1. belly button

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

puna

1. inflection of pun:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua puna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?puna/, [?pu.na]

Noun

puna f (plural punas)

1. (Latin America) puna, Andean plateau
2. (Latin America) altitude sickness
3. (Latin America) Cold mountain wind

Descendants

• ? English: puna

Tagalog

Noun

puná

1. notice; observation; noticing
2. remark; comment
3. adverse criticism; objection; criticism

Synonyms

• (notice): obserbasyon, pansin, reparo
• (remark): komentaryo, pansin
• (criticism): kritika, pintas, tutol

Derived terms

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *puna.

Noun

puna (genitive punaa, partitive [please provide])

1. red (colour)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• punanõ

References

• "puna" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

Warlpiri

Noun

puna

1. ash