different between puja vs puna

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (p?j?, “reverence or worship”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pu?d??/

Noun

puja (plural pujas)

1. A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship. [from 17th c.]
   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 122:

     ‘Godbole's pujah did it,’ cried the Englishman.

   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 43:

     The priest had performed the puja and tied a string around his father's silk purse to make sure that the Rana didn't spend even a copper coin while he was a guest of Merta.

Related terms

• pujari

Anagrams

• jaup

Catalan

Verb

puja

1. third-person singular present indicative form of pujar
2. second-person singular imperative form of pujar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay puja, from Sanskrit ???? (p?j?). Doublet of puji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.d??a/
• Hyphenation: pu?ja

Noun

puja

1. An act of worship.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “puja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (p?j?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pud?a]

Noun

puja

1. (Hinduism) a religious ritual performed as an act of worship.

Derived terms

• pujari

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uxa

Verb

puja

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pujar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pujar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pujar.

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