puwa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /puˈa/, [ˈpwa]
• Hyphenation: pu‧wa

Adjective

puwá

1. (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) Alternative form of pula

Noun

puwá

1. (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) Alternative form of pula

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:puwa.

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *puka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *puka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puwa/

Adjective

puwa

1. (nominal) rotten

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pua — Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish púa (“plectrum; pick”), from Vulgar Latin *pugia, from Latin pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to sting”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpua/ [ˈpu.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: pu‧wa

Noun

puwa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)

1. (music) plectrum; guitar pick

   Synonym: plektro

Further reading

• “puwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018