punho
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese punno, puno, from Latin pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -uɲu
- Hyphenation: pu‧nho
Noun[edit]
punho m (plural punhos)
- fist (clenched hand)
- (anatomy) wrist (part of the body between the hand and the forearm)
- Synonym: pulso
- the grip of a firearm
- Synonyms: cabo, empunhadura
- each end of a hammock
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Categories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/uɲu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/uɲu/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Anatomy
- pt:Firearms