pisá

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Nheengatu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi pysá.[1]

Cognate with Portuguese puçá.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piˈsa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pi‧sá

Noun

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pisá (plural pisá-itá)

  1. cast net
  2. hand net
  3. (by extension) web
    yandú pisáspiderweb
  4. (archaic) loose hammock

References

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  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pisá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 614

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese pesado and Spanish pesado and Kabuverdianu pizadu.

Adjective

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pisá

  1. heavy

Spanish

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Verb

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pisá

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of pisar