puñal
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish puñal, from Vulgar Latin *pūgnālis, based on Latin pūgnus (“fist”). Or a shortening of older cuchillo (“knife”) puñal, deriving from the above word and meaning as big as a fist.[1] Compare Portuguese punhal, Catalan punyal, Italian pugnale, French poignard.
Pronunciation
Noun
puñal (inanimate)
- dagger
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 205r.
- Puñal arma vſada.lo miſmo. vel,tepuz teixiliuani.
- A dagger, a widely used weapon. the same, or tepuz teixiliuani.
- Puñal arma vſada.lo miſmo. vel,tepuz teixiliuani.
- 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 100r. col. 1.
- Puñal,arma vſada. lo meſmo. vel. tepuzteixiliuani.
- A dagger, a widely used weapon. the same, or tepuzteixiliuani.
- Puñal,arma vſada. lo meſmo. vel. tepuzteixiliuani.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 205r.
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Derived terms
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 100r
Galician
Etymology
14th century. Either from puño (“wrist; fist”) + -al, from Latin pugnus (“fist”), or from a Vulgar Latin *pūgnālis, pūgnāle. Compare Portuguese punhal, Spanish puñal, Catalan punyal, Italian pugnale, French poignard, Romanian pumnal.
Pronunciation
Noun
puñal m (plural puñais)
- poniard (a dagger with a triangular blade)
- (by extension) any dagger
- 1398, Anselomo López Carreira (ed.), Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 502:
- Iten huun puñal dourado que ten duas onças de prata et huuns canivetes garnidos et huun relicario con sua cadea
- Item, a gilded poniard which have two ounces of silver and some garnished knives and a reliquary with its necklace
- Iten huun puñal dourado que ten duas onças de prata et huuns canivetes garnidos et huun relicario con sua cadea
- 1398, Anselomo López Carreira (ed.), Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 502:
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “puñal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *pūgnālis, *pūgnāle(m), based on Latin pūgnus (“fist”).
Adjective
puñal m or f (masculine and feminine plural puñales)
Etymology 2
Possibly from a derivative of Latin pugna (“fight”), with the suffix -al. Or a shortening of older cuchillo (“knife”) puñal, deriving from the above word and meaning as big as a fist.[2] Compare Portuguese punhal, Catalan punyal, Italian pugnale, French poignard, Romanian pumnal.
Noun
puñal m (plural puñales)
- dagger
- (Mexico, derogatory) a gay man; faggot
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Classical Nahuatl: puñal, puñaltōntli
Related terms
Further reading
- “puñal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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