pua

See also: Pua, PUA, púa, puã, and pu'a

English

Noun

pua (plural puas)

1. A scraper or stick used to play a guiro.

Anagrams

• APU, AUP, Pau, UPA, pau

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpu.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpu.a]
• Rhymes: -ua

Noun

pua f (plural pues)

1. sharp point, prong, spike
2. thorn
3. (music) plectrum

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Cimbrian

Noun

pua m (plural puam)

1. boy

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Ese

Noun

pua

1. edible bamboo shoots

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French

Verb

pua

1. third-person singular past historic of puer

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Hawaiian

Noun

1. (botany) flower
2. progeny, child
3. young (of fish, etc)

Verb

pua

1. (intransitive) to blossom
2. (intransitive) to emerge, issue

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *pugia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pungō (“I prick, puncture, sting”). Cognate with Galician puga, púa and Spanish púa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: pu‧a

Noun

pua f (plural puas)

1. sharp end; point
2. drill; bit (rotary cutting tool)
3. sting

Synonyms

• broca, verruma

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Rapa Nui

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower

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Swahili

Noun

pua (ma class, plural mapua)

1. nose

Derived terms

• tundu la pua

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Tahitian

Noun

pua

1. (botany) flower