puwa

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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puwá

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

Noun

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puwá

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

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:puwa.

Martuthunira

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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puwa

  1. (nominal) rotten

References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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puwa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)

  1. (music) plectrum; guitar pick
    Synonym: plektro

Further reading

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

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