prùa

See also: prua and prúa

Istriot

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōîra). Compare Italian prua.

Noun

prùa f

  1. bow (front of a ship), prow
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:
      A poûpa, a prùa a xì doûto bandere,
      At the stern, at the bow everything is flags,
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.