puã
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pua"
Nheengatu
Alternative forms
- poan (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Tupi pûã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pwã.[1]
Cognate with Portuguese puã.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈã/
- Rhymes: -ã
- Hyphenation: pu‧ã
Noun
puã (plural puã-itá)
- (archaic) finger
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi pûã (“finger”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈɐ̃/ [pʊˈɐ̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpwɐ̃/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpwɐ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
- Hyphenation: pu‧ã
Noun
puã f (plural puãs)
References
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “puã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 406–407