punho
Galician
Noun
punho m (plural punhos, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of puño
Further reading
- “punho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese punno, puno, from Latin pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpũ.ɲu/ [ˈpũ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ɲu/
- Rhymes: -uɲu
- Hyphenation: pu‧nho
Noun
punho m (plural punhos)
- fist (clenched hand)
- (anatomy) wrist (part of the body between the hand and the forearm)
- Synonym: pulso
- the grip of a firearm
- Synonyms: cabo, empunhadura
- each end of a hammock
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “punho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “punho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “punho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025