punxa
See also: punxà
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from punxar.
Noun
punxa f (plural punxes)
- point
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 4, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- Després de fer punxa amb el ganivet els clavava al fons, mirant al cel.
- After sharpening them to a point with the knife, I hammered them into the bottom, looking at the sky.
- a stabbing pain
- (textiles) noil
Derived terms
- punexgut
- punxós
Etymology 2
Verb
punxa
- inflection of punxar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “punxa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007