puwa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /puˈa/ [ˈpwa]
• Hyphenation: pu‧wa

Adjective

puwá (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)

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

Noun

puwá (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:puwa.

Martuthunira

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puwa/

Adjective

puwa

1. (nominal) rotten

References

• Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 534–5
• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pua — Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpua/ [ˈpuː.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: pu‧wa

Noun

puwa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)

1. (music) plectrum; guitar pick

   Synonym: plektro

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• upaw