puwa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

puwá

(Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) Alternative form of pula

Noun

puwá

(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

(nominal) rotten

References

Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
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 orthography

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/ [ˈpu.ɐ]
Rhymes: -ua
Syllabification: pu‧wa

Noun

puwa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)

(music) plectrum; guitar pick
Synonym: plektro

Further reading

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

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