puçá

See also: puca, puça, and púca

Portuguese

puçá

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pysá.[1]

Cognate with Nheengatu pisá.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /puˈsa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈsa/

Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: pu‧çá

Noun

puçá m (plural puçás)

(Brazil) hand net (net equipped with a handle)

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pysá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 418, column 2

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