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prua

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See also: prúa and prùa

Italian

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from a language of southern Italy (e.g. Sicilian), from Latin prōra, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira). Doublet of proda and prora.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpru.a/
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Hyphenation: prù‧a

Noun

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prua f (plural prue)

  1. prow, bow (of a ship)

Descendants

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  • → Tunisian Arabic: بروا (brūa, “prow, bow”)[1]

References

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  1. ^ Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Franco Pierno (2006) “Talassozoonimi e terminologia dell'attività ittica d'influenza italiana nel dialetto arabo tunisino”, in Romance Philology (in Tunisian Arabic), volume 59, number 2, →JSTOR, page 228

Further reading

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  • prua in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Verb

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prua

  1. inflection of pruir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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