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puya

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See also: Puya and PuYa

English

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Etymology 1

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From Manipuri ꯄꯨꯌꯥ (pooyaa).

Noun

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puya (plural puyas)

  1. A group of books written in Ancient Meitei language, mostly sacred to Sanamahism.

Etymology 2

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From Spanish puya, from Mapudungun puüya.

Noun

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puya (plural puyas)

  1. (botany) A member of the genus Puya of bromeliad plants. [from 19th c.]
    • 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 45:
      The puya is a strange form of bromeliad, and the giant species grows ever so slowly for between 30 and 100 years and then sends a flower spike covered in 8000 florets about 9 metres (30 feet) up into the air, like a floral telegraph pole.
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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuʝa/, [ˈpu.ʝa]
  • Rhymes: -uʝa
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ya

Noun

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puya f (plural puyes)

  1. auction (public sales event)
  2. bid
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Further reading

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Capiznon

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Noun

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puya

  1. child

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpuʝa/ [ˈpu.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpuʃa/ [ˈpu.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpuʒa/ [ˈpu.ʒa]

  • Rhymes: -uʝa
  • Syllabification: pu‧ya

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūgia, from Latin pūgiō (dagger).

Noun

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puya f (plural puyas)

  1. (bullfighting) sharp point on the tip of the vara (bullfighter's lance)
  2. jibe; taunt
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Etymology 2

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Interjection

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puya

  1. (El Salvador, euphemistic) fudge (euphemism of the interjection puta (fuck!))
    Synonym: púchica
    ¡Puya mano, nos dejó el bus!
    Oh fudge, we missed the bus!
    ¡Puya! ¡Qué me arde la herida!
    Oh fudge, this wound really hurts!

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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puya

  1. inflection of puyar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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