puna

• Puna

From Spanish puna, from Quechua puna.

• Rhymes: -uːnə

puna (plural punas)

1. An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population.
   • 2009, M. Hermann; T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:

     The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]

• napu

puna

1. root of epuna

• Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña (2008, →ISBN

From puni +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuna]
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: pu‧na

puna (accusative singular punan, plural punaj, accusative plural punajn)

1. Of or relating to punishment; punitive

   punaj metodoj; puna ekspedicio

   punitive methods, expedition

From Proto-Finnic *puna. Cognate to Finnish puna.

puna (genitive puna, partitive puna)

1. the colour red

• punane
• punakas

From Proto-Finnic *puna, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *puna (“color, hair”). Cognate with Erzya пона (pona, “hair”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpunɑ/, [ˈpunɑ]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧na

puna

1. The color red.

   Synonym: ruso

• Panu

puna f (plural punas)

1. puna

• “puna”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

puna

1. spring (water source)
2. coral, lime, plaster
3. spoon

   Aia i hea ke puna kāwili? ― Where is the stirring spoon?

From Proto-Finnic *puna. Cognates include Finnish puna and Estonian puna.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpunɑ/, [ˈpunɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpunɑ/, [ˈpunɑ]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Hyphenation: pu‧na

puna

1. (in compounds) red

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 441

puna

1. again

• Hyphenation: pu‧na

puna

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

puna

1. lofty region, elevated cold plains
2. Andean altitude between 4,000m and 5,000m

• → Spanish: puna
  • → English: puna

• (Peruvian ecoregions) Piruwpi sallqasuyukuna; challa, hanka, puna, qhichwa, rupha rupha, sallqa/suni, umawa, yunka ^{(Category: qu:Peruvian ecoregions)}

puna

1. belly button

puna

1. inflection of pun:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuna/ [ˈpu.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: pu‧na

Borrowed from Quechua puna.

puna f (plural punas)

1. (Latin America) puna, Andean plateau
2. (Latin America) altitude sickness
3. (Latin America) Cold mountain wind

• → English: puna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puna

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

• “puna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• pona – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

• Hyphenation: pu‧na
• IPA^(key): /puˈna/, [pʊˈna]

puná (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ)

1. notice; observation; noticing

   Synonyms: obserbasyon, pansin, reparo

2. remark; comment

   Synonyms: komentaryo, pansin

3. adverse criticism; objection; criticism

   Synonyms: kritika, pintas, tutol

• “puna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

From Proto-Finnic *puna.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpunɑ/, [ˈpunɑ]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Hyphenation: pu‧na

puna

1. red (colour)

• punanõ

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2 edition, Tallinn

puna

1. ash