puwa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

puwá

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

Noun

puwá

(Urban 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.

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