puya

See also: Puya and PuYa

English

Etymology 1

From Manipuri ꯄꯨꯌꯥ (puyā).

Noun

puya (plural puyas)

  1. A Meetei scripture

Etymology 2

From Spanish puya, from Mapudungun puüya.

Noun

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 2000, p. 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.

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

puya f (plural puyes)

  1. auction (public sales event)
  2. bid

Capiznon

Noun

puya

  1. child

Spanish

Pronunciation
 
  • 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

From Vulgar Latin *pūgia, from Latin pūgiō (“dagger”).

Noun

puya f (plural puyas)

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

Interjection

puya

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

puya

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

Further reading
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