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See also: puntá

English

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Noun

punta (uncountable)

  1. A Garifuna style of festive music and dance.

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Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish punta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /punta/ [pũn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -unta, -a
  • Hyphenation: pun‧ta

Noun

punta inan

  1. peak, tip

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...

Further reading

  • punta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • punta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.

Pronunciation

Noun

punta f (plural puntes)

  1. point, tip
  2. pinch, bit (small amount)
  3. peak, top
  4. point, purpose, reason
  5. lace
    Synonym: randa
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Verb

punta

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *punta (old unit of weight) (compare Estonian pund, Livonian pūnda), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pundą (pound, weight), itself from Latin pondō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuntɑ/, [ˈpun̪t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -untɑ
  • Syllabification(key): pun‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): pun‧ta

Noun

punta

  1. pound (currency)
  2. (rare, archaic) synonym of pauna (pound (unit of weight))

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

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Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ponta, from Late Latin puncta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpunta/ [ˈpun̪.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -unta
  • Hyphenation: pun‧ta

Noun

punta m (plural puntas)

  1. tip, point, end
    Synonym: cabo

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