See also: pua, Pua, PUA, púa, pu'a, and pûã Alternative forms poan (obsolete) Etymology Inherited from Old Tupi pûã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pwã.[1] Cognate with Portuguese puã. Pronunciation IPA(key): /puˈã/ Rhymes: -ã Hyphenation: pu‧ã Noun puã (archaic) finger Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu References [1]Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “puã”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 628 Etymology Borrowed from Old Tupi pûã (“finger”).[1] Cognate with Nheengatu puã. Pronunciation (Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈɐ̃/ [pʊˈɐ̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpwɐ̃/ (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpwɐ̃/ Rhymes: -ɐ̃ Hyphenation: pu‧ã Noun puã f (plural puãs) (Brazil) pincer, claw (of crustaceans etc) Synonyms: garra, pinça, pata References [1]Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “puã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 406–407