punta

See also: puntá

English

Noun

punta (uncountable)

  1. A Garifuna style of festive music and dance.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.

Pronunciation

Noun

punta m (plural puntes)

  1. point, tip
  2. pinch, bit (small amount)
  3. peak, top
  4. point, purpose, reason

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

Cognate to Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”).

Noun

punta

  1. pound (currency)

Declension

Inflection of punta (Kotus type 10/koira, nt-nn gradation)
nominative punta punnat
genitive punnan puntien
partitive puntaa puntia
illative puntaan puntiin
singular plural
nominative punta punnat
accusative nom. punta punnat
gen. punnan
genitive punnan puntien
puntainrare
partitive puntaa puntia
inessive punnassa punnissa
elative punnasta punnista
illative puntaan puntiin
adessive punnalla punnilla
ablative punnalta punnilta
allative punnalle punnille
essive puntana puntina
translative punnaksi punniksi
instructive — punnin
abessive punnatta punnitta
comitative — puntineen

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpˠʊn̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

Noun

punta m (genitive singular punta, nominative plural puntaí)

  1. punt (boat)
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

punta

  1. Cois Fharraige form of puint (“pounds”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
punta phunta bpunta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

punta f (plural punte)

  1. point, head, tip, top, peak, end
  2. (small quantity) pinch, touch, hint
  3. bit (of a drill)
  4. (football (soccer)) forward, striker, attacker
  5. pile (of arrow or spear)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

punta

  1. third-person singular present indicative of puntare
  2. second-person singular imperative of puntare

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpunta/, [ˈpũn̪t̪a]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

punta f (plural puntas)

  1. tip, point, end
  2. pinch, bit (small amount)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

punta

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of puntar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of puntar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of puntar.

Further reading

Tagalog

Noun

punta

  1. destination

Verb

punta (infinitive magpunta, pumunta)

  1. to go

Derived terms

  • puntahan
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