See also: Puna, puña, and puñá

English

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Etymology

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From Spanish puna, from Quechua puna.

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Noun

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puna (plural punas)

  1. An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population.
    • 2009, M. Hermann, T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:
      The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens []

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuna/, [ˈpu̞.nä]

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puna

  1. definite nominative singular of punë

Cavineña

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puna

  1. root of epuna

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  • Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña (2008, →ISBN

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From puni +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpuna]
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Hyphenation: pu‧na

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puna (accusative singular punan, plural punaj, accusative plural punajn)

  1. Of or relating to punishment; punitive
    punaj metodoj; puna ekspedicio
    punitive methods, expedition

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *puna. Cognate to Finnish puna.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpunɑ/, [ˈpunɑ]

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puna (genitive puna, partitive puna)

  1. the colour red

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Declension of puna (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative puna punad
accusative nom.
gen. puna
genitive punade
partitive puna punasid
illative punna
punasse
punadesse
inessive punas punades
elative punast punadest
allative punale punadele
adessive punal punadel
ablative punalt punadelt
translative punaks punadeks
terminative punani punadeni
essive punana punadena
abessive punata punadeta
comitative punaga punadega

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *puna, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *puna (color, hair). Cognate with Erzya пона (pona, hair).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpunɑ/, [ˈpunɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -unɑ
  • Syllabification(key): pu‧na

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puna

  1. The color red.
    Synonyms: punainen (most common term), ruso

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Inflection of puna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative puna punat
genitive punan punien
partitive punaa punia
illative punaan puniin
singular plural
nominative puna punat
accusative nom. puna punat
gen. punan
genitive punan punien
punain rare
partitive punaa punia
inessive punassa punissa
elative punasta punista
illative punaan puniin
adessive punalla punilla
ablative punalta punilta
allative punalle punille
essive punana punina
translative punaksi puniksi
abessive punatta punitta
instructive punin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of puna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative punani punani
accusative nom. punani punani
gen. punani
genitive punani punieni
punaini rare
partitive punaani puniani
inessive punassani punissani
elative punastani punistani
illative punaani puniini
adessive punallani punillani
ablative punaltani puniltani
allative punalleni punilleni
essive punanani puninani
translative punakseni punikseni
abessive punattani punittani
instructive
comitative punineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative punasi punasi
accusative nom. punasi punasi
gen. punasi
genitive punasi puniesi
punaisi rare
partitive punaasi puniasi
inessive punassasi punissasi
elative punastasi punistasi
illative punaasi puniisi
adessive punallasi punillasi
ablative punaltasi puniltasi
allative punallesi punillesi
essive punanasi puninasi
translative punaksesi puniksesi
abessive punattasi punittasi
instructive
comitative puninesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative punamme punamme
accusative nom. punamme punamme
gen. punamme
genitive punamme puniemme
punaimme rare
partitive punaamme puniamme
inessive punassamme punissamme
elative punastamme punistamme
illative punaamme puniimme
adessive punallamme punillamme
ablative punaltamme puniltamme
allative punallemme punillemme
essive punanamme puninamme
translative punaksemme puniksemme
abessive punattamme punittamme
instructive
comitative puninemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative punanne punanne
accusative nom. punanne punanne
gen. punanne
genitive punanne punienne
punainne rare
partitive punaanne punianne
inessive punassanne punissanne
elative punastanne punistanne
illative punaanne puniinne
adessive punallanne punillanne
ablative punaltanne puniltanne
allative punallenne punillenne
essive punananne puninanne
translative punaksenne puniksenne
abessive punattanne punittanne
instructive
comitative puninenne

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French

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Noun

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puna f (plural punas)

  1. puna

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Galician

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Verb

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puna

  1. inflection of punar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of punir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Hawaiian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *puna (spring of water), from Proto-Oceanic *puna (spring of water), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puna (source; origin), from Proto-Austronesian *puna (source; origin). Cognate to Maori puna, Samoan puna.[1][2][3]

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puna

  1. spring (water source)
  2. coral, lime, plaster

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *puŋa (coral rock) (compare with Maori punga (coral, anchor) and pungapunga (pumice), Tahitian puʻa (coral, lime), Tongan punga, Samoan puga)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *buŋa (white, porous coral or growth) (compare with Fijian vuga), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa ni batu (coral sponge, lit. 'stone bloom') from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (flower) (compare with Malay bunga (flower) and bunga karang (sponge), Tagalog bunga (fruit)).[4][5] Doublet of pua.

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puna

  1. coral, lime, plaster
  2. calcium
    Synonym: kalipuna

Etymology 3

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Cognate with Maori pungapunga (ankle) and Samoan puga (groin).[6]

Noun

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puna

  1. section between joints or nodes, internodes

Etymology 4

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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puna

  1. cuttlebone

Etymology 5

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From English spoon.

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puna

  1. spoon
    Aia i hea ke puna kāwili?Where is the stirring spoon?
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “puna”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 355
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puna”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puna”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  4. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puga.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  5. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 108
  6. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puga.2b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *puna. Cognates include Finnish puna and Estonian puna.

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Noun

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puna

  1. (in compounds) red

Declension

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Declension of puna (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative puna punat
genitive punan punnoin
partitive punnaa punoja
illative punnaa punnoi
inessive punas punois
elative punast punoist
allative punalle punoille
adessive punal punoil
ablative punalt punoilt
translative punaks punoiks
essive punanna, punnaan punoinna, punnoin
exessive1) punant punoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 441

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *puna (spring of water), from Proto-Oceanic *puna (spring of water), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puna (source; origin), from Proto-Austronesian *puna (source; origin). Cognate to Hawaiian puna, Samoan puna.[1][2][3]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.na/, [ˈpʉ.nɐ]

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puna

  1. spring of water; well; pool

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puna

  1. to well up; to flow

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 73
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puna”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puna”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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  • puna” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pali

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Particle

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puna

  1. again

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pu‧na

Verb

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puna

  1. inflection of punir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Quechua

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Not to be confused with phuña

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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puna

  1. lofty region, elevated cold plains
  2. Andean altitude between 4,000m and 5,000m

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  • Spanish: puna
    • English: puna

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Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pu.ˈna/, [pu.ˈna]

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puna

  1. belly button

Samoan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *puna (spring of water), from Proto-Oceanic *puna (spring of water), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puna (source; origin), from Proto-Austronesian *puna (source; origin). Cognate to Hawaiian puna, Maori puna.[1][2]

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puna

  1. spring of water

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puna”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puna”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • George Pratt (1861) “puna”, in Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press, page 171

Serbo-Croatian

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Adjective

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puna

  1. inflection of pun:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuna/ [ˈpu.na]
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Syllabification: pu‧na

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Quechua puna.

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puna f (plural punas)

  1. (Latin America) puna, Andean plateau
  2. (Latin America) altitude sickness
  3. (Latin America) Cold mountain wind
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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puna

  1. inflection of punir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Swahili

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Verb

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-puna (infinitive kupuna)

  1. to wipe off

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -puna
Positive present -napuna
Subjunctive -pune
Negative -puni
Imperative singular puna
Infinitives
Positive kupuna
Negative kutopuna
Imperatives
Singular puna
Plural puneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupuna
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipuna
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupuna
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napuna)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapuna/napuna tunapuna
2nd person unapuna mnapuna
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapuna wanapuna
other classes positive subject concord + -napuna
Negative present (negative subject concord + -puni)
Singular Plural
1st person sipuni hatupuni
2nd person hupuni hampuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapuni hawapuni
other classes negative subject concord + -puni
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapuna
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapuna
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pune)
Singular Plural
1st person nipune tupune
2nd person upune mpune
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apune wapune
other classes positive subject concord + -pune
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipune
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepuna
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepuna
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipuna
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipuna
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apuna)
Singular Plural
1st person napuna twapuna
2nd person wapuna mwapuna
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apuna wapuna
m-mi(III/IV) wapuna yapuna
ji-ma(V/VI) lapuna yapuna
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapuna vyapuna
n(IX/X) yapuna zapuna
u(XI) wapuna see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapuna
pa(XVI) papuna
mu(XVIII) mwapuna
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepuna
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapuna
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japuna
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipuna
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopuna
Consecutive kapuna / positive subject concord + -kapuna
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapune
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipuna -tupuna
2nd person -kupuna -wapuna/-kupuneni/-wapuneni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpuna -wapuna
m-mi(III/IV) -upuna -ipuna
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipuna -yapuna
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipuna -vipuna
n(IX/X) -ipuna -zipuna
u(XI) -upuna see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupuna
pa(XVI) -papuna
mu(XVIII) -mupuna
Reflexive -jipuna
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -puna- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -punaye -punao
m-mi(III/IV) -punao -punayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -punalo -punayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -punacho -punavyo
n(IX/X) -punayo -punazo
u(XI) -punao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -punako
pa(XVI) -punapo
mu(XVIII) -punamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -puna)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepuna -opuna
m-mi(III/IV) -opuna -yopuna
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopuna -yopuna
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopuna -vyopuna
n(IX/X) -yopuna -zopuna
u(XI) -opuna see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopuna
pa(XVI) -popuna
mu(XVIII) -mopuna
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tagalog

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puná (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ)

  1. notice; observation; noticing
    Synonyms: obserbasyon, pansin, reparo
  2. remark; comment
    Synonyms: komentaryo, pansin
  3. adverse criticism; objection; criticism
    Synonyms: kritika, pintas, tutol

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Further reading

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  • puna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *puna.

Pronunciation

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puna

  1. red (colour)

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Declension of puna (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative puna
genitive puna
partitive punna
illative punnasõ, punna
inessive punaz
elative punassõ
allative punalõ
adessive punallõ
ablative punaltõ
translative punassi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “puna”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Warlpiri

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puna

  1. ash