punho

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Galician

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Noun

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punho m (plural punhos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of puño

Further reading

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  • punho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese punno, puno, from Latin pugnus (fist), from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ- (prick, punch).

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -uɲu
    • Hyphenation: pu‧nho

    Noun

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    punho m (plural punhos)

    1. fist (clenched hand)
    2. (anatomy) wrist (part of the body between the hand and the forearm)
      Synonym: pulso
    3. the grip of a firearm
      Synonyms: cabo, empunhadura
    4. each end of a hammock

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