punyalada

From punyal +‎ -ada.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pu.ɲəˈla.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pu.ɲaˈla.ða]

punyalada f (plural punyalades)

1. stab
2. stab wound
3. (figurative) blow

• “punyalada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “punyalada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “punyalada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “punyalada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Spanish puñalada (“stab”), an ellipsis of paloma de puñalada (“stab-wound dove”), so named for the blood-red feathers on its chest, which resemble a dagger wound.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /punjaˈlada/ [pʊn.ɲɐˈlaː.d̪ɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /punjaˈlada/ [pʊn̪.jɐˈlaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pun‧ya‧la‧da

punyalada (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜎᜇ)

1. bleeding-heart (bird of the genus Gallicolumba)

• “punyalada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018