puera
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese poeira. Cognates with Kabuverdianu puera.
Latin
Etymology
Feminization of puer "child, boy"
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.e.ra/, [ˈpʊ.ɛ.ra]
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | puera | puerae |
Genitive | puerae | puerārum |
Dative | puerae | puerīs |
Accusative | pueram | puerās |
Ablative | puerā | puerīs |
Vocative | puera | puerae |
Derived terms
References
- puera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- puera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to leave one's boyhood behind one, become a man: ex pueris excedere
- (ambiguous) to leave one's boyhood behind one, become a man: ex pueris excedere
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