pugnus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) a fist; a hand with all fingers curled up
2. (declension-2, masculine) a fistful, handful

Concepts

fist

✊

wrist

punch

👊

the fist

Translations

Faust

✊

poing

✊

puño

✊

punho

✊

pugno

✊

vuist

✊

ponh

polso

puny

✊

poignet

punh

γροθιά

مست

poigne

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpʊŋ.nʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Near cognates include Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”). Related to pungō.