perna
Meaning
- (feminine) leg
- (feminine) stint
Frequency
Hyphenated as
per‧na
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛʁ.nɐ/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perna, from Latin perna, from Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂ (“heel”). Compare Galician perna and Spanish pierna.
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