puka

See also: puka', puká, pūķa, and пука

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from HawaiianCategory:English terms borrowed from Hawaiian#PUKACategory:English terms derived from Hawaiian#PUKA puka (“hole”).

Noun

puka (plural pukas)Category:English lemmas#PUKACategory:English nouns#PUKACategory:English countable nouns#PUKACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. A small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from IrishCategory:English terms borrowed from Irish#PUKACategory:English terms derived from Irish#PUKA púca (“hobgoblin”).

Noun

puka (plural pukas)Category:English lemmas#PUKACategory:English nouns#PUKACategory:English countable nouns#PUKACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. Alternative form of pooka.
    • 2012, Nwaocha Ogechukwu, The Devil: What Does He Look Like?, →ISBN, page 45:
      In contrast, the puca (faeries) of Celtic folklore instill a similar psychological fear in those who believe in them just as the devil in Christianity creates fear in Christians
      Category:English terms with quotations#PUKA

Etymology 3

From MāoriCategory:English terms borrowed from Māori#PUKACategory:English terms derived from Māori#PUKA [Term?]Category:Māori term requests#PUKA.

Noun

pukaCategory:English lemmas#PUKACategory:English nouns#PUKACategory:English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals#PUKACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. The evergreen tree Meryta sinclairiiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Meryta%20sinclairii, endemic to New Zealand.
    Synonym: pukanui
  2. The epiphytic plant Griselinia lucidaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Griselinia%20lucida, native to New Zealand.
    Synonym: akapuka

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Central Bikol

Pronunciation

Noun

púka (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜃ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#PUKACategory:Central Bikol nouns#PUKACategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#PUKACategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#PUKACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. vigil
    Synonyms: lamay, belar

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#PUKACategory:Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#PUKA *puta. Compare Māori puta.

Pronunciation

Noun

pukaCategory:Hawaiian lemmas#PUKACategory:Hawaiian nouns#PUKACategory:Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. hole, gate, doorway
    puka lani, puka o kalani
    gate of heaven, heaven's gate
    Category:Hawaiian terms with usage examples#PUKA
  2. a snare, a trap
    Synonym: kīpuka

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

pukaCategory:Hawaiian lemmas#PUKACategory:Hawaiian verbs#PUKACategory:Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. (intransitiveCategory:Hawaiian intransitive verbs#PUKA) to pass through and out
    Coordinate term: (transitive) hoʻopuka
  2. (intransitiveCategory:Hawaiian intransitive verbs#PUKA) to graduate
    Coordinate term: (transitive) hoʻopuka
  3. to be said, to be spoken, to be issued
    Coordinate term: (transitive: to say, to speak, to issue) hoʻopuka
  4. to win, to profit, to gain

Derived terms

Further reading

Kanakanabu

Noun

pukaCategory:Kanakanabu lemmas#PUKACategory:Kanakanabu nouns#PUKACategory:Kanakanabu entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. owl
Category:xnb:Birds of prey#PUKA

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#PUKACategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#PUKA *puka (“any littoral Pisonia, Hernandia spp.”) – compare with Tongan puka and Samoan puʻa vai (“Pisonia grandisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Pisonia%20grandis”), Samoan puʻa (“ibid., Hernandia nymphaeifoliaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Hernandia%20nymphaeifolia”).[1][2] Modern sense of introduced cabbage from large size of its leaves.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

pukaCategory:Māori lemmas#PUKACategory:Māori nouns#PUKACategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. cabbage
  2. Meryta sinclairiiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Meryta%20sinclairii
  3. Griselinia lucidaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Griselinia%20lucida

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 369
  2. ↑ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 167-70
  3. ↑ “Proto-Polynesian Etymologies: Puka”, in Te Māra Reo‎, Benson Family Trust, 2024

Further reading

  • “puka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Maung

Pronunciation

Determiner

puka class 3Category:Maung lemmas#PUKACategory:Maung determiners#PUKACategory:Maung entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. these

See also

Maung demonstratives and articles
proximal distal article
class 1 nuka naka ja
class 2 juka jaka jita
class 3 puka paka pata
class 4 tuka waka, taka ta
class 5 muka maka mata
class 6 tuka taka ta

References

  • Heather Hewett; Anne Dineen; David Stainsby; Robin Field (2013), “puka”, in Maung-English Interactive Dictionary‎, Australian Society for Indigenous Languages
  • Ruth Singer; Warruwi Community (2021), “puka”, in Mawng to English Dictionary, Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

Verb

pukaCategory:Paraguayan Guarani lemmas#PUKACategory:Paraguayan Guarani verbs#PUKACategory:Paraguayan Guarani entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. to laugh

Conjugation

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Verb

pukaCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#PUKACategory:Polish verb forms#PUKACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. third-person singular present of pukać

Quechua

Adjective

pukaCategory:Quechua lemmas#PUKACategory:Quechua adjectives#PUKACategory:Quechua entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. red

See also

Colors in Quechua · llimphikuna (layout · text)
     yuraq      uqi      titi, yana
             puka; panti              killmu, willapi, aruma
(see also: q'illu); allqa, ch'umpi		              q'illu
                          q'umir, waylla             
             qhusi              uqi              anqas
             panti              panti; kulli, sañi,             

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low GermanCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from Middle Low German#PUKACategory:Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German#PUKA puke.

Pronunciation

Noun

puka cCategory:Swedish lemmas#PUKACategory:Swedish nouns#PUKACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. (musicCategory:sv:Musical instruments#PUKA) kettledrum

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • “puka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

Adjective

pukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#PUKACategory:Tagalog adjectives#PUKACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#PUKACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#PUKACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. rotten (referring to the end of a post that has been long in the ground)
    Synonym: bulok

Anagrams

Warlpiri

Adjective

pukaCategory:Warlpiri lemmas#PUKACategory:Warlpiri adjectives#PUKACategory:Warlpiri entries with incorrect language header#PUKACategory:Pages with entries#PUKACategory:Pages with 12 entries#PUKA

  1. rotten
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