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puka

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See also: puka', puká, pūķa, and пука

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hawaiian puka (hole).

Noun

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puka (plural pukas)

  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

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Borrowed from Irish púca (hobgoblin).

Noun

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puka (plural pukas)

  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

Etymology 3

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From Maori [Term?].

Noun

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puka

  1. The evergreen tree Meryta sinclairii, endemic to New Zealand.
    Synonym: pukanui
  2. The epiphytic plant Griselinia lucida, native to New Zealand.
    Synonym: akapuka

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuka/ [ˈpu.ka]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ka

Noun

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púka (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜃ)

  1. vigil
    Synonyms: lamay, belar

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Guaraní

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Verb

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puka

  1. to laugh

Conjugation

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *puta. Compare Maori puta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ka/, [ˈpu.kə]

Noun

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puka

  1. hole, gate, doorway
    puka lani, puka o kalani
    gate of heaven, heaven's gate
  2. a snare, a trap
    Synonym: kīpuka

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: pooka

Verb

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puka

  1. (intransitive) to pass through and out
    Coordinate term: (transitive) hoʻopuka
  2. (intransitive) 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

Further reading

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Kanakanabu

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Noun

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puka

  1. owl

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *puka (any littoral Pisonia, Hernandia spp.) – compare with Tongan puka and Samoan puʻa vai (“Pisonia grandis”), Samoan puʻa (“ibid., Hernandia nymphaeifolia”).[1][2] Modern sense of introduced cabbage from large size of its leaves.[3]

Noun

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puka

  1. cabbage
  2. Meryta sinclairii
  3. Griselinia lucida

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], 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[2], Benson Family Trust, 2024

Further reading

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

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: pu‧ka

Verb

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puka

  1. third-person singular present of pukać

Quechua

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Adjective

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puka

  1. red

See also

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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

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German puke.

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Noun

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puka c

  1. (music) kettledrum

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Tagalog

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pukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃ)

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

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Warlpiri

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Adjective

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puka

  1. rotten