Pua

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See also: pua, PUA, púa, puã, and pu'a

Hawaiian

Etymology

From pua (flower; child); also a short form of compound names with the element pua.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Template:haw-proper noun

  1. a female given name from Hawaiian and nickname.
  2. (dated) a male given name from Hawaiian
  3. (Hawaiian mythology) A sorcery goddess of Molokai.

References

  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 397
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Pua occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 16 women and 19 men.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value nan-hok is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. (Phoaⁿ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pua

  1. Lua error in Module:names at line 629: dot= and nodot= are no longer supported in Template:surname because a trailing period is no longer added by default; if you want it, add it explicitly after the template of Chinese origin.

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