puka

See also: puka', puká, pūķa, and пука

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːkə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian puka (“hole”).

Noun

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

Borrowed from Irish púca (“hobgoblin”).

Noun

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

From Māori puka.

Noun

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

Anagrams

• Kaup, kapu

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

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

Noun

púka (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜃ)

1. vigil

   Synonyms: lamay, belar

Derived terms

• magpuka
• pagpuka
• pukahan

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *puta. Compare Māori puta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ka/, [ˈpu.kə]

Noun

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

• kīpuka (“poncho”)
• puka aniani (“window”)
• pukaball
• pukapuka (“full of holes”)
• pupuka (“ugly”)
• ʻāpuka (“emerge”, verb)

Descendants

• → English: pooka

Verb

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

Derived terms

• hoʻopuka (causative)

Further reading

• Entry at Wehewehe.org

Kanakanabu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ka/

Noun

puka

1. owl

Māori

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuka/ [ˈpʉkɐ]

Noun

puka

1. cabbage
2. Meryta sinclairii
3. Griselinia lucida

Derived terms

• pukapuka
• pukatea

Further reading

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

Maung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puka/

Determiner

puka class 3

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^[4], Australian Society for Indigenous Languages
• Ruth Singer; Warruwi Community (2021), “puka”, in Mawng to English Dictionary, Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Verb

puka

1. to laugh

Conjugation

    Conjugation of puka

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
active
	indicative	che apuka	nde repuka	ha'e opuka	ñande japuka	ore ropuka	peẽ pepuka	ha'ekuéra opuka/opuka hikuái
	hortative	tapuka che	terepuka nde	topuka ha'e	tajapuka ñande	toropuka ore	tapepuka peẽ	topuka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	epuka	-	-	-	pepuka	-
passive
	indicative	che ajepuka	nde rejepuka	ha'e ojepuka	ñande jajepuka	ore rojepuka	peẽ pejepuka	ha'ekuéra ojepuka/ojepuka hikuái
	hortative	tajepuka che	terejepuka nde	tojepuka ha'e	tajajepuka ñande	torojepuka ore	tapejepuka peẽ	tojepuka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	ejepuka	-	-	-	pejepuka	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande jajopuka	ore rojopuka	peẽ pejopuka	ha'ekuéra ojopuka/ojopuka hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajopuka ñande	torojopuka ore	tapejopuka peẽ	tojopuka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejopuka	-
coactive
	indicative	che ambopuka	nde rembopuka	ha'e ombopuka	ñande ñambopuka	ore rombopuka	peẽ pembopuka	ha'ekuéra ombopuka/ombopuka hikuái
	hortative	tambopuka che	terembopuka nde	tombopuka ha'e	tañambopuka ñande	torombopuka ore	tapembopuka peẽ	tombopuka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	embopuka	-	-	-	pembopuka	-
objective
	indicative	che aropuka/agueropuka	nde reropuka/regueropuka	ha'e oropuka/ogueropuka	ñande jaropuka/jagueropuka	ore roropuka/rogueropuka	peẽ peropuka/pegueropuka	ha'ekuéra oropuka/ogueropuka//oropuka/ogueropuka hikuái
	hortative	toropuka/tagueropuka che	tereropuka/teregueropuka nde	toropuka/togueropuka ha'e	tajaropuka/tajagueropuka ñande	tororopuka/torogueropuka ore	taperopuka/tapegueropuka peẽ	toropuka/togueropuka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eropuka/egueropuka	-	-	-	peropuka/pegueropuka	-
subsumptive¹
	indicative	che aporopuka/amba'epuka	nde reporopuka/remba'epuka	ha'e oporopuka/omba'epuka	ñande japoropuka/ñamba'epuka	ore roporopuka/romba'epuka	peẽ peporopuka/pemba'epuka	ha'ekuéra oporopuka/omba'epuka//oporopuka/omba'epuka hikuái
	hortative	taporopuka/tamba'epuka che	tereporopuka/teremba'epuka nde	toporopuka/tomba'epuka ha'e	tajaporopuka/tañamba'epuka ñande	toroporopuka/toromba'epuka ore	tapeporopuka/tapemba'epuka peẽ	toporopuka/tomba'epuka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eporopuka/emba'epuka	-	-	-	peporopuka/pemba'epuka	-
		¹: the subsumptive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

References

• Britton, A. Scott (2005), “puka”, in Guaraní Concise Dictionary (overall work in English), New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 92
• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “puka”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 91, column 2

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

puka

1. third-person singular present of pukać

Quechua

Adjective

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 German puke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²pʉ̟ːka/

Noun

puka c

1. (music) kettledrum

Declension

Declension of puka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	puka	pukas
	definite	pukan	pukans
plural	indefinite	pukor	pukors
	definite	pukorna	pukornas

Synonyms

• timpani

Derived terms

• pukslagare

References

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

Anagrams

• kupa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈkaʔ/ [pʊˈx̠aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧ka

Adjective

pukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃ)

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

   Synonym: bulok

Anagrams

• upak

Warlpiri

Adjective

puka

1. rotten