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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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    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 taropuka 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 tarojepuka 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 tarojopuka 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 tarombopuka 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 taropuka/tagueropuka che tereropuka/teregueropuka nde toropuka/togueropuka ha'e tajaropuka/tajagueropuka ñande taroropuka/tarogueropuka 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 taroporopuka/taromba'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.

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

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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puka c

  1. (music) kettledrum

Declension

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

Synonyms

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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
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