puka

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpuːkə/ Rhymes: -uːkə === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Hawaiian puka (“hole”). ==== Noun ==== puka (plural pukas) 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) Alternative form of pooka. === Etymology 3 === From Māori [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== puka The evergreen tree Meryta sinclairii, endemic to New Zealand. Synonym: pukanui 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) vigil Synonyms: lamay, belar ==== Derived terms ==== == Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *puta. Compare Māori puta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpu.ka/, [ˈpu.kə] === Noun === puka hole, gate, doorway a snare, a trap Synonym: kīpuka ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: pooka === Verb === puka (intransitive) to pass through and out Coordinate term: (transitive) hoʻopuka (intransitive) to graduate Coordinate term: (transitive) hoʻopuka to be said, to be spoken, to be issued Coordinate term: (transitive: to say, to speak, to issue) hoʻopuka to win, to profit, to gain ==== Derived terms ==== hoʻopuka (causative) === Further reading === Entry at Wehewehe.org == Kanakanabu == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpu.ka/ === Noun === puka 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 cabbage Meryta sinclairii Griselinia lucida ==== Derived terms ==== pukapuka pukatea === References === === 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 these ==== See also ==== === 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 to laugh ==== Conjugation ==== === 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 third-person singular present of pukać == Quechua == === Adjective === puka red ==== See also ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German puke. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²pʉ̟ːka/ === Noun === puka c (music) kettledrum ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== timpani ==== Derived terms ==== pukslagare === References === “puka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === kupa == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /puˈkaʔ/ [pʊˈxaʔ] Rhymes: -aʔ Syllabification: pu‧ka === Adjective === pukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃ) rotten (referring to the end of a post that has been long in the ground) Synonym: bulok === Anagrams === upak == Warlpiri == === Adjective === puka rotten