puka

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːkə/

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• Rhymes: -uːkə

Borrowed from Hawaiian puka (“hole”).

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.

Borrowed from Irish púca (“hobgoblin”).

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

• Kaup, kapu

• Hyphenation: pu‧ka
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuka/

puka

1. to vigil (particularly, to refrain sleeping in order to offer oneself in prayer)

   Synonyms: lamay, belar

puka

1. to laugh

From Proto-Polynesian *puta. Compare Maori puta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ka/, [ˈpukə]

puka

1. hole, gate, doorway

   puka lani, puka o kalani

   gate of heaven, heaven's gate

2. a snare, a trap

   Synonym: kīpuka

• → English: pooka

puka

1. to pass through and out (intransitive)

   Coordinate term: (transitive) hoʻopuka

2. to graduate (intransitive)

   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

• Entry at Wehewehe.org

puka

1. owl

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

puka

1. third-person singular present of pukać

puka

1. red

From Middle Low German puke.

• IPA^(key): /²pʉ̟ːka/

puka c

1. (music) kettledrum

• timpani

• pukslagare

• puka in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• kupa

pukâ

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

• bulok

puka

1. rotten