pukpuk

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Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: puk‧puk
  • IPA(key): /ˈpukpuk/

Verb

pukpuk

  1. Alternative spelling of pukpok.

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.

Noun

pukpuk

  1. crocodile

References
  • Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
  • Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983), “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pukpuk.

Verb

pukpuk (used in the form magpukpuk)

  1. to hammer

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.

Noun

pukpuk

  1. crocodile; alligator

Derived terms

References
  • Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
  • Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983), “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

Tolai

Noun

pukpuk

  1. crocodile

Descendants
  • Samoan Plantation Pidgin: pukpuk
  • Tok Pisin: pukpuk

References
  • Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
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