puka

See also: pūķa

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːkə/

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

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ka/, [ˈpukə]

Noun

puka

  1. hole, gate, doorway
    puka lani, puka o kalani
    gate of heaven, heaven's gate

Descendants

Polish

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      allqa, ch'umpi
                          puka              killmu, willapi, aruma
(see also: q'illu)		              q'illu
                          q'umir, waylla                           qhusi
                          anqas                           kulli, sañi

Tagalog

Adjective

pukâ

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

Synonyms

Warlpiri

Adjective

puka

  1. rotten
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