puka

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːkə/

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ka/, [ˈpukə]

puka

1. hole, gate, doorway

   puka lani, puka o kalani

   gate of heaven, heaven's gate

• → English: pooka

puka

1. owl

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ka/

puka

1. third-person singular present of pukać

puka

1. red

pukâ

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

• bulok

puka

1. rotten