different between puka vs duka

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pu?k?/

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

Anagrams

• Kaup, kapu

Bikol Central

Verb

puka

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

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *puta. Compare Maori puta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pu.ka/, [?puk?]

Noun

puka

1. hole, gate, doorway

2. a snare, a trap

   Synonym: k?puka

Descendants

• ? English: pooka

Verb

puka

1. to pass through and out (intransitive)

   Coordinate term: (transitive) ho?opuka

2. to graduate (intransitive)

   Coordinate term: (transitive) ho?opuka

3. to be said, to be spoken, to be issued

   Coordinate term: (transitive: to say, to speak, to issue) ho?opuka

4. to win, to profit, to gain

Further reading

• Entry at Wehewehe.org

Kanakanabu

Noun

puka

1. owl

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pu.ka/

Verb

puka

1. third-person singular present of puka?

Quechua

Adjective

puka

1. red

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German puke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²p???ka/

Noun

puka c

1. (music) kettledrum

Declension

Synonyms

• timpani

Derived terms

• pukslagare

References

• puka in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• kupa

Tagalog

Adjective

pukâ

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

Synonyms

• bulok

Warlpiri

Adjective

puka

1. rotten

English

Etymology

From Swahili duka, from Arabic ???????? (dukk?n), from Aramaic ??????????? (dukk?n?, “dais”), from Akkadian ???????? (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian ???????? (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”)..

Noun

duka (plural dukas)

1. (Kenya) A shop, store.
   • 2012, Aidan Hartley, ‘Life at One Remove’, Literary Review 404:

     This series […] was the only interesting reading material you could find on the half-empty shelves of Nairobi dukas that called themselves bookshops but mostly sold school texts and dust-coated magazines.

Anagrams

• kuda

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du?ka

Adjective

duka

1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
2. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
3. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.

Verb

duka

1. To induce sleep; to make someone drowsy or lethargic.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay duka, from Pali dukkha, from Sanskrit ???? (du?kha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.ka/
• Hyphenation: du?ka
• Rhymes: -ka

Adjective

duka

1. sad

Synonyms

• sedih

Derived terms

Further reading

• “duka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Maltese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

duka m (plural duki, feminine dukessa)

1. duke

Manchu

Romanization

duka

1. Romanization of ????

Mwani

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (dukk?n), from Aramaic ??????????? (dukk?n?, “dais”), from Akkadian ???????? (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian ???????? (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”)..

Noun

duka 5 (plural maduka)

1. (Nsimbwa) shop

Synonyms

• lozya

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du.ka/

Verb

duka

1. third-person singular present of duka?

Sakizaya

Noun

duka

1. wound; cut

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ???????? (dukk?n), from Aramaic ??????????? (dukk?n?, “dais”), from Akkadian ???????? (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian ???????? (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”)..

Pronunciation

Noun

duka (ma class, plural maduka)

1. shop (establishment that sells goods)

Descendants

• Kikuyu: nduka

Sundanese

Verb

duka

1. in the state of ignorance
2. not knowing

Swedish

Etymology

duk +? -a

Verb

duka (present dukar, preterite dukade, supine dukat, imperative duka)

1. to set (a table; to arrange with dishes and cutlery)

Conjugation

Related terms

• dukning