different between yuka vs puka

English

Noun

yuka (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of yuca (cassava root)

Anagrams

• kuya

Japanese

Romanization

yuka

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jubka (“thin”). Cognate to yufka where the original sense was not preserved.

Adjective

yuka (comparative daha yuka, superlative en yuka)

1. (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye, of water) shallow
2. (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye) shallow, thin, opposite of thick in a vertical direction

Synonyms

• s??
• ince

Antonyms

• derin

Wagaya

Noun

yuka

1. water

References

• Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, ?ISBN, edited by Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch

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