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Meaning of "puku" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PUKU

Māori.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PUKU

ˈpuːkuː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUKU

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puku is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUKU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Puku

The puku is an medium-sized antelope found in wet grasslands in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia. Nearly one-third of their species isfound in protected areas, zoos, and national parks due to their diminishing habitat.

Definition of puku in the English dictionary

The definition of puku in the dictionary is the belly or stomach.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUKU

buchu · bunraku · cou-cou · gagaku · haku · kotukutuku · kuku · Maluku · mamakau · mamako · mamaku · minshuku · nunchaku · otaku · raku · seppuku · tucutucu

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUKU

puissant · puissantly · puissaunce · puja · puka · pukatea · puke · pukeko · puker · pukka · pul · pula · pulao · Pulau Pinang · pulchritude · pulchritudinous · Pulci · pule · puler · puli

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUKU

Baku · Daimoku · haiku · hapuku · hokku · kotuku · nogaku · rokkaku · Sato Eisaku · Shikoku · sudoku · Turku

Synonyms and antonyms of puku in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «puku» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PUKU

Find out the translation of puku to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of puku from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puku» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

蓝色企鹅
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Puku
570 millions of speakers
en

English

puku
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

puku
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

puku
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Puku
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

puku
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

puku
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

puku
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Puku
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

puku
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

プーク
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

puku
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Puku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Puku
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

puku
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पुकु
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Puku
70 millions of speakers
it

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puku
65 millions of speakers
pl

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Puku
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Puku
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Puku
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

puku
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Puku
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

puku
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

puku
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puku

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUKU»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of puku
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «puku».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puku

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUKU»

Discover the use of puku in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puku and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Warning! Whispers of Love
So while one may fall in love at first sight, the other may run. This is a humorous story of the mayhem that ensues when two classmates play cat and mouse with each other's hearts.
Puku Okuyama, 2011
2
Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian
Ua puku 'ia na lau lot, the ti leaves have shriveled up. (PPN putu.) 2. nvt. Final offering; to end. Puku 'awa, final kava offering. Property given by a chief into the care of his servants. (And.) pukua. Pas/imp. of puku 1 and puku 2; to offer, as a fish.
Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, 1986
3
The Puku
Valuable specimens have been contributed by Messrs. D. R. Aspinwall, A. Chanda, P. S. M. Berry, J. Hughes, L. P. van Lavieren, S. Makumbi, T. A. Mill, T. O. Osborne and R. G. Sinclair. 1 am most grateful to Messrs. G. A. D. Hooper, L. P. van ...
‎1973
4
Northern Paiute–Bannock Dictionary
[SLN] puku [puku] WR:JW. n. horse. mufiug.z2 iga. yoina sag'”.ci'i.u The horses are scared and neighing. SF :03. Var 1: FH=puku [pukr'1]subukz1 kadihua pIgu. bak'”ainar0'w#1auka. The horses leaped over the fence. DL; FH= puku [puku] ...
‎2012
5
K_ Kanaka, Stand Tall: A Search for Hawaiian Values
... hours after the birth of the firstborn son. Actually it was less a feast than a sacrament of consecration of the child to Lono, for "its safeguarding and welfare." Puku'i (Handy and Puku'i) pointed out that Lono symbolized the family's and ...
George Hu'eu Kanahele, 1993
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Dictionary of Iconic Expressions in Japanese: Vol I: A - J. ...
(nifiLeHhifi5i(Kwaweoméw¥m.Leuhifiuztw—eOQ: ov,a<$<<e)nenrranvwao Mada shabon-dama ga umaku fuke-nai sono chiisai k0 wa, shabon-dama-eki ni sutoro: o tsu'kon-de, puku-puku (to) awa o tatete ason-de-iru. That little child, who still ...
Hisao Kakehi, Ikuhiro Tamori, Lawrence Schourup, 1996
7
The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed ...
Redunca arundinum, common reedbuck Ft. redunca, bohor reedbuck R. fu/ vorufula, mountain reedbuck Kobus kob, kob K. vardoni, puku K. leche, lechwe K. megaceros, Nile lechwe K. ellipsiprymnus, waterbuck This is a close-knit tribe with ...
Richard Estes, 1991
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East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa
The puku is slightly shaggier, with rather heavier proportions than the kob and thicker, shorter, less lyrate horns which have less stem than kob. Haltenorth ( 1963) considered K. vardoni to be a race of K. kob, but the separation of the two ...
Jonathan Kingdon, 1984
9
The Bloomsbury Companion To Lexicography
Table 4.7.2 Extract from the modal system in Sepedi pos monna o reka puku pres the man buys a book neg monna ga a reke puku 1. INDICATIVE the man does not buy a book pos monna o rekile puku past the man bought a book neg monna  ...
Howard Jackson, 2013
10
Iwi: The Dynamics of Māori Tribal Organisation from C.1769 ...
Hone Mohi Tawhai said that from this time Te Aho's people were known as Te Whanau Puku, while the parent group ... and Te Whanau Puku that finally led to Te Aho's death, and the revenge taken by his descendants in his grandsons' days, ...
Angela Ballara, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUKU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puku is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Escuela de Pa'i Puku accederá a internet
Los 550 alumnos que cursan sus estudios en la escuela María Medianera de Pa'i Puku contarán con conexión a internet en su sala de informática, gracias a un ... «ABC Color, Jul 15»
2
Hoy Pa'i Puku invita a la “Noche de los notables”
Hoy tendrá lugar “La noche de los notables”, a beneficio de la Fundación Pa'i Puku, a partir de las 20:30, en el Talleyrand Costanera. La meta será recaudar ... «ABC Color, Jun 15»
3
"Puku on pilattu – miehet näyttävät madoilta"
Kun puku on istuva, sillä voidaan vähän peittää ja parannella näkymää. Tämänhetkinen slim fit -pukumuoti ei Kuitusen mukaan tee kovinkaan monen miehen ... «YLE, Jun 15»
4
Pa'i Puku: Muebles que educan
Claudia Casarino, Diana Davey de Prieto, presidenta de la fundación Pa'i Puku; Liz Crámer, directora de fundación Itaú; Bruno Defelippe y Nélida Viveros. «La Nación.com.py, Jun 15»
5
Meet Graeme Johnstone, the man in Kapai Puku cereal box loincloth
He started Kapai Puku (which is Maori for “good stomach”) in a spare room at home with ... Today, Kapai Puku employs six people and operates from a factory at ... «Herald Sun, Jun 15»
6
Graeme Johnstone poses in a loincloth on Kapai Puku cereal …
The chain pulled Graeme Johnstone's Kapai Puku products from its shelves because it was “offended” by an image of the cereal-making CEO wearing a loin ... «Herald Sun, Jun 15»
7
Huomio tyyliniekat: perjantaina pyöräillään puku päällä!
Villa on itse puhdistuvana materiaalina aivan huippu, eli jos villainen miesten puku on saatavilla, niin se toimii tässä hyvin, keinokuitu taasen vähän hankalampi. «Helsingin Sanomat, May 15»
8
Crosby: Ubránit Jágra bylo těžké, na puku je strašně silný
Na puku je strašně silný a připravuje pro své spoluhráče šance. Musíte si dávat pozor, kde se zrovna nachází. Je těžké ho zastavovat, ale snažili jsme, aby moc ... «iSport.cz, May 15»
9
Růžička: Fanoušci kluky svazují. Bojíme se bouchnout do puku
Jenže Kanada hrála výborně, perfektně zvládala souboje jeden na jednoho, byla silnější na puku. Své šance umí zakončit a to ještě velice dobře zachytal Ondra ... «Sport.cz, May 15»
10
Puku, The Stylish Portable Charger Created by Two Africans.
Puku is a stylish mobile charger designed with long power outage in mind. Seeing an opportunity after a disaster, Nigerian- American Ani Onuorah and ... «Celebrating Progress Africa, Apr 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Puku [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/puku>. May 2024 ».
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