Wiktionary

pukpuk

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpukpuk/, [ˈpuk.puk]
  • Hyphenation: puk‧puk

Verb edit

púkpúk (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of pukpok

Samoan Plantation Pidgin edit

Etymology edit

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.

Noun edit

pukpuk

  1. crocodile

References edit

  • Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
  • Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

Tausug edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *pukpuk.

Verb edit

pukpuk (used in the form magpukpuk)

  1. to hammer

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.

Noun edit

pukpuk

  1. crocodile; alligator

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎[2], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
  • Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

Tolai edit

Noun edit

pukpuk

  1. crocodile

Descendants edit

  • Samoan Plantation Pidgin: pukpuk
  • Tok Pisin: pukpuk

References edit

  • Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎[3], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
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