Puka

/POO-kah/

A hole. Any hole.

Hawaiian for hole. Your shirt has a puka in it. The road has puka (potholes). Puka shells have a natural hole in the middle — that's literally where the name comes from.

Examples

  • You got one puka in your shirt.
  • Watch out for da puka in da road.
  • Okole, puka. (Butt, hole.)

Origin

Hawaiian

descriptive hawaiian-root

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