pukpuk

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

púkpúk (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

1. alternative spelling of pukpok

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.

pukpuk

1. crocodile

• 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

From Proto-Austronesian *pukpuk.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /pukpuk/ [pʊk̚ˈpuk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: puk‧puk

pukpuk (used in the form magpukpuk)

1. to hammer; pound

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.

pukpuk

1. crocodile; alligator

• lukim yu bihain pukpuk

• 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

pukpuk

1. crocodile

• Samoan Plantation Pidgin: pukpuk
• Tok Pisin: pukpuk

• 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