"puka" meaning in Maori

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Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *puka (“any littoral Pisonia, Hernandia spp.”) – compare with Tongan puka and Samoan puʻa vai (“Pisonia grandis”), Samoan puʻa (“ibid., Hernandia nymphaeifolia”). Modern sense of introduced cabbage from large size of its leaves. Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|*puka|t=any littoral Pisonia, Hernandia spp.}} Proto-Polynesian *puka (“any littoral Pisonia, Hernandia spp.”), {{cog|to|puka}} Tongan puka, {{cog|sm|puʻa vai}} Samoan puʻa vai, {{taxlink|Pisonia grandis|species}} Pisonia grandis, {{cog|sm|puʻa}} Samoan puʻa, {{taxlink|Hernandia nymphaeifolia|species}} Hernandia nymphaeifolia Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} puka, {{mi-noun}} puka
  1. cabbage
    Sense id: en-puka-mi-noun-Cnonvt0f
  2. Meryta sinclairii
    Sense id: en-puka-mi-noun-qNVZJ9p4 Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Maori entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 10 2 22 24 3 2 4 3 7 3 1 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 1 21 24 2 2 3 2 8 2 1 15 12 Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 1 56 43
  3. Griselinia lucida
    Sense id: en-puka-mi-noun-d2Z-H368 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 1 21 24 2 2 3 2 8 2 1 15 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pukapuka, pukatea
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      },
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      },
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      },
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