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n. Buzzard. Eng.

pukakā

/ puka.kā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vi., To cackle, cluck.

Nā LepiliTags: onomatopoeia

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pūkākā

/ pū.kā.kā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vi., To flee, as in fright; scattered.

  • Examples:
    • Pūkākā nā lehua o Mānā, the warrior flowers of Mānā are routed.

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v. To ascend in a zigzag direction.

2. To cluck, as a hen; to cackle in sympathy, as a cock with a hen when she has laid. See PUKOKO. E koko (pukaka) e like me ka moa kane i ka manawa e hoohemo ai ka moa wahine i ka hua.

v. To go here and there; to go about without object.

Pukaka na lehua o Mana,

Auwana wale iho no i ka auwai,

He ole ka launa me Makalii,

Ike i na muliwai holo a ka ia

E holo ana ka oopu, he ia iki—e.

Pukaka (pū'-kă-ka'), v.

/ pū'-kă-ka' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To cluck, as a hen; to cackle in sympathy. as a cock with a hen when she has laid: e koko (pukaka) e like me ka moa kane i ka manawa e hoohemo ai ka moa wahine i ka hua. Syn: Pukoko.

Pukaka (pū'-kā'-kā'), v.

/ pū'-kā'-kā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To run or flee in disorder, as from fright.

Pukaka (pū'-kā'-kā'), v.

/ pū'-kā'-kā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To go here and there; to go about without object.
Pukaka ha lehna n
Mana Auwana wale ihono i ka aawai
He ole ka launa;me Makalii Ike i na muliwai holo, a ka ia
E holo ana ka OOPU. he ia iki-e.

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