pulaka

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noun

Cyrtosperma merkusii, a crop grown in the South Pacific.

Similar
swamp taro
OriginTuvaluan pulaka ← Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?] ← Proto-Polynesian [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounpulaka (uncountable)
  1. uncountableCyrtosperma merkusii, a crop grown in the South Pacific.

    Synonyms: swamp taro

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCyrtosperma merkusii, a crop grown in the South Pacific.

Similar
swamp taro

Origin

  1. Proto-Austronesian*biRaq
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*biRaq
  3. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*biRaq
  4. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*biRaq
  5. Proto-Oceanic*piʀaq
  6. Proto-Polynesian[Term?]
  7. Proto-Nuclear Polynesian[Term?]
  8. Tuvaluanpulaka
  9. Englishpulaka

Borrowed from Tuvaluan pulaka.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

pulaka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulaka

MLA

“pulaka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulaka. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pulaka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulaka.

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