pūkeko

See also: pukeko

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori pūkeko.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpuːkɛkoʊ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpʉːkeko/, /ˈpʉːkekʌʉ/

Noun

pūkeko (plural pūkeko or pūkekos)

  1. (New Zealand) Australasian swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus). [from 19th c.]
    • 1984, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 211:
      I had my place to sit, on the fallen birch log by the creek, where I could watch the pukeko, the ducks and the eels, and look through the sheltering willows to the paddock […] .

Māori

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːkeko/ [ˈpuːkɛkɔ]

Noun

pūkeko

  1. pūkeko (Porphyrio melanotus)
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