| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pukka |
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| SYLLABICATION: | puk·ka |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p k  |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also puck·a |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Genuine; authentic. 2. Superior; first-class. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hindi pakk , cooked, ripe, from Sanskrit pakva-, from pacati, he cooks. See pekw- in Appendix I.
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