(New Zealand) A subtribe of an iwi or Maori tribe; the basic political unit within Māori society; a subtribe or extended family.
hupa
jaup
jaup
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A mark left by a splash of water or mud.
(Scotland, Northern England) A splash.
verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To splash; to slosh.
napu
napu
noun
The greater mouse-deer, Tragulus napu
pacu
pacu
noun
Any of several South American freshwater fishes related to the piranha.
patu
patu
noun
A Maori club / pounder
paua
paua
noun
A fish hook made from this shell.
A large, edible abalone, Haliotis iris, native to New Zealand, whose shell is used to make jewelry.
The shell of this mollusc.
paul
paul
noun
An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
Archaic form of pawl.
paup
paur
paut
prau
puan
puca
puja
puja
noun
A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
puka
puka
noun
A small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
Alternative form of pooka
pula
pula
noun
(Southern Africa) Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.
puma
puma
noun
(by extension) Any feline belonging to the genus Puma.
(slang) A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
puna
puna
noun
An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population.
pupa
pupa
noun
An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.
puya
puya
noun
(botany) A member of the genus Puya of bromeliad plants.
A Meetei scripture
rupa
rupa
noun
(Buddhism) form, shape, outward appearance.
supa
tapu
tapu
noun
Alternative form of taboo
upas
upas
noun
(uncountable) A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.
(uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.
(usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.