From Proto-Polynesian *puŋa (“coral rock”) (compare with Hawaiian puna (“coral, lime, plaster, calcium”), Tahitian puʻa (“coral, lime”), Tongan punga, Samoan puga)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *buŋa (“white, porous coral or growth”) (compare with Fijian vuga), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa ni batu (“coral sponge, lit. 'stone bloom'”) extension of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower”) (compare with Malay bunga and bunga karang (“sponge”)).[2][3] Doublet of pungapunga and pua.
punga
- coral
- any silicate or calcite material
- pungarehu: ash
- pungapunga: pumice
- anchor
punga
- to anchor
- to secure
- to sink, to fall
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 374
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puga.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 108
- “punga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
-punga (infinitive kupunga)
- to decrease, diminish
- to exorcise
Conjugation of -punga
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Positive present
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-napunga
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Subjunctive
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-punge
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Negative
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-pungi
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Imperative singular
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punga
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hupunga
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lipunga
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kupunga
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -napunga)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninapunga/napunga
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tunapunga
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2nd person
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unapunga
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mnapunga
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anapunga
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wanapunga
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -napunga
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -pungi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sipungi
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hatupungi
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2nd person
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hupungi
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hampungi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hapungi
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hawapungi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -pungi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tapunga
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tapunga
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -punge)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nipunge
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tupunge
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2nd person
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upunge
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mpunge
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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apunge
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wapunge
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -punge
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sipunge
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngepunga
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singepunga
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalipunga
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalipunga
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mepunga
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshapunga
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -japunga
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kipunga
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipopunga
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Consecutive
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kapunga / positive subject concord + -kapunga
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kapunge
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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pung (“scrotum”) + -a
punga (present pungar, preterite pungade, supine pungat, imperative punga)
- (slang) to place (something) between one's penis and scrotum (or in one's underwear more generally, usually for smuggling purposes)
Conjugation of punga (weak)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
punga (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜅ) (derogatory)
- Chinese person
- “punga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 2157