pukka \PUHK-uh\, adjective:
1. Authentic; genuine.2. Good of its kind; first-class.
He talks like the quintessential pukka Englishman and quotes Chesterton and Kipling by the yard and yet he has chosen to live most of his adult life abroad.-- Lynn Barber, "Bell book . . . and then what?", The Observer, August 27, 2000
If he does not have a house, the government gives him a pukka residence, not a . . . shack on the pavement but a solid construction.-- Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Pukka comes from Hindi pakka, "cooked, ripe," from Sanskrit pakva-, from pacati, "he cooks."
Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for pukka
Ok I don't like this word.. yuck.. know what it sounds like to me?
I pukka on you
or
You pukka on me
LOL
Ok Joe, eagerly awaiting to see what sentence you come up with for THIS word!! LOL
~Monica
Hi Lorraine
Thank you, and glad you are enjoying these words of the day. I have a very good sentence.
To have friends like you that are so pukka, is a treat in itself.
Thanks Lorraine
Bj
LOL Monica
I know to you what this sounds like.
But my dear, you are a very pukka person, very pukka.
And this is a compliment, and I think your friends realize this also.