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Malay
Etymology
Cantonese 仆街 (puk1 gaai1, “fall onto street, drop dead, go to hell”), from 仆 (puk1, “fall”) + 街 (gaai1, “street”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
pokai (Jawi spelling ڤوکاي)
- (slang) Having no money; broke
Further reading
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *pookai (compare with Tahitian pōʻai)[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
pokai
- to wind something in a ball or coil
- to roll up, to wrap up
- to surround
- Synonyms: whiwhi, rawe
Noun
pokai
- ball (of string etc)
- roll
- wrap, wrapper
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pookai”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “pokai”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 335-6
- “pokai” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.