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Webster 1913 Edition
Punka
‖
Pun′ka
,Noun.
[Hind.
pankhā
fan.] A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord.
[Hindostan]
[Written also
punkah
.] Malcom.
Definition 2024
punka
punka
Finnish
Noun
punka
- pimpernel (flowering plant of the genus Anagallis)
Declension
| Inflection of punka (Kotus type 10/koira, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | punka | pungat | |
| genitive | pungan | punkien | |
| partitive | punkaa | punkia | |
| illative | punkaan | punkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | punka | pungat | |
| accusative | nom. | punka | pungat |
| gen. | pungan | ||
| genitive | pungan | punkien punkainrare |
|
| partitive | punkaa | punkia | |
| inessive | pungassa | pungissa | |
| elative | pungasta | pungista | |
| illative | punkaan | punkiin | |
| adessive | pungalla | pungilla | |
| ablative | pungalta | pungilta | |
| allative | pungalle | pungille | |
| essive | punkana | punkina | |
| translative | pungaksi | pungiksi | |
| instructive | — | pungin | |
| abessive | pungatta | pungitta | |
| comitative | — | punkineen | |
Compounds
- hoikkapunka (Anagallis tenella)
- peltopunka (Anagallis arvensis)
- pikkupunka (Anagallis minima)
- sinipunka (Anagallis foemina)
- suolapunka (plant of the genus Samolus)