punga
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The imported spruce, oak, willow, and ash of the more settled region gave place to feathery green punga tree-ferns, and stiff brown tawa of indigenous growth.
From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
M. du Chaillu everywhere confounds Anyambía, or, as he writes the word, "Aniambié," with Inyemba, a witch, to bewitch being "punga inyemba."
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
He discovered Maui's method of making the punga or eel baskets for catching eels.
From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by Westervelt, W. D.
A portion was set before each of them, with the punga, or preliminary sip, which custom required on the part of the entertainers.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram
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