Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

puki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: pu-ki
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bowl or other dish used by Native Americans in the Southwest as a mold when making pots.

noun

Any form or mold used for making clay pots by hand.

Example Sentences

"First, I made a puki, a tool used by Native Americans to form a pinch pot. Typically, a puki is a shallow, fired bowl used to keep the bottom of the pinch pot round while holding the entire pot in shape."
"She began a pot by forming a pancake of clay between her palms and laying it in a bowl-like vessel which was the bottom of a broken pot, called a puki."
"Like I showed you, the clay goes into the puki, coil by coil."
"I begin by pinching a base or rolling out a slab that I place in a plaster form, or puki, for support.."

Inflected Forms

pukis (plural)

Questions

What does puki mean?: A bowl or other dish used by Native Americans in the Southwest as a mold when making pots.

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