Lexicographical Neighbors of Punga
Literary usage of Punga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"punga (myth.), a deity presiding over the shark, lizard, ray, and all deformed,
ugly things : Te aitanga a punga; Any ugly persons. punga was the son of ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1905)
"HM HOBART and FRANKLIN punga (by letter): The authors agree with Mr. CA Adams,
Jr., that their theory is suitable primarily for the designing engineer, ..."
3. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the by Abraham Fornander, John F. G. Stokes (1885)
"Tagal., ma-punga, liquid. Lat., /undo, -ere, to pour out, to spill, of liquids;
fons, spring, source, fountain. ..."
4. Digest of Decisions of Law and Practice in the Patent Office and the United by Amos Winfield Hart (1898)
"punga, 68 OG 657, С. D. 1894. 6. Carty filed an application April 20, 1885.
October 31, 1887, the application became abandoned. ..."
5. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"... and said : " I know why you wander about ; it is for your wife. Had I known,
you should have gone. But now go with some of my punga- ..."
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