- 1正港的、道地的（英式口語。台灣說「正港」；中國大陸較常說「正宗」「地道」）
Pukka means real, properly made, and of good quality — not fake, not half-done, not a cheap copy. A pukka curry is the genuine thing; a pukka builder does the job properly. It is strongly British and informal, a stamp of approval. British English borrowed it from Hindi, Punjabi and pakkā, where it means ripe, cooked-through, solid, sure — the opposite of something raw or unfinished. That goes back to pakva, “baked, cooked,” from a verb meaning to cook or roast. In South Asian English it can still carry that “solid / properly done” feel. In Britain it became everyday slang; the chef Jamie Oliver made it widely heard. Americans almost never say it, so it can puzzle them. Older colonial English had pukka sahib for a “proper” gentleman — that use feels dated now, and a bit uncomfortable, because it belongs to the British Raj. Spell it pukka, not (that is your mouth).
組成From Hindi पक्का (pakkā, “certain, sure”), Punjabi ਪੱਕਾ and Urdu پکا (pakkā, “mature, ripe; cooked; strong; genuine”), from Sanskrit पक्व (pakva, “baked, cooked”), from पचति (pacati, “to bake, cook, roast”).
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pukkaadj/ˈpʌkə/
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Genuine or authentic; hence of behaviour: correct, socially acceptable or proper.
- Maha Rajah said it was necessary to witness it to make it pukka; and they said so too, and then signed it.
- The measures which resulted in the crushing of the mutiny within the Five Rivers, were unquestionably pukka. […] Pukka and kucha statesmanship are, indeed, two things which time rarely fails to detect, just as it tries the durability of a public building or a bridge.
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Constructed as a permanent building, with high-quality materials (especially fired clay bricks and tiles as opposed to unfired mud and thatch).
- The popular classification of wells is, however, into pukka and kuchcha. Percolation wells are usually pukka or brickbuilt. Spring wells are of three kinds—(1) pukka, where the sub-soil to the spring is sandy, and masonry is necessary througout; […] (3) kuchcha wells, made of clay throughout.
- In some cases, the sericulturists avail of credit facility and construct a pukka shed for the silk worms. It is ironical, however, that they have to accommodate themselves and their children in a shabby hut.
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slangSuperior or of high quality; first-class; excellent.
- Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium-house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo-khanas, that you can find all over the City.
- Jamie Oliver prepares a "pukka" picnic of strawberries, champagne and lobster for a sail through the royal borough of Windsor on his mate's splashy new motorboat.
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