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pok-ta-pok

pok-ta-pok noun: a ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs and Maya; evolved into the ulama game.

Noun

pok-ta-pok (uncountable)

  1. a ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs and Maya; evolved into the ulama game.

Origin of pok-ta-pok

From Yucatec Maya pokolpok.

Questions about pok-ta-pok

What does pok-ta-pok mean?
Pok-ta-pok means a ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs and Maya; evolved into the ulama game.
What part of speech is pok-ta-pok?
Pok-ta-pok is a noun.

Words near pok-ta-pok in the dictionary

  1. pok chwee
  2. Pok Fu Lam
  3. pok kai
  4. Pok'ot'u
  5. pok-a-tok
  6. pok-ta-pok
  7. poka
  8. poka-yoke
  9. pokable
  10. pokal
  11. pokals

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