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"pooka" has 2 syllables: pook-a. It rhymes with hookah and hooka, if that helps it stick.
noun
“The pooka had befriended the kindly old man.”
Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.
"Pooka" has 2 syllables: pook · a.
Pooka: A fairy that supposedly appears in animal form, often large.
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