puki noun2 •A bowl or other dish used by Native Americans in the Southwest as a mold when making pots.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. — 2004 •Any form or mold used for making clay pots by hand.Like I showed you, the clay goes into the puki, coil by coil. — 2012 formspukis