poha

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi पोहा (pohā).

Noun

poha (uncountable)

1. Flattened rice.
2. Any Indian dish using flattened rice as a base.
   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 111:

     She brought fresh green chillies with her every day and cooked me poha for breakfast.

Etymology 2

Noun

poha

1. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana).

Anagrams

• paho, PAHO, opah, Paoh, HAPO

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Ternate poha (“to endure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ha/
• Hyphenation: po‧ha

Verb

poha

1. to endure, able

   Kita so tra poha bacuci piring, talalu banya.

   I can't wash the dishes (anymore), there are too many.

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

From po (“five”) +‎ -ha (ordinal number suffix).

Adjective

poha

1. (ordinal number) fifth

Portuguese

Noun

poha f (plural pohas)

1. filter-avoidance spelling of porra

Ternate

Verb

poha

1. endure

Conjugation

Conjugation of poha

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		topoha	fopoha	mipoha
2nd person		nopoha	nipoha
3rd person	masculine	opoha	ipoha yopoha (archaic)
	feminine	mopoha
	neuter	ipoha

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.