poha

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English

Etymology 1

Breakfast poha

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

Guaraní

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 topoha fopoha mipoha
2nd nopoha nipoha
3rd Masculine opoha ipoha, yopoha
Feminine mopoha
Neuter ipoha
- archaic

References

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