puha
English
Etymology
From Maori pūhā.
Noun
puha (uncountable)
- (New Zealand) Any of various Eurasian sowthistles of the genus Sonchus, used as a vegetable by Māori people; especially the prickly sowthistle, Sonchus asper. [from 19th c.]
- 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 68:
- ‘Come on,’ she says to the entranced child, ‘downstairs and help us collect some puha to go with them.’
Hungarian
Etymology
From an otherwise unattested stem (an onomatopoeia) + -a (obsolete participle-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpuɦɒ]
- Hyphenation: pu‧ha
- Rhymes: -hɒ
Adjective
puha (comparative puhább, superlative legpuhább)
- soft (easily giving way under pressure)
- (of cloth or similar material) soft (smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
- (of a person) soft, impressible, weak (in character)
- Synonyms: gyönge, befolyásolható
- (of a person) soft, pampered
- Synonyms: elpuhult, elkényeztetett, puhány
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | puha | puhák |
| accusative | puhát | puhákat |
| dative | puhának | puháknak |
| instrumental | puhával | puhákkal |
| causal-final | puháért | puhákért |
| translative | puhává | puhákká |
| terminative | puháig | puhákig |
| essive-formal | puhaként | puhákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | puhában | puhákban |
| superessive | puhán | puhákon |
| adessive | puhánál | puháknál |
| illative | puhába | puhákba |
| sublative | puhára | puhákra |
| allative | puhához | puhákhoz |
| elative | puhából | puhákból |
| delative | puháról | puhákról |
| ablative | puhától | puháktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
puháé | puháké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
puháéi | puhákéi |
Derived terms
- puhaság
- puhány
- puhít
- puhul
Compound words
- puhafa
- puhatestű
References
- ^ puha in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- puha in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuha/ [ˈpuː.hʌ]
- Rhymes: -uha
- Syllabification: pu‧ha
Noun
púha
- pronunciation variant of pusa
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms & variants of pusa
| Southern / Central | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mt. Province | Tadian | pusa, (Lubon) puha, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) poha |
| Bauko | pusa, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) puha | |
| Sabangan | pusa, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) pusa, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) puha | |
Maori
Noun
puha
- gill (of fish)
- the sow thistle, also called rareke, or raraki
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
puha (Cyrillic spelling пуха)
- genitive/accusative singular of puh
Tuamotuan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *pusa (compare with Samoan pusa and Tongan pusa);[1] proposed as a borrowing of Dutch bus from Tongan contact with Jacob Le Maire's and Willem Schouten's ships during exploration for the Dutch East India Company in April 1616.[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
puha
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pusa”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Geraghty, Paul, Tent, Jan (June 1997) “Early Dutch Loanwords in Polynesia”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society[1], volume 106, number 2, pages 141-5
Further reading
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “puha” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.