suha
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Noun
suhâ (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜑ)
- alternative form of suwa
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
suha (Cyrillic spelling суха)
- inflection of sȗh:
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
- indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *suhaq (“pomelo”). However, according to Fr. San Buena Ventura (1613), the word came from a Visayan source. Compare Ilocano sua, Dupaningan Agta suwa, Kapampangan sua, Bikol Central suwa, Cebuano suwa, and Tausug suwaꞌ gadja.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈsuhaʔ/ [ˈsuː.hɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -uhaʔ
- IPA(key): /suˈhaʔ/ [sʊˈhaʔ] (obsolete)
- IPA(key): /ˈsuhaʔ/ [ˈsuː.hɐʔ]
- Syllabification: su‧ha
Noun
suhà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜑ)
- pomelo
- Synonyms: lukban, pomelo, suhang-sungsong
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “suha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 440: “Naranjas) Sova (pc) pequeñas como las de caſtilla muy agrias y campeſinas, es bocablo Biſayo.”