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poha

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English

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Etymology 1

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Breakfast poha

Borrowed from Hindi पोहा (pohā).

Noun

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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

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Noun

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poha

  1. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana).

Anagrams

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Guaraní

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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poha

  1. (ordinal number) fifth

Portuguese

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Noun

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poha f (plural pohas)

  1. Filter-avoidance spelling of porra.

Ternate

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Verb

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poha

  1. endure

Conjugation

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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

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