koha

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊhə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊhə/ Hyphenation: ko‧ha === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Māori koha (“regard, respect; gift, present”). ==== Noun ==== koha (countable and uncountable, plural kohas or koha) (New Zealand) A Māori tradition of reciprocal giving of gifts. (New Zealand, by extension) A voluntary donation given for a service that has been provided. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Sinhalese කොහා (kohā, “cuckoo”), probably from Sinhalese කෝ + හඩ (kō + haḍa, “cuckoo”) or ultimately as the abbreviation of the word tells, the imitation of the chirping and trilling sound. ==== Noun ==== koha (plural kohas) (chiefly Sri Lanka) The koel (Eudynamys), a genus of cuckoos from Asia, Australia, and the Pacific with a distinctive loud call; specifically, the Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus). ===== Related terms ===== malkoha ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === koha (custom) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia koel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Hoak, hako, khoa == Albanian == === Noun === koha age == Estonian == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *kuha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== koha (genitive koha, partitive koha) zander, the freshwater fish Sander lucioperca. ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== koha (genitive koha, partitive koha) rustling, the sound of waves or of leaves in the wind. ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== kohin ==== Verb ==== koha Second-person singular imperative form of kohama. Present connegative form of kohama. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== koha genitive singular of koht == Herero == === Verb === koha to wash == Vilamovian == === Alternative forms === kocha === Etymology === From Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn (“to cook”), from Late Latin cocō (“to cook”), from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti (“to be cooking”), from *pekʷ- (“to cook”). === Verb === koha (simple past koht, past participle gykoht) to cook to boil (cook in boiling water) to boil (begin to turn into a gas) ==== Derived terms ==== ȧjkoha === Further reading === koha on the Polish Wiktionary.Wiktionary pl https://glosbe.com/wym/en/koha