puha

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori 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.] == Hungarian == === Etymology === From an otherwise unattested stem (an onomatopoeia) + -a (obsolete participle-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpuɦɒ] Hyphenation: pu‧ha Rhymes: -hɒ === Adjective === puha (comparative puhább, superlative legpuhább) soft (easily giving way under pressure) Synonyms: lágy, süppedős Antonym: kemény puha ágy ― soft bed (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === 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 dialectal form of pusa ==== Synonyms ==== == Māori == === 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); 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. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === puha bucket, barrel box === References === === Further reading === Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[2] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN “puha” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.