poha

Borrowed from Hindi पोहा (pohā).

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.

poha

1. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana).

• paho, PAHO, opah, Paoh, HAPO

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

poha

1. (ordinal number) fifth

From Ternate poha (“to endure”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ha/
• Hyphenation: po‧ha

poha

1. to endure, able

   Kita so tra poha bacuci piring, talalu banya.

   I can't wash the dishes (anymore), there are too many.

poha f (plural pohas)

1. filter-avoidance spelling of porra

poha

1. endure

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