kuha

From Proto-Central Philippine *kúha(ʔ) (“to get; to take”). Compare Bikol Central kua, Tagalog kuha, Kapampangan kua, Maranao kowa, and Tausug kawaꞌ. According to Zorc (2021), it might be from Proto-Austronesian *kuSa (“work”) with semantic reassignment. Compare Kavalan kuway (“to work in the field”) and Isnag kuwa (“to work”).

• Hyphenation: ku‧ha
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuhaʔ/, [ˈku.hʌʔ]

kuhà

1. to get; to take

   Magkuha kog tubig para nimo ― I'll get you some water

   1. to take away; to remove

      Nakuha ang akong kasuko pagpangayo niya'g pasaylo ― My anger vanished when he apologized

   2. to perform an abortion

      Walay doktor nga mokuha sa imong gisabak ― No doctor will perform an abortion for you

   3. (affixed ma- -an) to have a miscarriage

      Nakuhaan siya human madakdak ― She had an abortion after she slipped and fell

2. to kidnap; to abduct
3. to take a picture; to photograph
4. to video

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
• Zorc, R. D., & Almarines, A. (2021 August) “Axis Relationships in the Philippines–When Traditional Subgrouping Falls Short”, in 14th Philippine Linguistics Congress‎, volume 24 (PDF)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuhɑ/, [ˈkuɦɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ku‧ha

From Proto-Finnic *kuha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?], compare Swedish gös. Cognate with Estonian koha, Karelian kuha, Veps kuha, Votic kuha.

kuha

1. zander (Sander lucioperca, formerly Stizostedion lucioperca).

   Kuha ampuu hyvin, voitatte taistelun.

   The zander shoots well, you will win the battle.

2. pike-perch (any fish in the genus Sander).

• “kuha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Dropping of word-final, and in some cases syllable-final, n is fairly common in many dialects of Finnish.

kuha (dialectal)

1. (subordinating) Alternative form of kunhan (“as long as, provided”)

   Kuha ampuu hyvin, voitatte taistelun.

   As long as they shoot well, you will win the battle.

• haku, kahu, uhka

From Proto-Finnic *kuha. Cognates include Finnish kuha and Estonian koha.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkuhɑ/, [ˈkuhɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkuhɑ/, [ˈkuhɑ]
• Rhymes: -uhɑ
• Hyphenation: ku‧ha

kuha

1. zander

• sudakka

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 212

From Proto-Central Philippine *kúha(ʔ) (“to get; to take”). Compare Bikol Central kua, Cebuano kuha, Kapampangan kua, Maranao kowa, and Tausug kawaꞌ. According to Zorc (2021), it might be from Proto-Austronesian *kuSa (“work”) with semantic reassignment. Compare Kavalan kuway (“to work in the field”) and Isnag kuwa (“to work”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkuha/ [ˈku.hɐ], /ˈkuhaʔ/ [ˈku.hɐʔ] (“(act of) taking, catching, grabbing, etc.; catch, shot; adaptation”, noun; “taken/adapted from; having gotten the hang of; having inherited”, adjective; “got it”, interjection)
    • Rhymes: -uha, -uhaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /kuˈha/ [kʊˈha] (“similar to the original; successfully taken”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ku‧ha

kuha or kuhà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜑ)

1. take; grab; act of getting (as with one's hand)

   Synonyms: pagkuha, (gay slang) getlak

2. act of obtaining or receiving

   Synonyms: pagkuha, tanggap, pagtanggap, tamo, pagtatamo, kamit, pagkakamit

3. capture; shot; snap; taking (of a picture)

   Synonyms: pagkuha, pagkakuha

   Maganda ang kuha mo sa akin.

   Your shot of my picture is nice.

4. capture; catch (of fish, etc.)
5. act of hiring (someone to work)
6. adaptation (of something from another)

   Synonyms: hango, paghango, batay, pagbabatay

7. helping; portion (of food)

   Synonym: (dialectal) bulos

8. (by extension) act of stealing something

   Synonyms: umit, pag-umit, kupit, pagkupit, nakaw, pagnakaw

9. (by extension) abortion; miscarriage

kuha or kuhà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜑ)

1. gotten the hang of something; managed to learn to handle something
2. taken from; adapted from

   Synonyms: hango, hinango, batay, ibinatay

3. having inherited certain features (as from one's parents)

   Synonym: mana

kuha or kuhà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜑ)

1. (informal) got it; understood

   Synonyms: (slang) gets, (gay slang) getlak

kuhá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜑ)

1. similar to the original (as of a picture or drawing)

   Synonym: kamukha

2. successfully taken or obtained

   Synonyms: nakuha, natamo

• “kuha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. D., & Almarines, A. (2021 August) “Axis Relationships in the Philippines–When Traditional Subgrouping Falls Short”, in 14th Philippine Linguistics Congress‎, volume 24 (PDF)

From Proto-Finnic *kuha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish kuha.

kuha

1. zander (Sander lucioperca)
2. pike-perch (any fish in the genus Sander)

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “судак”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *kuha.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkuhɑ/, [ˈkuhɑ]
• Rhymes: -uhɑ
• Hyphenation: ku‧ha

kuha

1. zander

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kuha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn