From Proto-Central Philippine*kúha(ʔ) (“to get; to take”). CompareBikol Centralkua,Tagalogkuha,Kapampangankua,Maranaokowa, andTausugkawaꞌ. According to Zorc (2021), it might be fromProto-Austronesian*kuSa(“work”) with semantic reassignment. CompareKavalankuway(“to work in the field”) andIsnagkuwa(“to work”).

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

kuhà

1. toget; totake

   Magkuha kogtubig para nimo ―I'llget you some water

   1. totake away; toremove

      Nakuha ang akongkasuko pagpangayo niya'gpasaylo ―My angervanished when he apologized

   2. to perform anabortion

      Walay doktor ngamokuha sa imonggisabak ―No doctor willperform an abortion for you

   3. (affixedma- -an) to have amiscarriage

      Nakuhaan siya humanmadakdak ―Shehad an abortion after she slipped and fell

2. tokidnap; toabduct
3. totake a picture; tophotograph
4. tovideo

• John U. Wolff (1972)A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (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”, in14th Philippine Linguistics Congress‎^[2], volume24 (PDF)

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

FromProto-Finnic*kuha, borrowed fromProto-Germanic[Term?], compareSwedishgös. Cognate withEstoniankoha,Kareliankuha,Vepskuha,Votickuha.

kuha

1. zander(Sander lucioperca, formerlyStizostedion lucioperca).

   Kuha ampuu hyvin, voitatte taistelun.

   The zander shoots well, you will win the battle.

2. pike-perch(any fish in the genusSander).

• “kuha”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-01

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 ofkunhan(“as long as,provided”)

   Kuha ampuu hyvin, voitatte taistelun.

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

• haku,kahu,uhka

FromProto-Finnic*kuha. Cognates includeFinnishkuha andEstoniankoha.

• (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, page212

From Proto-Central Philippine*kúha(ʔ) (“to get; to take”). CompareBikol Centralkua,Cebuanokuha,Kapampangankua,Maranaokowa, andTausugkawaꞌ. According to Zorc (2021), it might be fromProto-Austronesian*kuSa(“work”) with semantic reassignment. CompareKavalankuway(“to work in the field”) andIsnagkuwa(“to work”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈkuha/[ˈkuː.hɐ],/ˈkuhaʔ/[ˈkuː.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

kuhaorkuhà (Baybayin spellingᜃᜓᜑ)

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

   Synonyms:pagkuha,(gay slang)getlak

2. act ofobtaining orreceiving

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

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

   Synonyms:pagkuha,pagkakuha

   Maganda angkuha mo sa akin.

   Yourshot of my picture is nice.

4. capture;catch(of fish, etc.)
5. act ofhiring (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 ofstealing something

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

9. (by extension)abortion;miscarriage

kuhaorkuhà (Baybayin spellingᜃᜓᜑ)

1. gotten the hang of something;managed tolearn tohandle something
2. taken from;adapted from

   Synonyms:hango,hinango,batay,ibinatay

3. havinginherited certainfeatures(as from one's parents)

   Synonym:mana

4. understood

   Synonyms:nakuha,(slang)gets

kuhaorkuhà (Baybayin spellingᜃᜓᜑ)

1. (informal)got it;understood

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

kuhá (Baybayin spellingᜃᜓᜑ)

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

   Synonym:kamukha

2. successfullytaken orobtained

   Synonyms:nakuha,natamo

• “kuha”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
• Zorc, R. D., & Almarines, A. (2021 August) “Axis Relationships in the Philippines–When Traditional Subgrouping Falls Short”, in14th Philippine Linguistics Congress‎^[4], volume24 (PDF)

FromProto-Finnic*kuha, borrowed fromProto-Germanic[Term?]. Cognates includeFinnishkuha.

kuha

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

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “судак”, inUz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

FromProto-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”, inVadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn