puhu

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuhuˣ/, [ˈpuɦu(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uhu
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧hu
• Hyphenation^(key): pu‧hu

puhu

1. inflection of puhua:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

puhu (Cyrillic spelling пуху)

1. dative/locative singular of puh

Perhaps related to puhun

puhu (Sundanese script ᮕᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪).

1. base

   puhu tangkal

   base of a tree

2. beginning, origin

   puhu angin

   the direction from which the wind comes; windward

   (literally, “wind's origin”)

3. proximal end of something

   puhu leungeun

   proximal end of the arm

• "puhu" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پوهو (puhu), from earlier پوغو (puğu), a word of onomatopoeic origin.

puhu (definite accusative puhuyu, plural puhular)

1. eagle owl, any of various large owls of the genus Bubo

• “puhu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “puhu”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “puhu1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3904
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “puhu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük