/ˈpuːhɑ/, [ˈpuːɦɑ̝]
OriginUnknown. Ingrian puuha and Karelian puuha are probably borrowed from Finnish. Possibly akin to onomatopoeic puhista (“to huff, puff”).
- work, undertaking, activity; chore, trouble
“Muutaman kerran sitä testasin, mutta oli se vaan niin äärimmäisen tylsää puuhaa.” — I tested it a couple of times, but it was just such an extremely boring chore.
“Puutarhanhoito on minulle mieluista puuhaa.” — Gardening is fun to me.
Formspuuha(nominative, singular) · puuhat(nominative, plural) · puuha(accusative, nominative, singular) · puuhat(accusative, nominative, plural) · puuhan(accusative, genitive, singular) · puuhat(accusative, genitive, plural) · puuhan(genitive, singular) · puuhien(genitive, plural) · puuhain(genitive, plural, rare) · puuhaa(partitive, singular) · puuhia(partitive, plural) · puuhassa(inessive, singular) · puuhissa(inessive, plural) · puuhasta(elative, singular) · puuhista(elative, plural) · puuhaan(illative, singular) · puuhiin(illative, plural) · puuhalla(adessive, singular) · puuhilla(adessive, plural) · puuhalta(ablative, singular)