ukha

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Scrabble points: 11
Words With Friends: 11
Letters: 4

Definition of ukha

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable)A clear Russian fish soup.

“You’ll see pools of kefir, sbiten, kvass, or vzvar in cavities of rocks, borscht and ukha swelling up in tree stumps, stuffed blintzes and pierogi mushrooming in flower clusters or out of tree bark or hanging from leaves, and cream-covered smetannik adorning trees like snow.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yuHs- Proto-Balto-Slavic *jáušāˀ Proto-Slavic *jūxà Old East Slavic уха (uxa) Russian уха́ (uxá)bor. English ukha Borrowed from Russian уха́ (uxá). Doublet of jus and juice.