ša

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sa"

Akkadian

Etymology

Accusative of 𒋗 (šu). Compare Arabic ذَا (ḏā) and Biblical Hebrew זֶה (zɛ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃa/

Pronoun

ša (from Old Akkadian on)

1. (determinative) who/whom, which
2. (determinative) he/she who..., that which..., the one of
3. of (+ genitive)

   𒈗 𒊭 𒀀𒅆 [šarrum ša ālim] ― LUGAL ša a-lim ― the king of the city

4. (relative) who, whom, which (followed by verb in the subjunctive)
5. (before infinitives) fit to (be/do), due to (be/do)
6. (before lā) without

Alternative forms

• še (Old Babylonian, occasionally)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒊭 (ša) 𒃻 (ša₂) (rare) 𒊭𒀀 (ša-a)

Related terms

• ša lā (“without”)

References

• “ša”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ša”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From šta by omitting the sound "t".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃâ/

Contraction

ša (Cyrillic spelling ша)

1. (slang, rare) Misspelling of š'a.
   • 2015 May 25, "nikolar91" (username), Raspodela uvodnih + Bratislavov poster!, in Forma 11, Google Groups:

     U prilogu vam šaljem Bratislavov plakat koji ćemo štampati, na dnu fali logo sponzora i forme, to sad sređujemo. Ša kažete aaa?[.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2007 September 6, back2tejp, “samo zgoda :)”, in hr.rec.automobili (Usenet):

     (was: samo zgoda :))
     ša ? a![.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-pɪ́a.

Verb

ša

1. (intransitive) to burn