hā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Hawaiian

Hawaiian numbers ^(edit)

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Base form: hā     Cardinal: ʻehā, (traditional) kāuna     Ordinal: hā     Distributive: pāhā     Fractional: hapahā

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

hā

1. four
2. fourth

Related terms

• ʻahā
• ʻehā

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hā

1. breath, life

Verb

hā

1. (intransitive) to breathe

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *faqa (“leaf stalk” – compare with Maori whā “long leaf of taro, harakeke etc.”, Tahitian fā “stalk of banana, coconut or taro leaf”, Tongan faʻa, Samoan faʻa), from Proto-Oceanic *paqa (compare with Fijian ba “taro stalk”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of coconut leaf”) (compare with Malay pelepah, Tagalog palapa)

Noun

hā

1. any leaf of certain plants like coconut or taro with a thick axis or stalk

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of hā – see 下 (“to finish; to complete”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 下).

Japanese

Romanization

hā

1. Rōmaji transcription of はあ

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xaː]

• Audio:

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Noun

hā m (invariable)

1. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter H/h.

See also

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ha — nonstandard

Romanization

hā (ha¹, Zhuyin ㄏㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哈
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛤
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉼 / 𰽼 / Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𰽼
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋌 / 铤 / Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铤

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː/, [hɑː]

Noun

hā

1. breath, breathing, essence, taste.
2. sound, tone, tenor, timbre, intonation.

Derived terms

• hā whakaora (“rescue breathing”)

Verb

hā (passive hāngia)

1. to breathe

Interjection

hā

1. what! oh! hey! (expression of surprise or disapproval)

Alternative forms

• ha

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaː/
• Hyphenation: hā

Etymology 1

Rapa Nui cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : hā     Compound form : maha

From Proto-Polynesian *fa. Cognates include Hawaiian hā and Maori whā.

Numeral

hā

1. four

Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *sa. Cognates include Hawaiian hā and Maori hā.

Verb

hā

1. (intransitive) to breathe

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 79
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *saqa. Cognates include Maori hā and Samoan sā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʲaː]
• Hyphenation: hā

Noun

hā

1. prohibition, ban

Verb

hā

1. (stative) to be forbidden

Derived terms

• Agāga Hā

 

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 287

Tuamotuan

Adjective

hā

1. sacred, forbidden