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hagga

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See also: håggå

Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /haɡˈɡa/ [hʌɡˈɡʌ]
  • Hyphenation: hag‧ga

Noun

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haggá f 

  1. amazement

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 75

Icelandic

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Verb

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hagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative haggaði, supine haggað)

  1. to budge [with dative]
    Honum verður ekki haggað.
    He won't budge. (He won't be budged.)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā (witch). Compare häxa (witch, hag), a German borrowing. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Which language was this borrowed from? No entry in SAOB.

Noun

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hagga c

  1. (derogatory) an unpleasant (older) woman; a hag

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