ha

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Translingual

U+33CA, ㏊
SQUARE HA

[U+33C9]
CJK Compatibility
[U+33CB]

Symbol

ha

  1. hectare

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • (file)

Verb

ha

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of a (have)

Interjection

ha

  1. A representation of laughter.
    Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny.
  2. An exclamation of triumph or discovery.
    Ha! Checkmate!
  3. (archaic) An exclamation of grief.
  4. (dated) A sound of hesitation; er, um.

Translations

References

  • ha at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams


Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *eda, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (to eat), with the preservation of the laryngeal[1]. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euw (compare Ashkun au (bread), Sanskrit अवय (āvaya, to eat)).

The past participle ngrënë is from Proto-Albanian *engranti, derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-.

Pronunciation

Verb

ha (first-person singular past tense hëngra, participle ngrënë); active voice

  1. I eat
  2. I gnaw, consume, wear out
  3. (chess) I capture

Conjugation

  • Irregular verb

See also

References

  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V. Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden 2000

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *haː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *haʔ; cognate with Khmer ហា (haa) and Vietnamese .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haː/

Verb

ha 

  1. to open (mouth)

Bilba

Etymology

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

Numeral

ha

  1. four

Breton

Conjunction

ha

  1. and

Synonyms

  • hag - used before a vowel

Burushaski

Noun

ha

  1. house

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

ha

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of haver

Cornish

Conjunction

ha

  1. and
    Yma hwans dhymm a diwes hag avel.
    I want a drink and an apple.
  2. while
    hag ev owth oberi
    while he was working

Synonyms

  • (before vowels) hag

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha/, [hɑ], [ha]
  • Rhymes: -ar

Interjection

ha

  1. ha! (an exclamation of triumph or discovery)
  2. (onomatopoeia) ha (a representation of laughter), often repeated

Synonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aː

Symbol

ha

  1. Abbreviation of hectare.

Interjection

ha

  1. ha

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha/
  • (file)

Interjection

ha

  1. ah

Ewe

Noun

ha

  1. alcohol
  2. community
  3. pig
  4. song

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [haː]

Interjection

ha?

  1. Pardon?
  2. isn't it?

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑ/, [ˈhɑ]

Interjection

ha

  1. ha (expressing laughter)

Galician

Alternative forms

Verb

ha

  1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

Guaraní

Conjunction

ha

  1. and

Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai

Alternative forms

Noun

ha

  1. (Walapai) water

References

  • Werner Winter, Walapai (Hualapai) Texts

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the h- stem of hogy + (lative case suffix). The original form was probably , where the ending later shortened to -a.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒ]
  • (file)

Conjunction

ha

  1. if (introduces conditional clause)
  2. when, once
    Ha meglátod a parkot, fordulj jobbra.When you see the park, turn right.

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

Interjection

ha

  1. (poetic) (indicates anger or surprise)

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haː/
  • Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

ha?

  1. huh?, what?, come again?, I'm sorry?
    Ha, hvað sagðirðu?
    I'm sorry, what did you say?

Interlingua

Verb

ha

  1. prensent tense of haber

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa/
  • Rhymes: -a

Verb

ha

  1. third-person singular present indicative of avere

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha/
  • Rhymes: -a

Interjection

ha!

  1. ah! (usually ironic or sarcastic)

Synonyms


Japanese

Romanization

ha

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

(indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter H.
Coordinate terms

References

  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Interjection

ha

  1. hurrah!, ha ha! (onomatopoeia expressing joy or laughter)

Latvian

Interjection

ha

  1. ha

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha/, [haː]

Verb

ha

  1. second-person singular imperative of haen

Mandarin

Romanization

ha

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maricopa

Noun

ha

  1. water

References

  • Lynn Gordon, Maricopa Morphology and Syntax (1986, →ISBN, page 364

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English , from Proto-Germanic *hiz (this, this one).

Pronoun

ha

  1. (chiefly eastern Southern dialectal) Alternative form of he

References

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ha

  1. Alternative form of heo

References

Etymology 3

From Old English hīe, .

Pronoun

ha

  1. Alternative form of he

References

Etymology 4

From Old English hafian, habban.

Verb

ha

  1. Alternative form of haven (to have)

Neapolitan

Verb

ha

  1. Third-person singular present indicative of the verb of avé

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hafa.

Pronunciation

Verb

ha (imperative ha, present tense har, simple past hadde, past participle hatt)

  1. to have

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hafa. Akin to English have.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑː/

Verb

ha (present tense har, past tense hadde, past participle hatt, passive infinitive havast, present participle havande, imperative ha)

  1. have (possess, own)
    Eg har ein blå bil.
    I have a blue car.
  2. have (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
    Eg har vore her sidan i dag tidleg.
    I have been here since this morning.
    Eg hadde allereie ete.
    I had already eaten.

References


Novial

Verb

ha (past had, active participle hant)

  1. (auxiliary) have/has, added to the front of a verb to make it perfect

Old Irish

Determiner

ha (3rd person possessive) (triggers lenition in the masculine and neuter singular, an unwritten prothetic /h/ in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)

  1. Alternative form of a
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 6a13
      Is deidbir ha áigthiu, ar is do thabirt díglae berid in claideb sin.
      It is reasonable to fear him [lit. "his fearing is reasonable"], for it is to inflict punishment that he bears that sword.

Portuguese

Verb

ha

  1. Obsolete spelling of

Rapa Nui

Rapa Nui cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : ha
    Counting form : kaha

Etymology

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

Numeral

ha

  1. four

Usage notes

When counting, use kaha.


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a/
  • Homophone: a

Verb

ha

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of haber.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of haber.

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑː/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Apocopic form of hava, from Old Swedish hava, from Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to take, seize, catch).

Verb

ha (present har, preterite hade, supine haft, imperative ha)

  1. (transitive) To have; to possess, or to have as a property; to come into possession of something concrete or abstract.
    John har två katter.
    John has two cats.
    Den slipsen har en fruktansvärd färg.
    That tie has a terrible colour.
    Vi hade riktigt trevligt igår kväll.
    We had a really nice time last night.
  2. (auxiliary) Used together with the supine form of a verb in the construction of perfect or pluperfect forms
    Jenny har köpt en hund.
    Jenny has bought a dog.
Conjugation
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Interjection

ha

  1. ha! (same as the English)
  2. what?, come again?, I'm sorry?, huh?
    Ha? Vad sade du?
    What? What did you say?

See also


Tarantino

Verb

ha

  1. third-person singular present indicative of avere

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic [Term?] (yes). Compare Azerbaijani (yes), Turkmen hawa (yes), Uzbek ha (yes), Uyghur ھەئە (he'e, yes), Kazakh иә (ïä, yes), Southern Altai эйе (eye, yes), Tatar әйе (äye, aye, yes, yea), Bashkir эйе (eye, yes), Chuvash ээх (eeh, yes).

Particle

ha

  1. (colloquial, dialectal, archaic) yes; yeah
    Geliyor musun? — Ha, geliyorum.
    Are you coming? — Yes, I'm coming.

Interjection

ha

  1. yea, uh-huh; understood, got it
    Yürüdüm, yürüdüm... — Ha. — ...sonra da eve gittim.
    I walked, I walked... — Uh-huh. — ...then I went home.
  2. oh yeah
    Ha, sen bize çay getirecektin.
    Oh yeah, you were going to bring us some tea.
  3. yes? right? hmm?
    Üniversiteye gidiyorsun, ha?
    You're going to college, right?
  4. I told you so, there it is
    Ha. Böyle olacağını biliyordum.
    I told you so. I knew this would happen.
  5. sorry? eh? huh? (What did you say?)
    Ha? Duymadım.
    Huh? I didn't hear.

Synonyms

Antonyms


Uzbek

Interjection

ha

  1. yes

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

ha

  1. Abbreviation of hecta (hectare).

Particle

ha

  1. (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) yes?; no?; m'kay?; amirite?

Interjection

ha

  1. (onomatopoeia) ha (laughter)

West Frisian

Verb

ha

  1. alternative form of any present-tense form of hawwe except for the third-person singular
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