haʻa-

• hā-, ha-

From Proto-Polynesian *faka.

haʻa-

1. alternative form of hoʻo- (causative prefix)

   ‎haʻa- + ‎lele (“to fly”) → ‎haʻalele (“to abandon”)

   ‎haʻa- + ‎ʻawe (“to carry on the back”) → ‎hāʻawe (“to carry on the back”)

   ‎haʻa- + ‎ʻāpuka (“to cheat”) → ‎haʻāpuka (“to make cheat”).

The variant form hā- is found before short vowels and the glottal stop and the form ha- is found before the glottal stop followed by a long vowel. Sometimes the difference in meaning between the base form and the prefixed form is minor (as in the second example above) and a true causative is formed by prefixing hoʻo- to the prefixed form.