haa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "haa"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English n / Han with a as a placeholder.

Symbol

haa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hän.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Hän terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese はあ ().

Interjection

haa

  1. (Japanese fiction) A sigh.
  2. (Japanese pornography) The sound of heavy breathing when sexually aroused.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑː/

Verb

haa (third-person singular simple present hät or het, past participle ghaa or khaa, past subjunctive hett, auxiliary haa)

  1. to have
  2. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there is/are or there exist(s)
    Synonym: gee
    s'hät solangs hätfirst come, first served (literally, “it has as long as it has”)
  3. (auxiliary, taking a past participle) to have (used in forming the perfect tense)
    Coordinate term: sii

Usage notes

The realisation of the third-person singular present form varies between /hæt/ (in Zurich and northeastern Switzerland), /hɛt/ (western Switzerland, also St Gallen and Appenzell) and /het/ (in Schwyz, Uri, Zug and other parts of central Switzerland), with various spellings to reflect these forms.

Comanche

Interjection

haa

  1. yes

Antonyms

Estonian

Noun

haa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Finnish

Etymology

Variant of ha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑː/, [ˈhɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Syllabification(key): haa
  • Hyphenation(key): haa

Interjection

haa

  1. ha (expressing triumph or discovery)

Further reading

Anagrams

Fula

Adverb

haa

  1. until

Dialectal variants

  • sey (Adamawa)
  • faa (Liptaako, Macina)

Huichol

Noun

haa

  1. water

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

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

haa

  1. four

Lutuv

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *haa, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *sV-wa.

Noun

haa

  1. tooth

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hāā]

Verb

haa

  1. to pick up (from the ground)

References

  • Kelly Harper Berkson, Amanda Bohnert, Sui Hnem Par (2022) “Consonant Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures[2], volume 3, number 1

Mandinka

Interjection

haa

  1. yes

Postposition

haa

  1. about him/her/it/them
  2. to him/her/it/them

Inflection

Forms of haa
singular duoplural
1st person shaa nihaa
2nd person naa nihaa
3rd person baa
4th person (3o) yaa
4th person (3a) haa
4th person (3i) aa
reflexive ádaa
reciprocal ahaa

Adverb

haa

  1. what, how

Alternative forms

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian hebba, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Cognates include West Frisian hawwe and Saterland Frisian hääbe.

Pronunciation

Verb

haa

  1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to have

Conjugation

Conjugation of haa (Sylt dialect)
infinitive I haa
infinitive II () haan
past participle her
imperative haa
  present past
1st singular haa her
2nd singular heest herst
3rd singular heer her
plural / dual haa her
  perfect pluperfect
1st singular haa her her her
2nd singular heest her herst her
3rd singular heer her her her
plural / dual haa her her her
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st singular skel haa wel haa
2nd singular sket haa wet haa
3rd singular skel haa wel haa
plural / dual skel haa wel haa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

haa

  1. obsolete typography of

Verb

haa

  1. obsolete typography of

Rennellese

Etymology

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

haa

  1. four

Somali

Adverb

haa

  1. yes

Tlingit

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hàː]

Pronoun

haa

  1. our

Võro

Noun

haa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.