kaha

kaha

1. Synonym of proboscis monkey.

kaha

1. dream

• Hyphenation: ka‧ha

Probably from Malay kawah.

kaha

1. wok, frying pan

• kalaha, kawa

From Spanish caja, from Latin capsa.

kaha

1. case, safe, vault
2. body (of an automobile)

Uncertain.

kaha

1. perhaps

From Proto-Finnic *kaha, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑhɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ha
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ha

kaha

1. a type of traditional trap for catching birds, especially black grouse

• Haka, haka

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ha/, [ˈkɐ.hə]

From Proto-Polynesian *tafa (“cut lengthwise, slice, incise”), from Proto-Oceanic *tapa(s) (“cut into, incise” – compare with Maori tapa ~ tapahi “to chop, to reap (of wheat and other grains), to amputate (of limbs)”, Fijian tava “to cut with a knife, to castrate”)^[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabas (compare with Malay tebas “to slash or cut down grasses, small plants”, Tagalog tabas “to cut fabric, paper”).^[2]

kaha(transitive)

1. to cut open, to slice lengthwise
2. to operate on
3. to scratch, to engrave
4. to draw, to sketch
5. to mark
6. to grade (give a grade to)

• hoʻokaha
• kaha kiʻi (“draw, paint”, verb)
• kahakaha

kaha

1. punctuation mark, diacritic
2. line, stripe

From Proto-Polynesian *tafa (“side, edge”), from Proto-Eastern Oceanic *tapa- "side, outside". Cognates include Rapa Nui taha (“side”), Maori taha (“side, edge”), and Samoan tafa (“side of a hill”).

kaha

1. place

• kahaone (“sandy beach”)
• kahawai (“stream”)

• kahakai (“seashore”)

From Proto-Polynesian *tafa (“soar”), from Proto-Oceanic *tap(w)a- (“glide, soar”). Cognate with Maori tataha (“swerve”).

kaha(intransitive)

1. to soar
2. to swoop
3. to pass by
4. to bodysurf
5. (basketball) to drive

• hoʻokaha (causative)
• papa kaha nalu (“bodyboard”)

• kaha in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ha/

From Proto-Polynesian *kafa (“strong”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabal (“invunerable” – compare with Malay kebal). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kaha

1. strength, power, energy

kaha

1. to be strong, be courageous

From Proto-Polynesian *kafa (“sennit, coir” – compare with Hawaiian ʻaha, Rarotongan kaʻa, Tahitian ʻaha, Samoan kafa)^[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kapas ~ *kapat (“cotton, thread” – compare with Malay kapas “cotton”),^[2][3] from an Austroasiatic language. Generalization by lack of coconuts in temperate New Zealand.

kaha

1. rope, noose

   Synonym: taura

• puru

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

kaha

1. hill ridge

   Synonym: kaka

2. lineage

   Synonyms: tāhuhu, kaka

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “kaha”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 96-7
• “kaha” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Borrowed from Spanish caja, from Latin capsa possibly via Catalan caixa or Occitan caissa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaha/ [ˈkaː.hɐ]
• Rhymes: -aha
• Syllabification: ka‧ha

kaha (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑ)

1. case
2. vault; safe
3. cash box; cash register
4. pack (of cigarettes)
5. frame of a cart
6. body (of an automobile)

• “kaha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• haka