hā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Hawaiian
Hawaiian numbers (edit)
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Base form: hā
    Cardinal: ʻehā, (traditional) kāuna
    Ordinal: hā
    Distributive: pāhā
    Fractional: hapahā

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaː/

Etymology 1

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

hā

  1. four
  2. fourth

Noun

hā

  1. breath, life

Verb

hā

  1. (intransitive) to breathe

Hokkien
For pronunciation and definitions of hā – see 下 (“to finish; to complete”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 下).

Latvian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xaː]
(file)

Noun

hā m (invariable)

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

See also

Mandarin

Alternative forms
  • ha — nonstandard

Romanization

hā (ha1, Zhuyin ㄏㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哈
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛤
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉼／𰽼
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铤

Maori

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haː/, [hɑː]

Noun

hā

  1. breath, breathing, essence, taste.
  2. sound, tone, tenor, timbre, intonation.

Derived terms
  • hā whakaora (“rescue breathing”)

Verb

hā (passive hāngia)

  1. to breathe

Interjection

hā

  1. what! oh! hey! (expression of surprise or disapproval)

Alternative forms

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaː/
  • Hyphenation: hā

Etymology 1
Rapa Nui cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : hā
    Compound form : maha

From Proto-Polynesian *fa. Cognates include Hawaiian hā and Maori whā.

Numeral

hā

  1. four

Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *sa. Cognates include Hawaiian hā and Maori hā.

Verb

hā

  1. (intransitive) to breathe

References
  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 79
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *saqa. Cognates include Maori hā and Samoan sā.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [hʲaː]
  • Hyphenation: hā

Noun

hā

  1. prohibition, ban

Verb

hā

  1. (stative) to be forbidden

Derived terms

References
  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 287

Tuamotuan

Adjective

hā

  1. sacred, forbidden
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