taha

Tswana [Term?]

taha (plural tahas)

1. (obsolete) The yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer, especially the southern subspecies taha.
2. (obsolete) The village weaver, Ploceus cucullatus.

• Atha, HAAT, Hata, haat, thaa

• Hyphenation: ta‧ha
• IPA^(key): /ˈtahaʔ/, [ˈta.haʔ]

tahà

1. intimidation

   Synonym: patakot

taha

1. to end

taha

1. second person; you (singular)

• ta

Seler suggested that this term might be cognate or related to Pumé ta (“foot”), but this is now considered unlikely. Compare Esmeralda ta- (“classifying prefix for long objects”).

taha

1. foot

• Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: De la lista de semejanzas léxicas, por lo general poco convincentes, que fueron notadas por Jijón y Caamaño ([1941] 1998: 483), podríamos agregar esmeraldeño taha 'pié'[.]
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes: taha (citing Seler 1902, Jijón y Caamaño 1941)

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

taha (not comparable)

1. behind

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

taha

1. inflection of tahtma:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Hinde (1904) records kutaha maii as the equivalent of English draw water in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kutapa maanzi as its equivalent.[1]

• IPA^(key): /taha/

taha (infinitive gũtaha)

1. to draw (water, beer, etc.)
2. to seize (booty)

(Nouns)

• ndahi class 9/10
• gatahi class 12
• gĩtahi class 7

(Verbs)

• gũtahĩka

(Proverbs)

• mũrũngũru wa njamba ũtahaga na ime
• mũtumia ndatũraga mũtwe na ndaikagia ndahi ndua

• (to seize): kũguĩma, kũgwata, gũtega

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

• hata

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

taha

1. one

From Proto-West Germanic *dāhwā. Akin to Old English dāƿe, English daw.

tāha f

1. jackdaw

• tahala

• Middle High German: tāhe
  • German: Tach, Dache (dialectal)

From Spanish atajar "to block" and Portuguese talhar "to cut".

taha

1. to prohibit

taha

1. frigatebird

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

• IPA^(key): /ta.ha/

taha

1. one