hā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Hawaiian
Hawaiian cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : hā

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

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

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of hā – see 下 (“to finish; to complete”).
(This character, hā, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 下.)

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): /ˈhaː/
  • 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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