haa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "haa"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese はあ (hā).

Interjection

haa

1. (manga) A sigh.
2. (pornographic manga) The sound of heavy breathing when sexually aroused.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• ha, heen, hoh, hä, häbä, hè

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, 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 hät ― first 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

• kee

Estonian

Noun

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

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

Finnish

Etymology

< ha

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

haa

1. ha (expressing triumph or discovery)

Further reading

• “haa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• aah, aha

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

Mandinka

Interjection

haa

1. yes

Navajo

Postposition

haa

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

Inflection

Navajo postpositions

	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

• daa

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): /hoː/

Verb

haa

1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to have

Conjugation

Conjugation of haa

infinitive I	haa
infinitive II	tu haaen
past participle	hed
imperative singular	haa
imperative plural	haa'm
	present	past
1st-person singular	ik haa	ik hed
2nd-person singular	dü heest	dü hed
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at hee	hi/hat/at hed
1st-person dual	wat haa	wat hed
2nd-person dual	jat haa	jat hed
1st-person plural	wi haa	wi hed
2nd-person plural	jam haa	jam hed
3rd-person plural	jo haa	jo hed
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	ik haa hed	ik hed hed
2nd-person singular	dü heest hed	dü hedst hed
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at hee hed	hi/hat/at hed hed
1st-person dual	wat haa hed	wat hed hed
2nd-person dual	jat haa hed	jat hed hed
1st-person plural	wi haa hed	wi hed hed
2nd-person plural	jam haa hed	jam hed hed
3rd-person plural	jo haa hed	jo hed hed
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st-person singular	ik skal haa	ik wal haa
2nd-person singular	dü skääl haa	dü wääl haa
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at skal haa	hi/hat/at wal haa
1st-person dual	wat skel haa	wat wel haa
2nd-person dual	jat skel haa	jat wel haa
1st-person plural	wi skel haa	wi wel haa
2nd-person plural	jam skel haa	jam wel haa
3rd-person plural	jo skel haa	jo wel haa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

haa

1. obsolete typography of hå

Verb

haa

1. obsolete typography of hå

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.