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Translingual

Symbol

ha

1. hectare
2. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Hausa.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hä, IPA^(key): /hɑː/, [ha(ː)]
• Rhymes: -ɑː

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Verb

ha

1. (archaic) Alternative form of a (“have”)

Etymology 2

Attested early 14th century,^[1] of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Danish ha, Dutch ha, Finnish ha, Hungarian ha, Latin ha, Latvian ha, Swedish ha.

Interjection

ha

1. A representation of laughter.

   Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny.

2. An exclamation of triumph or discovery.

   Ha! Checkmate!

3. (archaic) An exclamation of grief.
4. (dated) A sound of hesitation: er, um.

Usage notes

• When used to express laughter, the word may be reduplicated in order to suggest expressive or sincere laughter. A single ha! (virtually always with an exclamation mark) may be used to express mild amusement or merely a polite reaction to something intended to be funny. In modern and informal usage, reduplication tends to be without spaces. See haha for more information on those forms.

Related terms

• ah
• aha
• funny ha-ha
• hah
• haha
• ha-ha
• ha-ha funny
• ha ha Herman
• ha ha only serious
• ha-ha pigeon
• haw
• he
• heh
• ho
• hoo-ha
• muahahaha
• yeeha

Translations

a representation of laughter

Bulgarian: ха (ha) Catalan: ha (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 哈 (zh) (hā), 呵 (zh) (hē) Danish: ha Dutch: ha (nl) Finnish: hah (fi) French: ah (fr) Greek: χα (el) (cha) Ancient: ἅ (há) Hungarian: haha (hu) Ido: ha! (io) Italian: ah (it) Japanese: ふ (ja) (fu), はあ (ja) (hā) Latin: ha (la) Portuguese: ka (pt) Russian: ха (ru) (xa) Spanish: ja (es) Swedish: ha (sv) Thai: แหะ (th) (hɛ̀), ฮ่า (hâa)

an exclamation of triumph or discovery

Catalan: ha (ca) Dutch: ha (nl) Finnish: haa (fi) French: ah (fr) ha (fr) Greek: χα (el) (cha) Hungarian: aha (hu), hohó (hu) Ido: ha (io) Portuguese: ah (pt) Spanish: ja (es)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ha

1. Said when making a vigorous attack.
   • 1844 September, E.M. Walley, “Eighteen Months in Russia”, in The Covenant: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Cause of Odd-fellowship, volume 3, number 9, page 395:

     "That's well. Well," cried he, now for my turn. Ha! a hit! a hit!"

   • 1988, Albemarle - Issues 3-7, page 49:

     I hit a cross-court forehand. “Ha ha haa. Great! Say, usin' cross-courts and angles like that is how O'Bramowitts beat Riggs."

   • 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a):

     Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!

   • 2008, Sheryl Foulk Rogers-Ramirez, Look What God Did for Our Marriage, page 37:

     Ha! Take that, you ugly, stupid devil, you.

   • 2009, Elizabeth George, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner:

     'I'm armed, you lot. And if you think you can take me alive . . . Ha! Take that! And that! And that!'

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “ha”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• “ha”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

See also

(etymologically unrelated terms containing "ha"):

• Altamaha-ha
• ha-cha-cha
• kig ha farz

Anagrams

• A"H, AH, Ah, ah

Albanian

FWOTD – 18 May 2020

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *eda, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”), with the preservation of the laryngeal.^[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (compare Ashkun au (“bread”), Sanskrit अवय (avaya, “to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/

Verb

ha (aorist hëngra, participle ngrënë); active voice

1. to eat
   • 2018 December 19, Helfen aus Dank, “i Samuelit 28:25”, in Bibël‎, BookRix, →ISBN, page 450:

     I vuri këto ushqime Saulit dhe shërbëtorëve të tij, dhe ata i hëngrën; pastaj u ngritën dhe u nisën po atë natë.

     And she gave them to Saul and his servants, and they ate (them). They got up and departed that same night.

2. to gnaw, consume, wear out
3. (chess) to capture

Conjugation

• Irregular verb

		participle		ngrënë
		gerund		duke ngrënë
		infinitive		për të ngrënë
singular			plural
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	ha	ha	ha	hamë	hani	hanë
	imperfect	haja	haje	hante	hanim	hanit	hanin
	aorist	hëngra	hëngre	hëngri	hëngrëm	hëngrët	hëngrën
perfect	kam ngrënë	ke ngrënë	ka ngrënë	kemi ngrënë	keni ngrënë	kanë ngrënë
past perfect	kisha ngrënë	kishe ngrënë	kishte ngrënë	kishim ngrënë	kishit ngrënë	kishin ngrënë
aorist II	pata ngrënë	pate ngrënë	pati ngrënë	patëm ngrënë	patët ngrënë	patën ngrënë
future1	do të ha	do të hash	do të haje	do të hamë	do të hani	do të hanë
future perfect2	do të kem ngrënë	do të kesh ngrënë	do të ketë ngrënë	do të kemi ngrënë	do të keni ngrënë	do të kenë ngrënë
subjunctive	present	të ha	të hash	të haje	të hamë	të hani	të hanë
imperfect	të haja	të haje	të hante	të hanim	të hanit	të hanin
perfect	të kem ngrënë	të kesh ngrënë	të ketë ngrënë	të kemi ngrënë	të keni ngrënë	të kenë ngrënë
past perfect	të kisha ngrënë	të kishe ngrënë	të kishte ngrënë	të kishim ngrënë	të kishit ngrënë	të kishin ngrënë
conditional1, 2	imperfect	do të haja	do të haje	do të hante	do të hanim	do të hanit	do të hanin
	past perfect	do të kisha ngrënë	do të kishe ngrënë	do të kishte ngrënë	do të kishim ngrënë	do të kishit ngrënë	do të kishin ngrënë
optative	present	ngrënça	ngrënç	ngrëntë	ngrënçim	ngrënçit	ngrënçin
perfect	paça ngrënë	paç ngrënë	pastë ngrënë	paçim ngrënë	paçit ngrënë	paçin ngrënë
admirative	present	ngrënkam	ngrënke	ngrënka	ngrënkemi	ngrënkeni	ngrënkan
	imperfect	ngrënkësha	ngrënkëshe	ngrënkësh	ngrënkëshim	ngrënkëshit	ngrënkëshin
perfect	paskam ngrënë	paske ngrënë	paska ngrënë	paskemi ngrënë	paskeni ngrënë	paskan ngrënë
past perfect	paskësha ngrënë	paskëshe ngrënë	paskësh ngrënë	paskëshim ngrënë	paskëshit ngrënë	paskëshin ngrënë
imperative	present	—	ha	—	—	hani	—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Standard Albanian conjugation of ha (active voice)

• Show compound tenses:  

See also

• hahem
• haje
• pi

References

1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ha”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 140

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَاء (ḥāʔ).

Noun

ha (definite accusative hanı, plural halar)

1. the Arabic letter ح

Declension

Declension of ha

	singular	plural
nominative	ha	halar
definite accusative	hanı	haları
dative	haya	halara
locative	hada	halarda
ablative	hadan	halardan
definite genitive	hanın	haların

Possessive forms of ha

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ham	halarım
sənin (“your”)	han	haların
onun (“his/her/its”)	hası	haları
bizim (“our”)	hamız	halarımız
sizin (“your”)	hanız	halarınız
onların (“their”)	hası or haları	haları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hamı	halarımı
sənin (“your”)	hanı	halarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	hasını	halarını
bizim (“our”)	hamızı	halarımızı
sizin (“your”)	hanızı	halarınızı
onların (“their”)	hasını or halarını	halarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hama	halarıma
sənin (“your”)	hana	halarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	hasına	halarına
bizim (“our”)	hamıza	halarımıza
sizin (“your”)	hanıza	halarınıza
onların (“their”)	hasına or halarına	halarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hamda	halarımda
sənin (“your”)	handa	halarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	hasında	halarında
bizim (“our”)	hamızda	halarımızda
sizin (“your”)	hanızda	halarınızda
onların (“their”)	hasında or halarında	halarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hamdan	halarımdan
sənin (“your”)	handan	halarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	hasından	halarından
bizim (“our”)	hamızdan	halarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	hanızdan	halarınızdan
onların (“their”)	hasından or halarından	halarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hamın	halarımın
sənin (“your”)	hanın	halarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	hasının	halarının
bizim (“our”)	hamızın	halarımızın
sizin (“your”)	hanızın	halarınızın
onların (“their”)	hasının or halarının	halarının

Further reading

• “ha” in Obastan.com.

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *haː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *haʔ; cognate with Khmer ហា (haa) and Vietnamese há.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː/

Verb

ha 

1. to open (mouth)

Bilba

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

ha

1. four

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *(h)a, from Proto-Indo-European *ad-gʰe (compare with Cornish ha, Welsh a, ag).

Conjunction

ha

1. and

Synonyms

• hag - used before a vowel

Burushaski

Noun

ha

1. house

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa]
• Homophone: a

Verb

ha

1. third-person singular present indicative of haver

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Cognates include Indonesian ia and Hawaiian ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæ/

Pronoun

ha

1. he, she

Usage notes

• ha is used solely as a subject of a transitive verb, while gueʼ is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb.
• Even when the subject is defined by a noun (either common or proper) , it should be succeeded by ha.

  I lahi ha sangani ham ― The man told us

  Si Maria ha hatsa gueʼ ― Maria lifted him

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns

	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
hu-type pronouns
1st person	hu	ta	in
2nd person	un	en
3rd person	ha	ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
1st person	yoʼ	hit	ham
2nd person	hao	hamyo
3rd person	gueʼ	siha
emphatic pronouns
1st person	guahu	hita	hami
2nd person	hagu	hamyo
3rd person	guiya	siha

References

• Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *(h)a, from Proto-Indo-European *ad-gʰe (compare with Breton ha, Welsh a, ag).

Conjunction

ha

1. and

   Yma hwans dhymm a diwes hag avel.

   I want a drink and an apple.

2. while

   hag ev owth oberi

   while he was working

Synonyms

• (before vowels) hag

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/, [hɑ], [ha]
• Rhymes: -ar

Interjection

ha

1. ha! (an exclamation of triumph or discovery)
2. (onomatopoeia) ha (a representation of laughter), often repeated

Synonyms

• (onomatopoeia): he, hi, ho, hæ, hø, hå, tihi

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aː

Symbol

ha

1. Abbreviation of hectare.

Interjection

ha

1. ha

East Central German

Interjection

ha

1. (Erzgebirgisch) yes

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 56:

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/

• Audio:

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Interjection

ha

1. ah

Ewe

Noun

ha

1. alcohol
2. community
3. song

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haː]

Interjection

ha?

1. Pardon?
2. isn't it?

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ha

Interjection

ha

1. ha (expressing laughter)

Further reading

• “ha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• ah

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/

• Audio:

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Interjection

ha

1. ha (exclamation of surprise or laughter)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a/

Verb

ha

1. (rare, obsolete) third-person singular present indicative of havoir

Further reading

• “ha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• hai
• há (Reintegrationist)

Verb

ha

1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Interjection

ha

1. Expresses laughter.

   Synonyms: hi, ho

2. Expresses triumph or discovery.

   Synonyms: ah, aha, he, hey, hui

3. Expresses surprise or a sudden sensation.

   Synonyms: ah, ach, ei, huh, huch, oh

4. Expresses hesitation.

   Synonyms: ah, hm

Guaraní

Conjunction

ha

1. and

Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai

Alternative forms

• 'ha / ʔha (Yavapai form)

Noun

ha

1. (Walapai) water

References

• Werner Winter, Walapai (Hualapai) Texts

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -hɒ

Etymology 1

Lexicalization of the h- stem of hogy +‎ -á (lative case suffix). The original form was probably há, where the ending later shortened to -a.^[1]

Conjunction

ha

1. if (introducing a conditional clause; often coupled with akkor (“then”))
2. when, once

   Ha meglátod a parkot, fordulj jobbra. ― When you see the park, turn right.

Derived terms

(Compound words):

• akárha
• aligha
• habár
• hacsak
• hogyha
• mintha
• néha
• noha
• valaha

(Expressions):

• ha a hegy nem megy Mohamedhez, Mohamed megy a hegyhez
• ha nincs ló, jó a szamár is
• ha nincs otthon a macska, cincognak az egerek
• minden jó, ha a vége jó
• úgy szép az élet, ha zajlik

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ha

1. (poetic) expressing astonishment, fright, or shock
2. (regional) drawing attention to some soft sound
   • 1857, János Arany, A walesi bárdok (The Bards of Wales), translated by Péter Zollman:

     Ha, ha! Mi zúg? … mi éji dal / London utcáin ez?

     [untranslated] what is the din / In London's streets so late?

References

1. ha in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• (if, whether, when): ha in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (interjection expressing astonishment, fright, or shock): ha in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ([regional] interjection drawing attention to some soft sound): ha in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

ha?

1. huh?, what?, come again?, I'm sorry?

   Ha, hvað sagðirðu?

   I'm sorry, what did you say?

Igbo

Alternative forms

• fá

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /há/

Pronoun

há

1. (personal, plural) they, them, their

   Ha na-efe Chukwu.

   They worship God.

See also

		dependent	independent	object/possessive
Singular	first	m, a/e- ... -m	m, mụ
	second	ị, i	ngị, gị	gị
	third	ọ, o	ya
Plural	first	anyị
	second	ụnụ
	third	ha, a/e- ... -ha	ha
Indefinite		a/e	-	-

Igbo personal pronouns

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/, [ha]

Etymology 1

Interjection

ha

1. expression of excitement or ridicule: ha!
2. expression of relief: whew!
3. expression of surprise: huh?

Etymology 2

From Dutch haa.

Noun

ha (plural ha-ha)

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

Synonyms

• hec (Standard Malay)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

Further reading

• “ha” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Verb

ha

1. present tense of haber

Italian

Alternative forms

• à (obsolete)

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/^*, /ˈa/
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

ha

1. third-person singular present indicative of avere

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ha

Interjection

ha

1. ah! (usually ironic or sarcastic)

   Synonym: ah

Further reading

ha in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• ah

Japanese

Romanization

ha

1. The hiragana syllable は (ha) or the katakana syllable ハ (ha) in Hepburn romanization.

Kumeyaay

Pronunciation

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Noun

ha

1. water.

Lahu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gja.

Noun

ha

1. hundred

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ya(p).

Verb

ha

1. to winnow

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /haː/, [häː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a/, [äː]

Noun

hā f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter H.

Synonyms

• *acca (Vulgar Latin)

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ha/, [hä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a/, [äː]

Interjection

ha

1. expressing joy or laughter: hurrah!, ha ha!

Related terms

• hahae
• hahahae

Latvian

Interjection

ha

1. ha

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/

Noun

ha m inan

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

Interjection

ha?

1. huh?, what?

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haː]

Verb

ha

1. second-person singular imperative of haen

Mandarin

Romanization

ha

1. Nonstandard spelling of hā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of há.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hà.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/, [hɐ]

Interjection

ha

1. Alternative form of hā (“hey!”)

Maricopa

Noun

ha

1. water

References

• Lynn Gordon, Maricopa Morphology and Syntax (1986, →ISBN, page 364

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

ha

1. (chiefly eastern Southern dialectal) Alternative form of he (“he”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ha

1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

ha

1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Etymology 4

Verb

ha

1. Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

Namuyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦa˧]
• Hyphenation: ha

Adverb

ha

1. there (medial)

References

• Štěpán Pavlík (2017) The Description of Namuzi Language‎, Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 138
• Li Jianfu (2017) A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans‎, Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page 595

Neapolitan

Verb

ha

1. third-person singular present indicative of avé

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hafa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑː/

Verb

ha (imperative ha, present tense har, simple past hadde, past participle hatt, present participle haende)

1. to have
2. to suffer

Derived terms

• inneha

References

• “ha” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hava, have (obsolete)
• hå (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse hafa. Akin to English have.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑː/

Verb

ha (present tense har, past tense hadde, past participle hatt, passive infinitive havast, present participle havande, imperative ha)

1. to have, to possess, to own

   Eg har ein blå bil. ― I have a blue car.

2. (auxiliary) have; Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.

   Eg har vore her sidan i dag tidleg. ― I have been here since this morning.

   Eg hadde allereie ete. ― I had already eaten.

3. (reflexive, colloquial) to have sex

   dei har seg ― they are having sex

   ho har seg med han ― she is having sex with him

References

• “ha” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Determiner

ha (3rd person possessive) (triggers lenition in the masculine and neuter singular, an unwritten prothetic /h/ in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)

1. Alternative form of a
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 6^a13

     Is deidbir ha áigthiu, ar is do thabirt díglae berid in claideb sin.

     It is reasonable to fear him [lit. "his fearing is reasonable"], for it is to inflict punishment that he bears that sword.

Old Welsh

Alternative forms

• hac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/

Conjunction

ha

1. and

Portuguese

Verb

ha

1. Obsolete spelling of há.

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

Verb

-há (infinitive guhá, perfective -hâye)

1. to give

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xâ/

Noun

hȁ (Cyrillic spelling ха̏)

1. expresses laughter
2. expresses triumph or discovery
3. tag question, huh

References

• “ha”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xáː/, /xá/

Noun

hȃ or hȁ

1. expresses laughter
2. expresses triumph or discovery

References

• “ha”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Sotho

Conjunction

ha

1. if
2. when

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/ [ˈa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ha
• Homophone: a

Verb

ha

1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

Anagrams

• ah

Sumerian

Romanization

ha

1. Romanization of 𒄩 (ḫa)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑː/, (interjection also) /ha/, (verb, unsyncopated) /ˈhɑːˌva/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Apocopic form of hava, from Old Swedish hava, from Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch”).

Verb

ha (present har, preterite hade, supine haft, imperative ha)

1. (transitive) To have; to possess, or to have as a property; to come into possession of something concrete or abstract.

   John har två katter.

   John has two cats.

   Den slipsen har en fruktansvärd färg.

   That tie has a terrible colour.

   Vi hade riktigt trevligt igår kväll.

   We had a really nice time last night.

2. (auxiliary) Used together with the supine form of a verb in the construction of perfect or pluperfect forms

   Jenny har köpt en hund.

   Jenny has bought a dog.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ha (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	ha		has
supine	haft		hafts
imperative	ha		—
imper. plural1	han		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	har	hade	has	hades
ind. plural1	ha	hade	has	hades
subjunctive2	ha	hade	has	hades
present participle		havande
past participle		havd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of hava (weak, dated)

	active		passive
infinitive	hava		havas
supine	haft		hafts
imperative	hav		—
imper. plural1	haven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	haver	hade	havs, haves	hades
ind. plural1	hava	hade	havas	hades
subjunctive2	have	hade	haves	hades
present participle		havande
past participle		havd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Alternative forms

• hava (dated)
• hafva (obsolete)
• hafwa (obsolete)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare Danish ha, Finnish häh, Dutch ha, hè, English ha, huh.

Interjection

ha

1. ha! (same as the English)
2. what?, come again?, I'm sorry?, huh?

   Ha? Vad sade du?

   What? What did you say?

See also

• jaha
• nähä

Anagrams

• ah

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ha/ [hɐ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ha

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly from:

• Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ) or 乎 (hôⁿ / hô͘), according to Manuel (1948)
• English huh? and English hah!.

Alternative forms

• ah
• a

Interjection

ha (Baybayin spelling ᜑ)

1. (informal) interrogative particle, used to express inquiry

   Synonyms: ano? (“what?”), po?, ho?

2. (informal) speculative particle, used to express doubt, disbelief

   Synonyms: ano?! (“what?!”), a?! / ah?!

3. (informal) exclamatory particle, used to express wonder, surprise, excitement

   Synonym: a! / ah!

4. (informal) imperative final particle, used to soften requests or commands to have someone do something

   Ganoon, ha?!

   Like that, ok?!

   Kain ka na, ha.

   Eat already, please.

   Tulog na, ha?

   Sleep already, will you?

Etymology 2

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜑ (ha).

Noun

ha (Baybayin spelling ᜑ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter H/h, in the Abakada alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) eyts, (in the Abecedario) hache

See also

• haha

Further reading

• “ha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 101

Tai Do

Numeral

ha

1. five

References

• Sầm Văn Bình (2018) Từ điển Thái–Việt (Tiếng Thái Nghệ An) [Tai–Vietnamese Dictionary (Nghệ An Tai)]‎, Nghệ An: Nhà xuất bản Nghệ An

Tarantino

Verb

ha

1. third-person singular present indicative of avere

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/

Pronoun

-ha (declinable)

1. which, what (interrogative pronoun)

Declension

Noun class	singular	plural
1/2	oha	baha
3/4	guha	eha
5/6	liha	gaha
7/8	kiha	biha
9/10	eha	ziha
11/10	ruha
12/14	kaha	buha
13		tuha
14/6	buha	gaha
15/6	kuha
16	aha
17
18

Inflected forms of -ha

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 410-411

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic [Term?] (“yes”). Compare Azerbaijani hə (“yes”), Turkmen hawa (“yes”), Uzbek ha (“yes”), Uyghur ھەئە (he'e, “yes”), Kazakh иә (iä, “yes”), Southern Altai эйе (eye, “yes”), Tatar әйе (äye, “aye, yes, yea”), Bashkir эйе (eye, “yes”), Chuvash ээх (eeh, “yes”).

Alternative forms

• he

Particle

ha

1. (colloquial, dialectal, archaic) yes; yeah

   Geliyor musun? — Ha, geliyorum.

   Are you coming? — Yes, I'm coming.

Interjection

ha

1. yea, uh-huh; understood, got it

   Yürüdüm, yürüdüm... — Ha. — ...sonra da eve gittim.

   I walked, I walked... — Uh-huh. — ...then I went home.

2. oh yeah

   Ha, sen bize çay getirecektin.

   Oh yeah, you were going to bring us some tea.

3. yes? right? hmm?

   Üniversiteye gidiyorsun, ha?

   You're going to college, right?

4. I told you so, there it is

   Ha. Böyle olacağını biliyordum.

   I told you so. I knew this would happen.

5. sorry? eh? huh? (What did you say?)

   Ha? Duymadım.

   Huh? I didn't hear.

Synonyms

• evet

Antonyms

• yok
• hayır

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَاء (ḥāʔ).

Noun

ha

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ح

Uzbek

Interjection

ha

1. yes

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [haː˧˧]

Noun

ha

1. Abbreviation of hecta (“hectare”).

Particle

ha

1. (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) yes?; no?; m'kay?; amirite?

   Đẹp ghê ha ?

   Beautiful, isn't it?

Interjection

ha

1. (onomatopoeia) ha (laughter)

West Frisian

Verb

ha

1. alternative form of any present-tense form of hawwe except for the third-person singular

Wutunhua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha]

Etymology 1

Noun

ha

1. Han Chinese

   da niren-men mu hai-la ra cek-de-ge ra da ha ra cek-lio ze-li.

   Then, as for wives, as for taking a wife, [our ancestors] took Chinese [wives] as well.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 193)

Derived terms

• hahua (“Chinese language”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ha

1. father

   Synonym: aba

   Coordinate terms: ana, ma

References

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English haven, from Old English habban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan. Cognate with Scots heve (“have”)

Alternative forms

• have

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæː/, /hæːv/

Verb

ha (simple past hadh or had or ad)

1. have
   • OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 16:

     'cha, for Ich ha, I have.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:

     Ha deight ouse var gabble, tell ee zin go t'glade.

     You have put us in talk, 'till the sun goes to set.

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 104:

     Hea pryet ich mought na ha chicke or hen,

     He prayed I might not have chicken nor hen,

Derived terms

• 'cha (“ich have”)
• nad (“had not”)
• th'ast (“thou hast”)
• waad (“we had”)
• y'ast (“you hast”)

Etymology 2

From Middle English hay, from Old English *hē, ēa (interjection).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛɪ/

Interjection

ha

1. hey
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:

     Ha-ho! be mee coshes, th'ast ee-pait it, co Joane;

     Hey-ho! by my conscience, you have paid it, quoth John;

Derived terms

• ha-ho

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hà/

Interjection

hà!

1. what a pity; an interjection used to denote displeasure or disappointment

   Synonym: hàà

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hā/

Verb

ha

1. (transitive) to graze, to scrape (something), to erode, to abrade

   Synonym: bó

   ìṣó ha mi lọ́wọ́ ― The nail grazed my hand

Derived terms

• ìha
• fiha

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hā/

Verb

ha

1. (intransitive, copulative) to shine brightly

   Synonym: là

   òṣùpá ha ― The moon shines brightly

Usage notes

• Always used in the context of moonlight

Derived terms

• ìha

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /há/

Verb

há

1. (transitive) to jam or wedge something into some space
2. (intransitive) to become jammed, gagged, or barricaded

   ẹrán há mi léyín ― The meat became jammed in my teeth

Usage notes

• Regularly occurs with instrumental verbs such as fi, gbé, and mú.

Derived terms

• ìhá
• háfún
• hámọ́
• hágágá
• hágádígádí

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /há/

Verb

há

1. (transitive) to allocate, to distribute, to share, to divide things (among a group)

   Synonym: pín

   wọ́n há ẹran kálé ― They distributed the meat among the members of the household

Derived terms

• ìhá
• háfún
• háká

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ha˨˦/
• Tone numbers: ha¹
• Hyphenation: ha

Etymology 1

Interjection

ha (1957–1982 spelling ha)

1. huh? what?

Etymology 2

Particle

ha (1957–1982 spelling ha)

1. Used at the end of a sentence to express an imperative.
2. Used at the end of a question used as a retort.
3. Used after an item when listing.

Etymology 3

Verb

ha (Sawndip form 𢩹, 1957–1982 spelling ha)

1. (dialectal) to intimidate; to threaten; to bully

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha˧/

Noun

ha

1. tooth

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 65