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

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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

Variant of 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]‎ (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

	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

Navajo postpositions

Adverb

haa

1. what, how

Alternative forms

• daa

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• heewe (Mooring)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Föhr-Amrum) [haː], (Sylt) [hoː]

Verb

haa

1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to have

Conjugation

infinitive I	haa
infinitive II	(tu) haan
past participle	hed
imperative singular	haa
imperative plural	haa’m
	present	past
1st singular	haa	hed
2nd singular	heest	hedst
3rd singular	hee	hed
plural	haa	hed
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa hed	hed hed
2nd singular	heest hed	hedst hed
3rd singular	hee hed	hed hed
plural	haa hed	hed hed
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skal haa	wal haa
2nd singular	skääl haa	wääl haa
3rd singular	skal haa	wal haa
plural	skel haa	wel haa

Conjugation of haa (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

infinitive I	haa
infinitive II	(tö) haan
past participle	her
imperative	haa
	present	past
1st singular	haa	her
2nd singular	heest	herst
3rd singular	heer	her
plural / dual	haa	her
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa her	her her
2nd singular	heest her	herst her
3rd singular	heer her	her her
plural / dual	haa her	her her
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel haa	wel haa
2nd singular	sket haa	wet haa
3rd singular	skel haa	wel haa
plural / dual	skel haa	wel haa

Conjugation of haa (Sylt dialect)

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

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