haa
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)
- to have
- (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”)
- (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
- yes
Antonyms
- kee
Estonian
Noun
haa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter H.
Finnish
Etymology
< ha
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑː/, [ˈhɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Syllabification(key): haa
Interjection
haa
- ha (expressing triumph or discovery)
Anagrams
- aah, aha
Fula
Adverb
haa
- until
Dialectal variants
- sey (Adamawa)
- faa (Liptaako, Macina)
Huichol
Noun
haa
- 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
- four
Mandinka
Interjection
haa
- yes
Navajo
Postposition
haa
- about him/her/it/them
- 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 |
Adverb
haa
- 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.
Verb
haa
- (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to have
Conjugation
| 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
- obsolete typography of hå
Verb
haa
- 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
- four
Somali
Adverb
haa
- yes
Tlingit
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [hàː]
Pronoun
haa
- our
Võro
Noun
haa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter H.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.