ha

See also: Variations of "ha"

ha - Translingual

Symbol

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

ha - English

Pronunciation

enPR: hä, IPA: /hɑː/, [ha(ː)]

Verb

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

Interjection

A representation of laughter.
- Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny.
An exclamation of triumph or discovery.
- Ha! Checkmate!
(archaic) An exclamation of grief.
(dated) A sound of hesitation: er, um.

Related terms

Translations

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)
Portuguese: ka (pt)
Russian: ха (ru) (xa)
Spanish: ja (es)
Swedish: ha (sv)
Thai: แหะ (hàe), ฮ่า (hâa)

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

Interjection

Said when making a vigorous attack.

Anagrams

A"H, AH, Ah, ah

ha - Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ha/

Verb

ha (first-person singular past tense hëngra, participle ngrënë); active voice

Conjugation

Irregular verb

Show compound tenses:

		singular			plural
		participle		ngrënë
		gerund		duke ngrënë
		infinitive		për të ngrënë
		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
conditional^{1, 2}	imperfect	do të haja	do të haje	do të hante	do të hanim	do të hanit	do të hanin
conditional^{1, 2}	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
optative	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

ha - Bahnar

Pronunciation

IPA: /haː/

Verb

to open (mouth)

ha - Bilba

Numeral

four

ha - Breton

Conjunction

Synonyms

hag - used before a vowel

ha - Burushaski

Noun

house

ha - Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /ˈa/
Homophone: a

Verb

third-person singular present indicative form of haver

ha - Chamorro

Pronunciation

IPA: /hæ/

Pronoun

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

ha - Cornish

Conjunction

and
- Yma hwans dhymm a diwes hag avel.
  - I want a drink and an apple.
while
- hag ev owth oberi
  - while he was working

Synonyms

(before vowels) hag

ha - Danish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ha/, [hɑ], [ha]

Interjection

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

Synonyms

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

ha - Dutch

Symbol

Abbreviation of hectare.

Interjection

ha - East Central German

Interjection

(Erzgebirgisch) yes

ha - Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA: /ha/

Interjection

ha - Ewe

Noun

ha - Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA: [haː]

Interjection

ha?

Pardon?
isn't it?

ha - Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈhɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝]
Syllabification: ha

Interjection

ha (expressing laughter)

Anagrams

ha - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /ha/

Interjection

ha (exclamation of surprise or laughter)

Pronunciation

^{(mute h)} IPA: /a/

Verb

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

ha - Galician

Alternative forms

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of haber

ha - German

Interjection

Expresses laughter.
- Synonyms: hi, ho
Expresses triumph or discovery.
- Synonyms: ah, aha, he, hey, hui
Expresses surprise or a sudden sensation.
- Synonyms: ah, ach, ei, huh, huch, oh
Expresses hesitation.
- Synonyms: ah, hm

ha - Guaraní

Conjunction

ha - Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai

Alternative forms

'ha / ʔha (Yavapai form)

Noun

(Walapai) water

ha - Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈhɒ]

Conjunction

if (introducing a conditional clause; often coupled with akkor (“then”))
when, once
- Ha meglátod a parkot, fordulj jobbra. ― When you see the park, turn right.

Derived terms

Compound words

Expressions

Interjection

(poetic) expressing astonishment, fright, or shock
(regional) drawing attention to some soft sound

ha - Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA: /haː/

Interjection

ha?

huh?, what?, come again?, I'm sorry?
- Ha, hvað sagðirðu?
  - I'm sorry, what did you say?

ha - Igbo

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA: /há/

Pronoun

há

(personal, plural) they, them, their
- Ha na-efe Chukwu.
  - They worship God.

ha - Interlingua

Verb

prensent tense of haber

ha - Italian

Alternative forms

à (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈa/^*, /ˈa/

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of avere

Pronunciation

IPA: /a/
Hyphenation: ha

Interjection

ah! (usually ironic or sarcastic)
- Synonym: ah

Anagrams

ha - Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of は
Rōmaji transcription of ハ

ha - Kumeyaay

Noun

water.

ha - Lahu

Noun

hundred

Verb

to winnow

ha - Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA: /haː/, [häː]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA: /a/, [äː]

Noun

hā f (indeclinable)

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA: /ha/, [hä]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA: /a/, [äː]

Interjection

expressing joy or laughter: hurrah!, ha ha!

Related terms

ha - Latvian

Interjection

ha - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA: [haː]

Verb

second-person singular imperative of haen

ha - Mandarin

Romanization

Nonstandard spelling of hā.
Nonstandard spelling of há.
Nonstandard spelling of hǎ.
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.

ha - Maori

Pronunciation

IPA: /ha/, [hɐ]

Interjection

Alternative form of hā (“hey!”)

ha - Maricopa

Noun

water

ha - Middle English

Pronoun

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

Pronoun

Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Pronoun

Alternative form of he (“they”)

Verb

Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

ha - Neapolitan

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of avé

ha - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA: /hɑː/

Verb

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

to have
to suffer

Derived terms

inneha

ha - Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

hava, have (obsolete)
hå (dialectal)

Pronunciation

IPA: /hɑː/

Verb

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

to have, to possess, to own
- Eg har ein blå bil. ― I have a blue car.
(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.
(reflexive, colloquial) to have sex
- dei har seg ― they are having sex
- ho har seg med han ― she is having sex with him

ha - 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)

Alternative form of a

ha - Old Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA: /ha/

Conjunction

ha - Portuguese

Verb

Obsolete spelling of há

ha - Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-há (infinitive guhá, perfective -hâye)

to give

ha - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA: /xâ/

Noun

hȁ (Cyrillic spelling ха̏)

expresses laughter
expresses triumph or discovery
tag question, huh

ha - Slovene

Pronunciation

IPA: /xáː/, /xá/

Noun

hȃ or hȁ

expresses laughter
expresses triumph or discovery

ha - Sotho

Conjunction

if
when

ha - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈa/ [ˈa]
Syllabification: ha
Homophone: a

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of haber

Anagrams

ha - Sumerian

Romanization

Romanization of 𒄩 (ḫa)

ha - Swedish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

(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.
(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

	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
	Participles
Present participle	havande
Past participle	havd
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

	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
	Participles
Present participle	havande
Past participle	havd
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Alternative forms

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

Interjection

ha! (same as the English)
what?, come again?, I'm sorry?, huh?
- Ha? Vad sade du?
  - What? What did you say?

Anagrams

ha - Tagalog

Pronunciation

IPA: /ha/, [hɐ]

Interjection

ha (Baybayin spelling ᜑ)

used to express doubt, surprise, excitement
used to express wonder or disbelief
used to express inquiry

Noun

ha (Baybayin spelling ᜑ)

The name of the Latin-script letter H/h, in the Abakada alphabet.
- Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) eyts, (in the Abecedario) hache

ha - Tarantino

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of avere

ha - Turkish

Alternative forms

Particle

(colloquial, dialectal, archaic) yes; yeah
- Geliyor musun? — Ha, geliyorum.
  - Are you coming? — Yes, I'm coming.

Interjection

yea, uh-huh; understood, got it
- Yürüdüm, yürüdüm... — Ha. — ...sonra da eve gittim.
  - I walked, I walked... — Uh-huh. — ...then I went home.
oh yeah
- Ha, sen bize çay getirecektin.
  - Oh yeah, you were going to bring us some tea.
yes? right? hmm?
- Üniversiteye gidiyorsun, ha?
  - You're going to college, right?
I told you so, there it is
- Ha. Böyle olacağını biliyordum.
  - I told you so. I knew this would happen.
sorry? eh? huh? (What did you say?)
- Ha? Duymadım.
  - Huh? I didn't hear.

Synonyms

evet

Antonyms

yok
hayır

Noun

Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ح

ha - Uzbek

Interjection

ha - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA: [haː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA: [haː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [haː˧˧]

Noun

Abbreviation of hecta (“hectare”).

Particle

(Southern Vietnam, colloquial) yes?; no?; m'kay?; amirite?
- Đẹp ghê ha ?
  - Beautiful, isn't it?

Interjection

(onomatopoeia) ha (laughter)

ha - West Frisian

Verb

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

ha - Wutunhua

Pronunciation

IPA: [ha]

Noun

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”)

Noun

father
- Synonym: aba
- Coordinate terms: ana, ma

ha - Yola

Alternative forms

have

Verb

ha (simple past ad or had or hadh)

have

Derived terms

th'ast (“thou hast”)
waad (“we had”)

Interjection

ha - Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA: /hà/

Interjection

hà!

what a pity; an interjection used to denote displeasure or disappointment
- Synonym: hàà

Pronunciation

IPA: /hā/

Verb

(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

Pronunciation

IPA: /hā/

Verb

(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

Pronunciation

IPA: /há/

Verb

há

(transitive) to jam or wedge something into some space
(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

Pronunciation

IPA: /há/

Verb

há

(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