haka

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Etymology [edit]

From Maori haka.

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haka (plural haka)

  1. A traditional dance of New Zealand's Maori people.
    • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, BBC Sport:
      An already febrile atmosphere within the ground before the start had been stoked still further when France's players formed an arrow formation to face down the haka, and then advanced slowly over halfway as the capacity crowd roared.

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Finnish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From a Germanic language, compare Haken.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • Hyphenation: ha‧ka
  • Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
  • IPA: /ˈhɑkɑ/

Noun [edit]

haka

  1. hook, clasp (type of fastener)
  2. corral (enclosure for livestock)

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Adverb [edit]

haka

  1. olla haka jossakin: to be good at something

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Noun [edit]

haka f (genitive singular höku, plural hökur)

  1. (anatomy) chin
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Verb [edit]

haka weak verb (third person singular past indicative hakaði, supine hakað)

  1. to pick with a pickaxe
  2. to mark with a check mark (usually with the preposition við)
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Romanization [edit]

haka

  1. See はか

Kashubian [edit]

Noun [edit]

haka f

  1. hook

Maori [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Oceanic *sanga (compare Fijian caga).

Noun [edit]

haka

  1. a war dance, a haka

Usage notes [edit]

Used in the form haka-a.


Polish [edit]

Noun [edit]

haka m

  1. genitive singular of hak

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Verb [edit]

haka

  1. to do

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Swedish [edit]

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Noun [edit]

haka c

  1. chin, lower part of face

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