-haa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "haa"

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-han. Cognates include Finnish -han.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-hɑ(ː)/, [-hɑ(ː)]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-hɑ(ː)/, [-hɑ(ː)]

Particle

-haa (front-vowel variant -hää)

1. Used to indicate the speaker's surprise.

   Tulihaa tänäpään meijen faabrikkaa kunigas!

   Today a king came to our factory!

2. Used to involve the collocutor in the conversation: then, so

   Hää tahtoo noissa, kuinhaa saotaa, stantsian nacalnikaks.

   He wants to become, whaddayacallit, a stationmaster.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 51