taha

See also: Taha and tàhʻa

English

Etymology

Tswana [Term?]

Noun

taha (plural tahas)

1. (obsolete) The yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer, especially the southern subspecies taha.
2. (obsolete) The village weaver, Ploceus cucullatus.

Anagrams

• Atha, HAAT, Hata, haat, thaa

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ha
• IPA^(key): /ˈtahaʔ/ [ˈta.haʔ]

Noun

tahà

1. intimidation

   Synonym: patakot

Derived terms

• makataha

 

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Chickasaw

Verb

taha

1. to end

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

taha

1. second person; you (singular)

See also

• ta

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Esmeralda

Etymology

Seler suggested that this term might be cognate or related to Pumé ta (“foot”), but this is now considered unlikely. Compare Esmeralda ta- (“classifying prefix for long objects”).

Noun

taha

1. foot

References

• Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: De la lista de semejanzas léxicas, por lo general poco convincentes, que fueron notadas por Jijón y Caamaño ([1941] 1998: 483), podríamos agregar esmeraldeño taha 'pié'[.]
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes: taha (citing Seler 1902, Jijón y Caamaño 1941)

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kutaha maii as the equivalent of English draw water in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kutapa maanzi as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taha/

Verb

taha (infinitive gũtaha)

1. to draw (water, beer, etc.)
2. to seize (booty)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• ndahi class 9/10
• gatahi class 12
• gĩtahi class 7

(Verbs)

• gũtahĩka

(Proverbs)

• mũrũngũru wa njamba ũtahaga na ime
• mũtumia ndatũraga mũtwe na ndaikagia ndahi ndua

See also

• (to seize): kũguĩma, kũgwata, gũtega

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

• hata

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Niuean

Niuean cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : taha

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

taha

1. one

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dēhǭ. Akin to Old English dāƿe, English daw.

Noun

tāha f

1. jackdaw

Descendants

• German Dohle
• → Italian: taccola

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish atajar "to block" and Portuguese talhar "to cut".

Verb

taha

1. to prohibit

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Rapa Nui

Noun

taha

1. frigatebird

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Tongan

Tongan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : taha

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ha/

Numeral

taha

1. one