iha

Estonian

Etymology

From < Pre-Finnic *iša, which is usually explained as a loanword from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišćáti (“to wish, desire, seek”) (whence Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti)). Of the same origin as the root iha-, found in Finnish ihana (“lovely”), ihailla (“to admire”), and ihastua (“to be delighted”).

Noun

iha (genitive iha, partitive iha)

1. desire, yen, hunger

Declension

Declension of iha (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		iha	ihad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	iha
genitive			ihade
partitive		iha	ihasid
illative		ihha ihasse	ihadesse
inessive		ihas	ihades
elative		ihast	ihadest
allative		ihale	ihadele
adessive		ihal	ihadel
ablative		ihalt	ihadelt
translative		ihaks	ihadeks
terminative		ihani	ihadeni
essive		ihana	ihadena
abessive		ihata	ihadeta
comitative		ihaga	ihadega

Derived terms

• ihar

Anagrams

• ahi

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈihɑ(ˣ)/, [ˈiɦɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ihɑ
• Syllabification^(key): i‧ha

Adverb

iha

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of ihan

Synonyms

• ihan (standard Finnish)

Anagrams

• hai, hia

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hija (“daughter”), from Old Spanish fija, from Latin filia.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧ha
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔiha/, [ˈʔiː.hɐ]

Noun

iha (masculine iho)

1. daughter
2. term of endearment for a girl by an older person

   Synonym: anak

Derived terms

• unika iha

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Ternate

Etymology

Contains the same element as found in raha (“four”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ha/

Adverb

iha

1. four days after today, three days after tomorrow

   iha manitaika ― the morning of the day four days after today

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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Tetum

Verb

iha

1. to be, to have