ha-

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Abui[edit]

Prefix[edit]

ha-

  1. prefix indicating a relatively high degree of affectedness; contrast he-
    ha-komangdi : to blunt something, to make it blunt (contrast he-komangdi : to dull something, to make it less sharp)

References[edit]

  • Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2014, →ISBN

Cayuga[edit]

Prefix[edit]

ha-

  1. third person masculine agent pronominal prefix; he

References[edit]

  • Marianne Mithun, Reginald Henry (1982) Wadęwayę́stanih - A Cayuga Teaching Grammar, 3rd edition, Woodland Cultural Centre, published 2015, page 66

Navajo[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Represents multiple homophonous thematic prefixes of position I, whose exact identification and etymology remain difficult. Young and Morgan (1987, 1992) identify 6 such prefixes. Their main divider is the perfective paradigm they select (-, yi- or yii-perfective).

Prefix[edit]

ha- (position I)

  1. (∅/yi) up and out, extraction
    haigéédto dig it up out, to mine it
  2. (∅/yi) examine, inspect
    haasíídto inspect it
  3. (∅/si) upwards, climbing, ascending
    haaʼnééhto climb up crawling
  4. (∅/si) for, after, search (related to -ka and -ká)
    hainitáto look for
    haalzheehto go hunting for (deer)
  5. (∅/si) old, aging, wearing out
    haatihto grow old
  6. (yii/yii) completeness, occurs with di- (see hadii-)
    hadiisǫ́ǫ́sto rip it from end to end

► Navajo verbs with disjunct prefix ha-

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative form of ho- when found immediately in pre-stem position.

Prefix[edit]

ha- (position IV/V)

  1. indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun denoting space or area
    halchííʼred (area)
  2. thematic prefix
    halneʼto tell

► Navajo verbs with object prefix ho/ha-

See also[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Prefix[edit]

ha-

  1. she does not, he does not; 3rd person singular (m class(I)) negative subject concord
    Antonym: a-

See also[edit]

Uneapa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Oceanic *ka-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

ha-

  1. A possessive marker used for food.

Further reading[edit]

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 371

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

ha-

  1. h-prothesized form of a-

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
a- unchanged unchanged ha-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.