hafa

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Chamorro

Etymology

Compare Indonesian apa, Hawaiian aha.

Pronoun

hafa

  1. what

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (take, seize).

Verb

hafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hafði, supine haft)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to haveTemplate:jump
    Ég hef ekki tíma í kvöldmat.
    I don't have time for dinner.
    María hefur áhuga á stjórnmálum.
    Maria is interested in politics.
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to hold, to haveTemplate:jump
  3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to keepTemplate:jump
  4. (transitive, governs the accusative) to feelTemplate:jump
    Hvernig hefurðu það? - Ég hef það fínt.
    How are you doing? - I'm fine.
Usage notes
Conjugation

Note: The forms hefihefirhefir are fairly rare, but acceptable.

Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See haf.

Noun

Template:is-noun form n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of haf

Old Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

hafa (third-person singular present indicative hafir, third-person singular past indicative hafþi)

  1. (Scania) to have
    • c. 1210 "Far þæn man", Scanian Law, chapter 6.
      Far þæn man kunæ ær børn hafir ok []
      If the man finds a wife, who has children, and []

Descendants

  • Danish: have

Old English

Verb

hafa

  1. singular imperative of habban

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną (to have, hold), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to take, seize). Cognate with Old English habban, hafian, Old Frisian hebba, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German habēn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban).

Pronunciation

[hɑ.vɑ̃ ~ hɑ.vɑ]

Verb

hafa (singular past indicative hafði, plural past indicative hǫfðu, past participle hafðr)

  1. to have
  2. to hold, keep, retain
  3. to bring, carry

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • hafa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press