naha

See also: Appendix:Variations of "naha"

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

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Noun

naha

1. mother

Synonyms

• mama

Coordinate terms

• (with regards to gender): papa

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

naha

1. first person; I

See also

• na

Estonian

Noun

naha

1. genitive singular of nahk

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɦa/

Pronoun

naha m (masc. plural nâbii, fem. nâko, fem. plural nâbee)

1. that, that one

Related terms

• hama
• bami
• himiggê
• nana

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nasa (“bent under tension”). Cognate with Māori naha (“noose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ha/, [ˈnɐ.hə]

Verb

naha

1. bent, curved

Derived terms

• nahanaha
• ʻōnaha
• pōnaha

Further reading

• naha in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːˈhɑː/

Adverb

naha (Arabic spelling ناھا)

1. alternative form of niha (“now”)

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “naha”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 52

Old Sundanese

Adverb

naha

1. (interrogative) what

   Naha beja siya? ― What news does he have? [for me]?

   Naha tu karĕmpan? ― What are you so worried about?

2. (interrogative) why

   Naha kita pulaṅ döi? ― Why are we going back?

   • c. late 15th century, Bujangga Manik, folio 11, recto:

     a(m)bu sor(e)yaṅ bĕṅĕtiṅ / ku naha ña mana kitu

     Mother, look back at me, why must it be like this?

Descendants

• > Sundanese: naha (“why”) (inherited)
• >? Sundanese: naon (“what”) (inherited) (< na-eun < naha-eun)

Sotho

Noun

naha

1. land, country

Southern Ohlone

Noun

naha

1. today

References

Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1861), Grammar of the Mutsun language, spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California (Shea’s Library of American Linguistics)‎^[1], volume IV, Cramoisy Press.

Sundanese

Adverb

naha (Sundanese script ᮔᮠ)

1. (interrogative) why

   Synonym: kunaon

   Naha nya hirup kuring kieu-kieu teuing?

   Why is my life always like this?

Warao

Noun

naha

1. rain