waha

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wá.hàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wə́.hàː]

Noun

wahā̀ f (possessed form wahàr̃)

1. playing in water

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *waha (“mouth”), from Proto-Polynesian *fafa (“mouth”), from Proto-Central Pacific *vava, from Proto-Oceanic *pʷapʷa(q) (“(inner) mouth”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq ~ *bahaqbahaq (“mouth”). Cognates include Rapa Nui haha (“mouth”), Māori waha (“mouth”) and Tahitian vaha (“mouth”).

Noun

waha

1. mouth

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *waha (“to carry on the back”), from Proto-Central Pacific *waha, from Proto-Oceanic *fafa (“to carry on the back”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba (“to carry on the back”). Cognates include Rapa Nui haha (“to carry on the back”), Māori waha (“to carry on the back”), Tahitian vaha (“to carry on the back”) and Samoan fafa (“to carry on the back”).

Verb

waha

1. to carry on one's back

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “waha”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 376

Javanese

Romanization

waha

1. romanization of ꦮꦲ

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaha/ [ˈwɐhɐ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *waha (“mouth”), from Proto-Polynesian *fafa (“mouth”), from Proto-Central Pacific *vava, from Proto-Oceanic *pʷapʷa(q) (“(inner) mouth”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq ~ *bahaqbahaq (“mouth”). Cognates include Hawaiian waha (“mouth”), Rapa Nui haha (“mouth”) and Tahitian vaha (“mouth”).

Noun

waha

1. mouth
2. any opening or entrance

Derived terms

• pūaha
• pūwaha
• rongowaha

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *waha (“to carry on the back”), from Proto-Central Pacific *waha, from Proto-Oceanic *fafa (“to carry on the back”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba (“to carry on the back”). Cognates include Hawaiian waha (“to carry on the back”), Rapa Nui haha (“to carry on the back”), Tahitian vaha (“to carry on the back”) and Samoan fafa (“to carry on the back”). Doublet of wahawaha.

Verb

waha

1. to carry on one's back

Related terms

• wahawaha

Derived terms

• wahanga

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “waha”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 555–6
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “waha”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.xa/
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: wa‧ha
• Homophone: wacha

Verb

waha

1. third-person singular present of wahać

Warao

Noun

waha

1. sand

Yilan Creole

Etymology

Likely related to Japanese わたし (watashi).

Pronoun

waha

1. (Hanhsi) I; me (first person singular pronoun)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of wasi (“I (first person singular pronoun)”)
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Location	Words
Tungyueh	watasi, wasi, guan, wan, han, hng
Aohua	watasi, wasi, wosi, osi
Hanhsi	waha, wa

Derived terms

• wahataci, wataci

References

• Shinji Sanada; Chien Yuehchen (2008), “台湾における日本語クレオールについて”, in 日本語の研究‎^[4], volume 4, number 2, pages 69-76
• Peng Qiu (2015), A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole‎^[5] (Master's thesis)