wha

See also: WHA, whā, wha', and wHa

Translingual

Symbol

wha

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Manusela.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Manusela terms

English

Alternative forms

• whuh, wuh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑ/
• IPA^(key): (colloquial) /wʌ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Rhymes: -ʌ

Interjection

wha

1. Pronunciation spelling of what.

   Wha? Speak up, I can't hear you!

Derived terms

• bwuh
• hubba-wha
• say wha
• wha gwan

See also

• huh

Anagrams

• Haw, Haw., Wah, haw, wah

Dogrib

Noun

wha

1. marten

Hupa

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ. Cognate with Navajo shá

Noun

wha

1. sun

References

• Golla, Victor et al. (1996), Hupa Language Dictionary Second Edition, Humboldt, California: Hoopa Valley Tribe

Isoko

Alternative forms

• whai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Edoid *bhaɪ (“you (plural)”). Cognate with Urhobo wá (“you (plural)”) and Edo wa (“you (plural) used in a verb”).

Pronoun

wha

1. Second person plural subject pronoun, you (plural), you all.

Derived terms

• ụwha (“you (object pronoun)”)

Middle English

Pronoun

wha

1. (Northern or Early Middle English) alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)

Scots

Alternative forms

• fa (Doric)
• whae (Southern Scots)

Etymology

From Middle English wha, northern variant of who, from Old English hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. See English who.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʍɑː/

Pronoun

wha

1. who