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4-letter words (1 found)

HAKA,

3-letter words (3 found)

AAH,AHA,AKA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AH,HA,KA,

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haka ahka hkaa khaa akha kaha haak ahak haak ahak aahk aahk hkaa khaa haka ahka kaha akha akah kaah aakh aakh kaah akah

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Definitions and meaning of haka

haka

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori haka, from Proto-Polynesian *saka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ. The word is cognate with Hawaiian haʻa (“dance”), Mangarevan ʻaka (“to perform a traditional dance; a usually warlike dance accompanied by a chant”), Rarotongan ʻaka (“dance”), Samoan saʻa (“dance”), Tokelauan haka (“dance”), Tongan haka (“hand action made while singing”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːkə/, /ˈhæ-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑkə/, /ˈhæ-/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈhaka/, /ˈhaːka/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːkə, -ækə
  • Homophone: Hakka (in some dialects)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ka

Noun

haka (plural hakas or haka)

  1. A group dance of New Zealand's Maori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping. Traditionally a war dance, today it is also performed to welcome guests, as a mark of respect at occasions such as commemorations and funerals, as a challenge to opposing teams at sports events, and for artistic purposes.

Derived terms

  • kapa haka

Translations

Verb

haka (third-person singular simple present hakas, present participle hakaing, simple past and past participle hakaed)

  1. (intransitive) To perform the haka.

Translations

Further reading

  • haka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • haka (sports) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Akha

'Are'are

Noun

haka

  1. boat

References

  • Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori haka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦaka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ka

Noun

haka f

  1. haka (dance of New Zealand's Maori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping.)

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑkɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝kɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ha‧ka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish haka (compare standard hake).

Noun

haka

  1. hook, clasp (type of fastener)
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “1. haka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish hagha, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hagô (“enclosure, yard; pasture”).

Noun

haka

  1. corral, paddock, croft (enclosure for livestock)
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “2. haka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 3

From dialectal Swedish hake.

Adjective

haka (not comparable) (informal)

  1. (indeclinable) very good, skilled, masterful
Usage notes

Chiefly used in the verb phrase olla haka (+ inessive), meaning "to be (very) good at something, to be a master at". Only used predicatively in any case (never attributively).

Declension

Indeclinable.

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • kaha

Hadza

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦaka/

Verb

haka

  1. to go
    Synonym: etlhikwa

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pataʀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈha.ka/, [ˈhɐ.kə]

Noun

haka

  1. shelf
  2. platform

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “haka”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːka/
  • Rhymes: -aːka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haka.

Noun

haka f (genitive singular höku, nominative plural hökur)

  1. (anatomy) chin
Declension

Etymology 2

See haki (“pick”)

Verb

haka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hakaði, supine hakað)

  1. to pick with a pickaxe
  2. to mark with a check mark (usually with the preposition við)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

haka

  1. indefinite accusative singular of haki
  2. indefinite dative singular of haki
  3. indefinite genitive singular of haki
  4. indefinite accusative plural of haki
  5. indefinite genitive plural of haki

Japanese

Romanization

haka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はか

Kashubian

Noun

haka f

  1. hook

Khoekhoe

Numeral

haka

  1. four

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kuhaka as an equivalent of English paint in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haka/

Verb

haka (infinitive kũhaka)

  1. to paint, to smear
  2. to propitiate by gift
  3. to bribe

References

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *saka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ. Word is cognate with Hawaiian haʻa (“dance”), Mangarevan ʻaka (“to perform a traditional dance; a usually warlike dance accompanied by a chant”), Rarotongan ʻaka (“dance”), Samoan saʻa (“dance”), Tokelauan haka (“dance”), Tongan haka (“hand action made while singing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈha.ka/, [ˈhɐ.kɐ]

Noun

haka

  1. A war dance; a haka.

Usage notes

Used in the form haka-a.

Derived terms

  • haka taparahi (a ceremonial haka)
  • kapa haka (the participants in the haka)

Related terms

  • peruperu (the proper term for the war dance)

Descendants

  • → English: haka
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: haka
  • → Czech: haka

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • haken

Noun

haka c

  1. definite feminine singular of hake (Etymology 1)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English haka, from Maori haka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑː.kɑ/

Noun

haka m (definite singular hakaen)

  1. haka dance

Etymology 2

To the noun hake m.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²hɑ(ː).kɑ/

Verb

haka (present tense hakar, past tense haka, past participle haka, passive infinitive hakast, present participle hakande, imperative haka/hak)

  1. a-infinitive and split infinitive form of hake

Etymology 3

From Old Norse haka f.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²hɑ(ː).kɑ/

Noun

haka f

  1. definite singular of hake (“chin”)
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of hake

Etymology 4

H-insertion on ake with split infinitive. From Old Norse aka, from Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.

Verb

haka (past tense hok)

  2. (dialectal, Eastern Norway) alternative form of aka (“to go; glide”)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑː.kɑ/

Noun

haka n

  1. definite plural of hak

References

  • “haka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “haka”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “haka” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to the root of haki (“hook, pick”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô, referring to something pointing out.

Noun

haka f (genitive hǫku, plural hǫkur)

  1. chin

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: haka
  • Faroese: høka
  • Norwegian: hake
  • Swedish: haka
  • Danish: hage

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxa.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: ha‧ka

Noun

haka m inan

  1. genitive/accusative singular of hak

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *faka-. Cognates include Hawaiian haʻa- and Maori whaka-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈha.ka/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ka

Particle

haka

  1. Used to indicate the causative aspect.

Derived terms

  • haka'ite

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 153
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[6], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 441

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haka.

Noun

haka c

  1. chin, lower part of face
Declension

Etymology 2

hake (“hook”) +‎ -a

Verb

haka (present hakar, preterite hakade, supine hakat, imperative haka)

  1. (often with fast, på, or upp) to hook (attach with something hook-like)
  2. (often with i) to get hooked (stuck on something hook-like, not figuratively)
Conjugation

Derived terms

  • haka på
  • haka upp sig

References

  • haka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • haka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • haka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • haca — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhakaʔ/, [ˈha.xɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ka

Noun

hakà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜃ)

  1. idea; opinion
    Synonyms: palagay, kuro, kuro-kuro, opinyon
  2. notion; understanding
    Synonyms: pagkaunawa, pagkaintindi, pagkahiwatig
  3. belief
    Synonyms: paniwala, paniniwala
  4. guess
    Synonym: hula
  5. suspicion
    Synonyms: hinala, paghihinala

Derived terms


Source: wiktionary.org