hahae

Latin

Alternative forms

In old editions (and also in older dictionaries) this interjection is also spelled in the following way:

• ha hae

Etymology

onomatopoeia expressing joy or laughter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈha.hae̯/, [ˈhä(ɦ)äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.e/, [ˈäːe]

Interjection

hahae

1. ha ha! (expressing joy or laughter)

Related terms

• ha
• hahahae

References

• “hahae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hahae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maori

Verb

1. to erode