-ha

Cebuano

Suffix

-ha

1. alternative spelling of -a

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦa/

  Note: the /ɦ/ is generally reduced to a murmur, so this clitic is often transcribed -wa or -ya (depending on the preceding vowel) by non-Hadza

Suffix

-ha

1. the third-person masculine singular copula enclitic

   hazaha (hazâ) 'he is a (Hadza) man'

Related terms

• -hako

Kambera

Pronoun

-ha

1. third person plural accusative enclitic

See also

Kambera pronominal clitics

	Nominative	Genitive	Accusative	Dative
1sg	ku-	-nggu	-ka	-ngga
2sg	mu- (u-)	-mu	-kau	-nggau
3sg	na-	-na	-ya	-nya
1pl.incl	ta-	-nda	-ta	-nda
1pl.excl	ma-	-ma	-kama	-nggama
2pl	mi- (i-)	-mi	-kami (-kai)	-nggami (-nggai)
3pl	da-	-da	-ha	-nja

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic هَا‎ (hā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/ (generally)
  • Homophone: -a (but may trigger different stem alternations)
• IPA^(key): /ħa/ (after -h, -ħ, -għ)
• IPA^(key): /ja/ (after -i, -ie)
• IPA^(key): /wa/ (after -u)

Suffix

-ha

2. 3rd-person feminine singular pronominal suffix: her

   Synonym: tagħha (only in possessive use)

   ‎ras (“head”) + ‎-ha → ‎rasha (“her head”)

   ‎taħt (“under”) + ‎-ha → ‎taħtha (“under her”)

   ‎jisma’ (“he hears”) + ‎-ha → ‎jismagħha (“he hears her”)

Usage notes

• When the suffix -ha follows one of the diphthongs -aj, -ej, -aw, -ew, there are two possible pronunciations. The vowelised -h- may either be represented as a glide [j], [w], or it may lengthen the onset of the diphthong. Hence għajnejha (“her eyes”) may be pronounced /ajˈnɛj.ja/ or /ajˈnɛː.ja/. This latter is much more common, particularly as the former merges with għajnejja (“my eyes”).
• When the suffix is added to a verb in -a that disallows imala, the sequence -aha creates a stressed final vowel: attakka (“he attacked”, /atˈtak.ka/) → attakkaha (“he attacked her”, /at.takˈkaː/). In the monosyllabic verbs ra (“to see”) and ta (“to give”), the suffix vanishes entirely: ra and raha are both pronounced /raː/. There is, however, a fairly common nonstandard pronunciation that treats -aha by analogy with -agħha (as in jismagħha above). This yields pronunciations such as /at.takˈkaħ.ħa/, /ˈraħ.ħa/.

Welsh

Etymology

In some cases, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek”).

Suffix

-ha

1. Forms verbs from other parts of speech.

   ‎pysgod (“fish”) + ‎-ha → ‎pysgota (“to fish”)

   ‎bwyd (“food”) + ‎-ha → ‎bwyta (“to eat”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -ha

Related terms

• -hau