hå
Cimbrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German hane, from Old High German hano, from Proto-West Germanic *hanō, from Proto-Germanic *hanô (“roosterr”). Cognate with German Hahn.
Noun edit
hå m
Coordinate terms edit
- henn (“hen”)
Further reading edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- haa (obsolete typography)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse hár. Doublet of hai.
Noun edit
hå m (definite singular håen, indefinite plural håar, definite plural håane)
- (zoology) a spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
- (in the plural, zoology) squaliforms
- 2000, Ann Helen Hellevik, Margareth Kjerstad, Fangstbehandling og marknadsutvikling for djuphavsartar, Ålesund: Møreforsking, page 4:
- På grunn av storleiken og det grove skinnet, veit ein at det er vanskeleg å transportere dei ulike håane gjennom rotasjonskaret.
- Because of the size and the course skin, one knows that it is hard to transport the different squaliforms through the rotary basin.
- (usually in the plural, zoology) sharks
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse há f. Compare with Faroese hógvur.
Noun edit
hå f (definite singular håa, indefinite plural håer, definite plural håene)
- aftergrass
- 1951 November 29, “Naturleg eng på innmark må reknast med, når pristilskot på kraftfor vert gjeve i høve til arealet”, in Sogningen, page 1:
- På grunn av det stadige regnet, la håa seg ned tidleg og vart brun og svart i rota.
- Because of the ceaseless raining, the aftergrass lay down early and became brown and black at the roots.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
hå m (definite singular håen, indefinite plural håar, definite plural håane)
Etymology 4 edit
Compare håtte.
Verb edit
hå (present tense hår, past tense hådde, supine hått or hådd, past participle hådd, present participle håande, imperative hå)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 5 edit
Interjection edit
hå
- Used to express emotion, such as wonder, pride, joy, derision, resignation, or lament.
- (also nautical) Used to make people pull at the same time.
- (often with reduplication) Used to display laughter
- Hå! Hå! Hå! Den var god. ― Ha! Ha! Ha! That was a good one.
Etymology 6 edit
A shortened form of håvå, of Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.
Verb edit
hå
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) alternative form of ha (“to have”)
- 1770, “Guten aa Jenta paa Fjøshjellen”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 230:
- Æ du væl fornøgd mæ haa mæg te di Jænte
- You're happy to have me as your girl
Etymology 7 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
hå
- imperative of håa
References edit
- “hå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “hå”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “hå” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Interjection edit
hå
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