taha

See also: Taha and tàhʻa

English

Etymology

Tswana [Term?]

Noun

taha (plural tahas)

1. (obsolete) The yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer, especially the southern subspecies taha.
2. (obsolete) The village weaver, Ploceus cucullatus.

Anagrams

• Atha, HAAT, Hata, haat, thaa

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ha
• IPA^(key): /ˈtahaʔ/, [ˈta.haʔ]

Noun

tahà

1. intimidation

   Synonym: patakot

Derived terms

• makataha

 

Chickasaw

Verb

taha

1. to end

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

taha

1. second person; you (singular)

See also

• ta

Esmeralda

Etymology

Seler suggested that this term might be cognate or related to Pumé ta (“foot”), but this is now considered unlikely. Compare Esmeralda ta- (“classifying prefix for long objects”).

Noun

taha

1. foot

References

• Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: De la lista de semejanzas léxicas, por lo general poco convincentes, que fueron notadas por Jijón y Caamaño ([1941] 1998: 483), podríamos agregar esmeraldeño taha 'pié'[.]
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes: taha (citing Seler 1902, Jijón y Caamaño 1941)

Estonian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

taha (not comparable)

1. behind

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

taha

1. inflection of tahtma:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kutaha maii as the equivalent of English draw water in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kutapa maanzi as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taha/

Verb

taha (infinitive gũtaha)

1. to draw (water, beer, etc.)
2. to seize (booty)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• ndahi class 9/10
• gatahi class 12
• gĩtahi class 7

(Verbs)

• gũtahĩka

(Proverbs)

• mũrũngũru wa njamba ũtahaga na ime
• mũtumia ndatũraga mũtwe na ndaikagia ndahi ndua

See also

• (to seize): kũguĩma, kũgwata, gũtega

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

• hata

Niuean

Niuean cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : taha

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

taha

1. one

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dāhwā. Akin to Old English dāƿe, English daw.

Noun

tāha f

1. jackdaw

Derived terms

• tahala

Descendants

• Middle High German: tāhe
  • German: Tach, Dache (dialectal)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish atajar "to block" and Portuguese talhar "to cut".

Verb

taha

1. to prohibit

Rapa Nui

Noun

taha

1. frigatebird

Tongan

Tongan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : taha

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ha/

Numeral

taha

1. one