waha

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wá.hàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wə́.hàː]

Noun

wahā̀ f (possessed form wahàr̃)

1. playing in water

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq. Compare Rapa Nui haha and Tahitian vaha.

Noun

waha

1. mouth

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *waha (compare with Rapa Nui haha, Maori waha and Tahitian vaha) from Proto-Oceanic *fafa (compare Samoan fafa) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁ (compare with Malay bawa (“to carry, to bring (in general)”), Tagalog babá (“to piggyback”))

Verb

waha

1. to carry on one's back

Javanese

Romanization

waha

1. Romanization of ꦮꦲ

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

Noun

waha

1. mouth

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *waha (compare with Hawaiian waha , Rapa Nui haha, and Tahitian vaha) from Proto-Oceanic *fafa (compare Samoan fafa) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁ (compare with Malay bawa (“to carry, to bring (in general)”), Tagalog babá (“to piggyback”))

Verb

waha

1. to carry on one's back

Related terms

• wahawaha

Derived terms

• wahanga

Further reading

• “waha” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.xa/
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: wa‧ha
• Homophone: wacha

Verb

waha

1. third-person singular present of wahać

Warao

Noun

waha

1. sand

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese わたし (watashi) or 儂 (washi, “I, me”).

Pronoun

waha

1. (Hanhsi) I; me (first person singular pronoun)

Synonyms

• wa
• (Tungyueh) wasi, watasi, guan

Derived terms

• wahataci, wataci

References

• Shinji Sanada, Chien Yuehchen (2008) “台湾における日本語クレオールについて”, in 日本語の研究‎^[2], volume 4, number 2, pages 69-76
• Peng Qiu (2015) “A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole”, in Master of Arts Thesis