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Cebuano
Suffix
-ha
- 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
- the third-person masculine singular copula enclitic
- hazaha (hazâ) 'he is a (Hadza) man'
Related terms
Kambera
Pronoun
-ha
- third person plural accusative enclitic
See also
Kambera pronominal clitics
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
- 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 , , 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
- Forms verbs from other parts of speech.
- pysgod (“fish”) + -ha → pysgota (“to fish”)
- bwyd (“food”) + -ha → bwyta (“to eat”)
Derived terms
Related terms
References