jahe

From Proto-Finnic *jahëda, ultimately derived from Proto-Finno-Permic *jakša, whence Erzya якшамо (jakšamo) and Moksha якшама (jakšama, “cold, frost”). This root can be seen in Proto-Finnic *jahtudak (“to cool down”) (with the suffix *-tudak (modern Estonian -tuma)), whence modern Estonian jahtuma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑhe/,

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• Rhymes: -ɑhe
• Hyphenation: ja‧he

jahe (genitive jaheda, partitive jahedat, comparative jahedam, superlative kõige jahedam or jahedaim)

1. (also figuratively) cool, (a bit) cold, chilly

   jahe kliima ― a cool climate

   jahe tuul ― a cool breeze

   Kivihoones on suvel meeldivalt jahe.

   The stone building is pleasantly cool in summer.

   Andke mulle midagi jahedat juua.

   Give me something cool to drink.

   Lähme tuppa, õues hakkab jahe!

   Let's go indoors, it's getting chilly outside!

   Ega sul jahe ei ole?

   Aren't you cold?

   jahedad suhted ― cold relations

   jahe tervitus ― a cold welcome

   • 1912, August Kitzberg, Libahunt: draama wiies waatuses [Werewolf: a Drama in Five Acts], Tartu: Noor-Eesti, Act IV, page 76:

     Sa ära mõista isa ja ema hukka. Ei tee nemad, nagu sina ütled, midagi pimedast pääst. Nende waade on selge, weri jahe ja meel kaine.

     Don't condemn your father and mother. They don't, as you say, do anything blindly. Their view is clear, their blood cold and their mind sober.

• jahe in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “jahe”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (“ginger”). Cognate to Sundanese ᮏᮠᮦ (jahé), Javanese jae, jahe (ꦗꦲꦺ, “ginger”), Old Javanese jahe, jahya (“ginger”).

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• Hyphenation: ja‧hè

jahè (plural jahe-jahe)

1. ginger

   Synonym: halia

• “jahe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

jahe

1. optative active singular of jahati (“to give up”)
2. present/imperative middle first-person singular of jahati (“to give up”)