taha

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See also: Taha and tàhʻa

English

Etymology

Tswana

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

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ha
  • IPA(key): /ˈtahaʔ/,

Noun

tahà

  1. intimidation
    Synonym: patakot

Derived terms

Chickasaw

Verb

taha

  1. to end

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

taha

  1. second person; you (singular)

See also

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 ( 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

Verb

taha (infinitive gũtaha)

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

Derived terms

(Nouns)

(Verbs)

(Proverbs)

See also

References

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 18–19. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

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

Descendants

  • Middle High German: tāhe

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

Numeral

taha

  1. one