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taha

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See also: Taha and tàhʻa

English

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Etymology

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From Tswana [Term?].

Noun

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taha (plural tahas)

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

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tahà

  1. intimidation
    Synonym: patakot

Derived terms

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Chickasaw

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Verb

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taha

  1. to end

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

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Pronoun

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taha

  1. second person; you (singular)

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Esmeralda

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Etymology

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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

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taha

  1. foot

References

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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

Adverb

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taha (not comparable)

  1. behind

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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taha

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

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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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.[1]

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Verb

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taha (infinitive gũtaha)

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

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References

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  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

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Niuean

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Niuean cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : taha

Etymology

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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

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taha

  1. one

Old High German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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tāha f

  1. jackdaw

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle High German: tāhe

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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

Verb

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taha

  1. to prohibit

Rapa Nui

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Noun

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taha

  1. frigatebird

Tongan

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Tongan cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : taha

Etymology

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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

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Numeral

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taha

  1. one