haka

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori haka, from Proto-Polynesian *saka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ. The word is cognate with Hawaiian haʻa (“dance”), Mangarevan ʻaka (“to perform a traditional dance; a usually warlike dance accompanied by a chant”), Rarotongan ʻaka (“dance”), Samoan saʻa (“dance”), Tokelauan haka (“dance”), Tongan haka (“hand action made while singing”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːkə/, /ˈhæ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑkə/, /ˈhæ-/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈhaka/, /ˈhaːka/ Rhymes: -ɑːkə, -ækə Homophone: Hakka (in some dialects) Hyphenation: ha‧ka === Noun === haka (plural hakas or haka) A group dance of New Zealand's Māori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping. Traditionally a war dance, today it is also performed to welcome guests, as a mark of respect at occasions such as commemorations and funerals, as a challenge to opposing teams at sports events, and for artistic purposes. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === haka (third-person singular simple present hakas, present participle hakaing, simple past and past participle hakaed) (intransitive) To perform the haka. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === haka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia haka (sports) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Akha == 'Are'are == === Noun === haka boat === References === Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013) == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori haka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦaka] Rhymes: -aka Hyphenation: ha‧ka === Noun === haka f haka (dance of New Zealand's Māori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping.) ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑkɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝kɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑkɑ Syllabification(key): ha‧ka Hyphenation(key): ha‧ka === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from dialectal Late Old Swedish [Term?] (compare dialectal haka, standard hake). First attested in 1432 (in Haganristi). ==== Noun ==== haka hook, clasp (type of fastener) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “1. haka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === Probably borrowed from Old Swedish hagha, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hagô (“enclosure, yard; pasture”). ==== Noun ==== haka paddock, corral, croft (enclosure for livestock to graze in, especially one with deciduous trees) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “2. haka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 3 === From dialectal Swedish hake. ==== Adjective ==== haka (not comparable) (informal) (indeclinable) very good, skilled, masterful ===== Usage notes ===== Chiefly used in the verb phrase olla haka (+ inessive), meaning "to be (very) good at something, to be a master at". Only used predicatively in any case (never attributively). ===== Declension ===== Indeclinable. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Anagrams === kaha == Hadza == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦaka/ === Verb === haka to go Synonym: etlhikwa == Hawaiian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈha.ka/, [ˈhɐ.kə] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *fata (compare with Māori whata “shelf, raised platform for food”, Tahitian fata “altar of a marae”, Tongan fata, Samoan fata), from Proto-Oceanic *pataʀ (compare with Fijian vata) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pataʀ (compare with Iban pantar “outer longhouse verandah”, Malay pelantar “platform”). ==== Noun ==== haka shelf, rack Synonym: haka kau perch, roost platform === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *fata (“gap”). Cognate with Rapa Nui hata (“open”). ==== Noun ==== haka hole, breach vacancy ==== Verb ==== haka empty, vacant full of holes ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaːka/ Rhymes: -aːka === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse haka. ==== Noun ==== haka f (genitive singular höku, nominative plural hökur) (anatomy) chin ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See haki (“pick”). ==== Verb ==== haka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hakaði, supine hakað) to pick (with a pickaxe) to mark [with við ‘with a check mark’] ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== haka indefinite accusative singular of haki indefinite dative singular of haki indefinite genitive singular of haki indefinite accusative plural of haki indefinite genitive plural of haki == Japanese == === Romanization === haka Rōmaji transcription of はか == Khoekhoe == === Numeral === haka four == Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records kuhaka as an equivalent of English paint in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haka/ === Verb === haka (infinitive kũhaka) to paint, to smear to propitiate by gift to bribe === References === == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *saka (compare with cognates with Hawaiian haʻa (“dance”), Mangarevan ʻaka (“to perform a traditional dance; a usually warlike dance accompanied by a chant”), Rarotongan ʻaka (“dance”), Samoan saʻa (“dance”), Tokelauan haka (“dance”), Tongan haka (“hand action made while singing”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ (compare with Malay sengkang (“to stand with legs bent apart, athwart”), Tagalog sakang (“bowlegged”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaka/ [ˈhɐkɐ] === Noun === haka A war dance; a haka. ==== Usage notes ==== Used in the form haka-a. ==== Derived terms ==== haka taparahi (a ceremonial haka) kapa haka (the participants in the haka) ==== Related terms ==== peruperu (the proper term for the war dance) ==== Descendants ==== → English: haka → Norwegian Nynorsk: haka → Czech: haka == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === haken === Noun === haka c definite feminine singular of hake (Etymology 1) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English haka, from Māori haka. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɑː.kɑ/ ==== Noun ==== haka m (definite singular hakaen) haka dance === Etymology 2 === To the noun hake m. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²hɑ(ː).kɑ/ ==== Verb ==== haka (present tense hakar, past tense haka, past participle haka, passive infinitive hakast, present participle hakande, imperative haka/hak) a-infinitive and split infinitive form of hake === Etymology 3 === From Old Norse haka f. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²hɑ(ː).kɑ/ ==== Noun ==== haka f definite singular of hake (“chin”) (pre-2012) alternative form of hake === Etymology 4 === H-insertion on ake with split infinitive. From Old Norse aka, from Proto-Germanic *akaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. ==== Verb ==== haka (past tense hok) (dialectal, Eastern Norway) alternative form of aka (“to go; glide”) === Etymology 5 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɑː.kɑ/ ==== Noun ==== haka n definite plural of hak === References === “haka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “haka”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 “haka” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Old Norse == === Etymology === Related to the root of haki (“hook, pick”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô, referring to something pointing out. === Noun === haka f (genitive hǫku, plural hǫkur) chin ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: haka Faroese: høka Norwegian: hake Swedish: haka Danish: hage === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “haka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Polish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aka Syllabification: ha‧ka === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from German Hacke. ==== Noun ==== haka f (Northern Greater Poland, Łabiszyn, Czeszewo, agriculture) synonym of motyka ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== haka m inan genitive/accusative singular of hak === References === === Further reading === Jan Karłowicz (1901), “haka”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 159 == Rapa Nui == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *faka-. Cognates include Hawaiian haʻa- and Māori whaka-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈha.ka/ Hyphenation: ha‧ka === Particle === haka Used to indicate the causative aspect. ==== Derived terms ==== haka'ite === References === Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 153 Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[6], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 441 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse haka. ==== Noun ==== haka c (anatomy) chin (lower part of face) ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== kind (“cheek”) === Etymology 2 === hake (“hook”) +‎ -a ==== Verb ==== haka (present hakar, preterite hakade, supine hakat, imperative haka) (often with fast, på, or upp) to hook (attach with something hook-like) (often with i) to get hooked (stuck on something hook-like, not figuratively) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== haka på haka upp sig === References === haka in Svensk ordbok (SO) haka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) haka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) Svensk MeSH == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === haca — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhakaʔ/ [ˈhaː.xɐʔ] Rhymes: -akaʔ Syllabification: ha‧ka === Noun === hakà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜃ) idea; opinion Synonyms: palagay, kuro, kuro-kuro, opinyon notion; understanding Synonyms: pagkaunawa, pagkaintindi, pagkahiwatig belief Synonyms: paniwala, paniniwala guess Synonym: hula suspicion Synonyms: hinala, paghihinala ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === kaha