# pha
## Acehnese
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *pha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

### Noun

pha
* thigh

### References

* Durie, Mark, Bukhari Daud (1999) Acehnese–Indonesian–English Thesaurus‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 30

## Hokkien
### Etymology

Clipping of phă-siàn-tò͘, from Japanese パーセント (pāsento), from English percent.

### Noun

pha
* (Taiwan) percent

#### Synonyms

* phă-siàn-tò͘ (Hokkien, Taiwan, dated)
* 巴仙率 (bāxiānlǜ) (Malaysia, Singapore)
* 百分數 / 百分数 (bǎifēnshù)
* 百分比 (bǎifēnbǐ)
* 百分率 (bǎifēnlǜ)
* 趴 (pā) (Taiwan)

#### Descendants

* → Mandarin: 趴 (pā)

## Jarai
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *pha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

### Noun

pha (classifier ƀĕ)
* thigh

### References

* Lap Minh Siu (2009) A Preliminary Jarai - English Dictionary‎, Texas: Texas Tech University, page 98

## Lala (South Africa)
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

### Verb

-phá
* to give

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

### Verb

-phá
* to give

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

### Verb

-phá
* to give

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Rade
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *pha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

### Noun

pha (classifier ƀĕ)
* thigh

### References

* James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 103

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

### Verb

-phá
* to give

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

### Verb

-phá
* to give

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [faː˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [faː˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [faː˧˧]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *pʰaː (“to mix, to dilute”), from Old Chinese 敷 (OC *pʰ(r)a) (B-S) (SV: phu). Cognate with Muong pha, Tho [Cuối Chăm] pʰaː¹, Arem pʰæː and Chut [Rục] pʰaː¹.

#### Verb

pha
* to mix, to mingle
* to make certain drinks
    pha cà phê ― to make coffee

##### See also

* pha chế
* pha lẫn
* pha trò
* pha trộn

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French phase.

#### Noun

pha
* a short, and astonishing and/or exciting, incident
    Vừa rồi quả là một pha ghi bàn ấn tượng!That was a nice goal!
    Quả là một pha nhào lộn ấn tượng!That was an amazing acrobatic move!
* (sciences) a phase; a stage
    Pha của dao động cơ là (ωt+φ), trong đó φ là pha ban đầu.The phase of a mechanical oscillation is (ωt+φ), with φ being the phase constant.
    Mỗi nhịp tim có năm pha.Each heartbeat involves five stages.

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French phare.

#### Noun

pha
* (of vehicles) a headlight

### Etymology 4
#### Romanization

pha
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 坡
** 2005, chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):[…] bên cạnh ghi năm chữ tiểu tự "Đông Pha cư sĩ viết", té ra là thủ bút của Tô Đông Pha. […] besides it were five small characters reading "written by Householder Dōngpō"; apparently this was Sū Dōngpō's handwriting.
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 玻
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 陂
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 頗

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

### Verb

-phá
* (transitive) to give

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

### Verb

-phá
* (transitive) to give, to hand over, to present
    Synonym: -nika

#### Derived terms

* isipho

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “pha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “pha”