# waha
## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wá.hàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [wə́.hàː]

### Noun

wahā̀ f (possessed form wahàr̃)
* playing in water

## Hawaiian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq ~ *bahaqbahaq. Compare Rapa Nui haha, Maori waha and Tahitian vaha.

#### Noun

waha
* mouth

#### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “waha”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 376
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “waha.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 128

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *waha (compare with Rapa Nui haha, Maori waha and Tahitian vaha) from Proto-Oceanic *fafa (compare Samoan fafa) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁ (compare with Malay bawa (“to carry, to bring (in general)”), Tagalog babá (“to piggyback”))

#### Verb

waha
* to carry on one's back

#### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “waha”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 376
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “waha.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fafa.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

## Javanese
### Romanization

waha
* Romanization of ꦮꦲ

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq ~ *bahaqbahaq.

#### Noun

waha
* mouth
* any opening or entrance

### Derived terms

* pūaha
* pūwaha
* rongowaha

### References

* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 128

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *waha (compare with Hawaiian waha , Rapa Nui haha, and Tahitian vaha) from Proto-Oceanic *fafa (compare Samoan fafa) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁ (compare with Malay bawa (“to carry, to bring (in general)”), Tagalog babá (“to piggyback”))

#### Verb

waha
* to carry on one's back

### Related terms

* wahawaha

### Derived terms

* wahanga

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 586-7
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “waha.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fafa.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “waha”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 555-6
* “waha” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva.xa/
* Rhymes: -axa
* Syllabification: wa‧ha
* Homophone: wacha

### Verb

waha
* third-person singular present of wahać

## Warao
### Noun

waha
* sand

## Yilan Creole
### Etymology

Likely related to Japanese わたし (watashi).

### Pronoun

waha
* (Hanhsi) I; me (first person singular pronoun)

#### Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of wasi (“I (first person singular pronoun)”) :
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| Location | Words |
| Tungyueh | watasi, wasi, guan, wan, han, hng |
| Aohua | watasi, wasi, wosi, osi |
| Hanhsi | wasi, waha, wa |

#### Derived terms

* wahataci, wataci

### References

* Shinji Sanada, Chien Yuehchen (2008) “台湾における日本語クレオールについて”, in 日本語の研究‎, volume 4, number 2, pages 69-76
* Peng Qiu (2015) “A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole”, in Master of Arts Thesis