Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Old English habban Middle English havenclip. Middle English ha English ha
Attested early 14th century, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Danish ha, Dutch ha, Finnish ha, Hungarian ha, Latin ha, Latvian ha, Swedish ha.
Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny.
Ha! Checkmate!
ah · ho · ha-ha · ha-ha funny · he · yeeha · muahahaha · haha · ha-ha pigeon · ha ha Herman · hoo-ha · heh · ha ha only serious · hah · aha · funny ha-ha · haw
ja はあ (a representation of laughter) · ja ふ (a representation of laughter) · el χα (a representation of laughter) · nl ha (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · fr ah ha (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · it ah (a representation of laughter) · grc ἅ (a representation of laughter) · io ha (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · ms kahkah (a representation of laughter) · nl ha (a representation of laughter) · hu aha (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · fi haa (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · th ฮ่า (a representation of laughter) · bg ха (a representation of laughter) · hu hohó (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · ca ha (a representation of laughter) · io ha (a representation of laughter) · pt ka (a representation of laughter) · zh 呵 (a representation of laughter) · pl ha (a representation of laughter) · pl ha (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · ar ههه (a representation of laughter) · el χα (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · es ja (a representation of laughter) · zh 哈 (a representation of laughter) · ca ha (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · th แหะ (a representation of laughter) · ru ха (a representation of laughter) · hu haha (a representation of laughter) · ms kah (a representation of laughter) · sv ha (a representation of laughter) · fi hah (a representation of laughter) · da ha (a representation of laughter) · la ha (a representation of laughter) · pt ah (an exclamation of triumph or discovery) · fr ah (a representation of laughter) · es ja (an exclamation of triumph or discovery)
Onomatopoeic.
"That's well. Well," cried he, now for my turn. Ha! a hit! a hit!"1844 September, E.M. Walley, “Eighteen Months in Russia”, in The Covenant: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Cause of Odd-fellowship, volume 3, number 9, page 395:
'I'm armed, you lot. And if you think you can take me alive . . . Ha! Take that! And that! And that!'2009, Elizabeth George, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner:
Ha! Take that, you ugly, stupid devil, you.2008, Sheryl Foulk Rogers-Ramirez, Look What God Did for Our Marriage, page 37:
Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a)
I hit a cross-court forehand. “Ha ha haa. Great! Say, usin' cross-courts and angles like that is how O'Bramowitts beat Riggs."1988, Albemarle - Issues 3-7, page 49:
Borrowed from Egyptian ḥꜥ.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| has | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
ha-cha-cha (etymologically unrelated terms containing "ha") · Altamaha-ha (etymologically unrelated terms containing "ha") · kig ha farz (etymologically unrelated terms containing "ha")