English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /heɪ/

Noun

ha'

1. (Britain, colloquial) Abbreviation of half.

Derived terms

• ha'penny
• ha'porth

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (GP) IPA^(key): /hæ/

Verb

ha'

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of a ‎(“have”)
   • 1833, S. C. Hall, The Buccaneer (volumes 1-2, page 182)

     Well, girls have queer fancies ! Who'd ha' thought she'd ha' fancied Robin ! — though he's a brave sound-hearted little fellow […]

Anagrams

• ah , Ah, AH

Ch'orti'

Noun

ha'

1. Alternative form of ja' ‎(“water”)

References

• Stephen Houston, ‎David Stuart, ‎Karl Taube, The Memory of Bones (2013, ISBN 0292756186)
• Karen Bassie-Sweet, Maya Sacred Geography and the Creator Deities (2014, ISBN 0806185198), page 142: "In the Ch'orti' area, the padrino is the prayer maker in the village who conducts the ceremonies for rain. The laughing falcon's “ha-ha-ha” sound resembles the Maya words for water and rain: ha' and ha'al."

Epigraphic Mayan

Alternative forms

• ha'al, ha'ob

Noun

ha’

1. water
2. rain

Tzeltal

Alternative forms

• ja'
• haˀ

Noun

ha'

1. water

References

• Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification (2013, ISBN 1483220982), page 130: haˀ 'water'
• Eugene S. Hunn, Tzeltal Folk Zoology (1977), page 254

Yucatec Maya

Noun

ha'

1. water

References

• Elisabeth Verhoeven, Experiential Constructions in Yucatec Maya (2007, ISBN 9027292574)