iha

See also: İHA, iȟá, and ihá

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *iha < Pre-Finnic *iša, which is usually explained as a loanword from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišćáti (“to wish, desire, seek”) (whence Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti)). Of the same origin as the root iha-, found in Finnish ihana (“lovely”), ihailla (“to admire”), and ihastua (“to be delighted”).

Noun

iha (genitive iha, partitive iha)

1. desire, yen, hunger

Declension

Declension of iha (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		iha	ihad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	iha
genitive			ihade
partitive		iha	ihasid
illative		ihha ihasse	ihadesse
inessive		ihas	ihades
elative		ihast	ihadest
allative		ihale	ihadele
adessive		ihal	ihadel
ablative		ihalt	ihadelt
translative		ihaks	ihadeks
terminative		ihani	ihadeni
essive		ihana	ihadena
abessive		ihata	ihadeta
comitative		ihaga	ihadega

Derived terms

• ihar

Anagrams

• ahi

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *iha, from older *iša, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišćáti (“to wish, desire, seek”) (whence Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti)). Cognate with Estonian iha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈihɑ/, [ˈiɦɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ihɑ
• Syllabification^(key): i‧ha

Adjective

iha (obsolete, dialectal)

1. happy, joyful

Synonyms

• iloinen

Derived terms

• ihailla
• ihala (dialectal)
• Ihamäki
• ihana
• ihanne
• ihastua
• Ihonen

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈihɑ(ˣ)/, [ˈiɦɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ihɑ
• Syllabification^(key): i‧ha

Adverb

iha (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of ihan

Anagrams

• hai, hia

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• ihang

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hija (“daughter”), from Old Spanish fija, from Latin filia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔiha/ [ˈʔi.ha]
• Hyphenation: i‧ha

Noun

iha (masculine iho, Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜑ)

1. daughter
2. term of endearment for a girl by an older person

   Synonyms: anak, nakong, basang

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hija (“daughter”), from Old Spanish fija, from Latin filia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiha/ [ˈʔiː.hɐ]
• Rhymes: -iha
• Syllabification: i‧ha

Noun

iha (masculine iho, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜑ)

1. daughter
2. (endearing) term of endearment for a girl by an older person

   Synonym: anak

Related terms

• iha-adopiba
• ihada
• ihado
• iho
• iho de puta
• iho-adoptibo
• unika iha
• uniko iho

 

Further reading

• “iha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Etymology

Contains the same element as found in raha (“four”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ha/

Adverb

iha

1. four days after today, three days after tomorrow

   iha manitaika ― the morning of the day four days after today

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Verb

iha

1. to be, to have

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hiha.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈihɑ/, [ˈihɑ]
• Rhymes: -ihɑ
• Hyphenation: i‧ha

Noun

iha

1. sleeve

Inflection

Declension of iha (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	iha	ihad
genitive	iha	ihojõ, ihoi
partitive	ihha	ihoitõ, ihoi
illative	ihhasõ, ihha	ihoisõ
inessive	ihaz	ihoiz
elative	ihassõ	ihoissõ
allative	ihalõ	ihoilõ
adessive	ihallõ	ihoillõ
ablative	ihaltõ	ihoiltõ
translative	ihassi	ihoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “iha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn