gha

See also: GHA, -ghá, and -ghą́

Translingual

Symbol

gha

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ghadames.
  2. global hectare

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Ghadames terms

English

Noun

gha

  1. The letter Ƣ (minuscule: ƣ), used in 1920s Soviet Latin orthographies of various (mostly Turkic) languages, and usually representing a voiced velar fricative.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa(h)/

Noun

gha m

  1. lenited form of ga

Lower Tanana

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɣeˑ, and therefore cognate with Ahtna ghae, Navajo -YĮ́.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣæ/, /ʁæ/

Root

gha

  1. to carry on the back, pack
Stem set
Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Momentaneous ghayh ghanh ghaɬ ghaɬ
Perambulative ghayh ghanh
Progressive ghaɬ
Conclusive ghaɬ ghaɬ ghaɬ ghaɬ
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɣeˑ, and therefore cognate with Ahtna ghaan, Navajo -GHĄ́Ą́ʼ (to kill plural objects).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣæ/, /ʁæ/

Root

gha

  1. to kill a singular object
Stem set
Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Conclusive gha ghanh ghaɬ ghaɬ
Customary ghayh ghayh ghayh ghayh

Etymology 3

From Proto-Athabaskan *xeˑ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣæ/, /ʁæ/

Noun

gha (possessed form gha')

  1. grease

Root

gha

  1. to be greasy
Stem set
Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Neuter ghanh gha'
Transitional ghayh gha' ghiɬ
Derived terms
  • leghanh (it is greasy)
  • toghelgha' (the water surface is glassy)
  • yigha' (marrow)

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 197

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 195-196

South Slavey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɣà(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: gha

Postposition

gha

  1. for

References

  • Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢɑx̣.

Noun

gha

  1. jackrabbit

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Tibetan (wa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɣɑ~ʁɑ]

Noun

gha

  1. fox

References

  • Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008), Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
  • Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN