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Webster 1913 Edition


Ha

Ha

(hä)
,
int
erj.
[AS.]
An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated,
ha, ha
, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to “Well, it is so.”
Ha-has
, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ha

HA

, an exclamation, denoting surprise, joy or grief. With the first or long sound of a, it is used as a question, and is equivalent to 'What do you say?' When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, or sometimes it is equivalent to 'Well! it is so.'

Definition 2024


See also: ha, , , hả, hạ, and Hạ

Vietnamese

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A male or female given name

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Mandarin

Romanization

(Zhuyin ㄏㄚˋ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from

Pronunciation

Noun

  1. river

Derived terms

Synonyms


ǃXóõ

Interjection

  1. exclamation of surprise

See also

References

  • A ǃXóõ Dictionary, ISBN 978-3-89645-869-8