English

Noun

taha ‎(plural tahas)

1. The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

References

• taha in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Chickasaw

Verb

taha

1. to end

Esmeralda

Etymology

Seler suggested that this term might be cognate or related to Pumé ta ‎(“foot”), but this is now considered unlikely. Compare Esmeralda ta- ‎(“classifying prefix for long objects”).

Noun

taha

1. foot

References

• Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: De la lista de semejanzas léxicas, por lo general poco convincentes, que fueron notadas por Jijón y Caamaño ([1941] 1998: 483), podríamos agregar esmeraldeño taha 'pié'[.]
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes: taha (citing Seler 1902, Jijón y Caamaño 1941)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dēhǭ. Akin to Old English dāƿe, English daw.

Noun

tāha f

1. jackdaw

Descendents

• German Dohle
• → Italian: taccola

Papiamentu

Verb

taha

1. to prohibit

Rapa Nui

Noun

taha

1. frigatebird

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

taha

1. (cardinal) one