hāhā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "haha"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haːˈhaː/

Etymology 1

Reduplication of hā “any broad leaf of certain plants like coconut or taro with a thick axis or stalk”

Noun

hāhā

  1. Any Gunnera species.
    Synonym: ʻapeʻape
  2. lobelia

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *faafaa (“feel, grope, touch”). Cognate with Maori whāwhā.

Verb

hāhā

  1. (transitive) to grope

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

hāhā (Zhuyin ㄏㄚ ㄏㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哈哈
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