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

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Noun

gha

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Wikipedia

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

• HGA, hag, Hag., GAH, agh, gah

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	ghayh	ghaɬ	ghaɬ
Perambulative	ghayh	ghayh	—	—
Progressive	ghaɬ	—	—	—
Conclusive	ghaɬ	ghaɬ	ghaɬ	ghaɬ

Derived terms

• ghaɬ (“to bundle up”)
• t'oɬghaga (“tree swallow”)
• xaɬ (“pack”)

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

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 ཝ (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, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN