different between haiku vs haka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (haiku), from Middle Chinese ? (b??i, “paralleled [writing]”) + ? (k?o^H, “line”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ha?.ku?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ha?.ku/, /ha??ku/

Noun

haiku (plural haiku or haikus)

1. A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
2. A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

   Haiku, a poem

   five beats, then seven, then five

   ends as it began.

Synonyms

• hokku

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• senry?: a short humorous poem similar to the haiku

Anagrams

• Ukiah

Catalan

Noun

haiku

1. a haiku

Cebuano

Etymology

From English haiku, from Japanese ?? (haiku), from Middle Chinese ? (b??i, “paralleled [writing]”) + ? (k?o^H, “line”).

Noun

haiku

1. a haiku

Anagrams

• kuhai

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?i?ku/, [?h?i?ku]
• Rhymes: -?iku
• Syllabification: hai?ku

Etymology 1

From dialectal haika +? -u, from Proto-Finnic *haika, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šajka; cognates include Estonian haige (~ haikea) and Lule Sami suoik?.

Noun

haiku

1. (usually in the plural) puff, whiff (act of inhaling tobacco smoke)
2. puff, whiff, puff of smoke, whiff of smoke (small quantity of smoke in the air)

3. (poetic) smoke

Declension

Synonyms

• savu, savut

Related terms

• haikea

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (haiku).

Noun

haiku

1. A haiku (type of Japanese poem; any poem written in haiku style).

Declension

Anagrams

• hauki, hiuka, kuhia, uhkia

French

Noun

haiku m (plural haikus)

1. Alternative spelling of haïku

Hungarian

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (???, haiku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?jiku]
• Hyphenation: ha?i?ku
• Rhymes: -ku

Noun

haiku (plural haikuk)

1. haiku (a Japanese form of poetry consisting of seventeen syllables: five for the first line, seven for the second, and five for the third)

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???, haiku), from Middle Chinese ? (b??i, “paralleled [writing]”) + ? (k?o^H, “line”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai.ku/
• Hyphenation: hai?ku

Noun

haiku (first-person possessive haikuku, second-person possessive haikumu, third-person possessive haikunya)

1. haiku.

Further reading

• “haiku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aj?ku/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

haiku m (invariable)

1. haiku

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (haiku), from Middle Chinese ? (b??i) + ? (k?o^H).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa?i.ku/

Noun

haiku n (indeclinable)

1. (poetry) haiku (Japanese poem of a specific form)

Further reading

• haiku in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• haiku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

haiku m (plural haikus)

1. (poetry) haiku (type of poem used in Japanese poetry)

Romanian

Etymology

From French haïku.

Noun

haiku n (plural haikuuri)

1. haiku

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• haikú

Etymology

Borrowed from English haiku, from Japanese ?? (???, haiku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aiku/, [?ai?.ku]

• IPA^(key): /xai?ku/, [xai??ku]

Noun

haiku m (plural haikus)

1. haiku

Further reading

• “haiku” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori haka, from Proto-Polynesian *saka. The word is cognate with Hawaiian ha?a (“dance”), Mangarevan ?aka (“to perform a traditional dance; a usually warlike dance accompanied by a chant”), Rarotongan ?aka (“dance”), Samoan sa?a (“dance”), Tokelauan haka (“dance”), Tongan haka (“hand action made while singing”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??k?/, /?hæ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?k?/, /?hæ-/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?h??k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?, -æk?
• Homophone: Hakka
• Hyphenation: ha?ka

Noun

haka (plural hakas or haka)

1. A group dance of New Zealand's Maori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping. Traditionally a war dance, today it is also performed to welcome guests, as a mark of respect at occasions such as commemorations and funerals, as a challenge to opposing teams at sports events, and for artistic purposes.

Derived terms

• kapa haka

Translations

Verb

haka (third-person singular simple present hakas, present participle hakaing, simple past and past participle hakaed)

1. (intransitive) To perform the haka.

Translations

Further reading

• haka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• haka (sports) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Akha

'Are'are

Noun

haka

1. boat

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Czech

Etymology

From Maori haka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??aka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: ha?ka

Noun

haka f

1. haka (dance of New Zealand's Maori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping.)

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?k?/, [?h?k?]
• Rhymes: -?k?
• Syllabification: ha?ka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish haka (compare standard hake).

Noun

haka

1. hook, clasp (type of fastener)

Declension

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish hagha, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hagô (“enclosure, yard; pasture”).

Noun

haka

1. corral, paddock, croft (enclosure for livestock)

Declension

Etymology 3

Compare Proto-Germanic *hagaz (“skilled, abled”).

Adverb

haka

1. olla haka jossakin: to be good at something

Anagrams

• kaha

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aka/

Verb

haka

1. to go

   Synonym: etlhikwa

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pata?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha.ka/, [?h?k?]

Noun

haka

1. shelf
2. platform

References

• “haka” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?ka/
• Rhymes: -a?ka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haka

Noun

haka f (genitive singular höku, nominative plural hökur)

1. (anatomy) chin

Declension

Etymology 2

See haki (“pick”)

Verb

haka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hakaði, supine hakað)

1. to pick with a pickaxe
2. to mark with a check mark (usually with the preposition við)

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

haka

1. indefinite accusative singular of haki
2. indefinite dative singular of haki
3. indefinite genitive singular of haki
4. indefinite accusative plural of haki
5. indefinite genitive plural of haki

Japanese

Romanization

haka

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kashubian

Noun

haka f

1. hook

Khoekhoe

Numeral

haka

1. four

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kuhaka as an equivalent of English paint in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haka/

Verb

haka (infinitive k?haka)

1. to paint, to smear
2. to propitiate by gift
3. to bribe

References

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *saka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?haka/, [?h?k?]

Noun

haka

1. A war dance; a haka.

Usage notes

Used in the form haka-a.

Descendants

• ? English: haka

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• haken

Noun

haka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of hake (Etymology 1)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

haka f (definite singular haka, indefinite plural haker or hakor, definite plural hakene or hakone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by hake (Etymology 1)
2. definite singular of hake (Etymology 1)

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to the root of haki (“hook, pick”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô, referring to something pointing out.

Noun

haka f (genitive h?ku)

1. chin

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: haka
• Norwegian: hake
• Swedish: haka
• Danish: hage

References

haka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Noun

haka m

1. genitive singular of hak

Rapa Nui

Verb

haka

1. to do

Derived terms

• haka'ite

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse haka.

Pronunciation

Noun

haka c

1. chin, lower part of face

Declension

See also

• haka upp
• haka fast