different between haka vs taka

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

English

Etymology

From Bengali ???? (?aka), from Sanskrit ???? (?a?ka).

Noun

taka (plural takas)

1. The official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paisas. Symbol: ?

Translations

Anagrams

• kata

Bikol Central

Pronoun

taká

1. Second-person form, used when speaking directly to the receiver of a verb, combining the first- and second-person. Replacement for ko ika (I or my and you).

   Padangat ko siya, padangat ko sinda, padangat ko kita gabos—asin ika, padangat taka.

   I love him, I love them, I love all of us—and you, I love you.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?g-, *dh?g- (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??a??ka/
• Rhymes: -?a??ka

Verb

taka (third person singular past indicative tók, third person plural past indicative tóku, supine tikið)

1. to take

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taka, from Proto-Uralic *taka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

taka

1. (rare, poetic) the backside.
2. In the expression omasta takaa the word refers to self-support.

   Meillä on lakanat omasta takaa. = We have our own bedsheets.

   Hyvä, että meillä on juomavettä omasta takaa! = Good that we have our own supply of drinking water!

Declension

The cases of taka- serve in modern Finnish only as postpositions and adverbs.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Kata, akat, kata

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese atacado.

Noun

taka

1. fat

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a?ka/
• Rhymes: -a?ka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan?, from Proto-Indo-European *deh?g-, *dh?g- (“to touch”).

Verb

taka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative tók, third-person plural past indicative tóku, supine tekið)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to take (an object)
   • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)

     Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.

     If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

   Ég ætla að taka bílinn.

   I'm going to take the car.

   Hún var að fara að taka veskið þitt!

   She was about to take your purse!

2. (transitive, with accusative) to seize, to capture
3. (transitive, with accusative) to take (time, measure)

   Viltu að ég taki tímann?

   Do you want me to take the time?

4. (transitive, with accusative) to get, to obtain
5. (transitive, with accusative) to take (undergo), e.g. an exam
6. (transitive, with accusative or dative) to accept, to take
7. (transitive, with accusative) to hold, to contain, to take

   Völlurinn tekur tíu þúsund áhorfenda.

   The stadium holds ten thousand spectators.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• tak

Etymology 2

From the verb taka.

Noun

taka f (genitive singular töku, nominative plural tökur)

1. taking, capture
2. (law) the capture and claiming of ownership of previously unowned property
3. (film, usually in the plural) video capture, filming
4. (film) take (attempt to record a scene)

Declension

Etymology 3

Inflected form of tak (“grip, grasp”).

Noun

taka n

1. indefinite genitive plural of tak

Japanese

Romanization

taka

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Latvian

Noun

taka f (4th declension)

1. path
2. pathway
3. footpath
4. track
5. trail

Declension

Manchu

Romanization

taka

1. Romanization of ????

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• takene

Noun

taka n

1. definite plural of tak

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??k?/

Noun

taka n

1. definite plural of tak

Etymology 2

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?g-, *dh?g- (“to touch”). Akin to English take.

Alternative forms

• ta (“short form”)
• take (“e infinitive”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²t??k?/

Verb

taka (present tense tek, past tense tok, past participle teke, passive infinitive takast, present participle takande, imperative tak)

1. to take (to grab with the hands)
2. to catch (to capture)

Derived terms

• overtaka

References

• “taka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?g-, *dh?g- (“to touch”).

Verb

taka (singular past indicative tók, plural past indicative tóku, past participle tekit)

1. to take

Conjugation

Descendants

• Icelandic: taka
• Faroese: taka
• Norn: taka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ta

  Nynorsk: taka, take

• Old Swedish: taka, tagha
  • Swedish: ta, taga
• Old Danish: taka, taghæ
  • Danish: tage
• Jamtish: ta
• Elfdalian: tågå
• Scanian: tâga
• Westrobothnian: taga, tåga, taa, tåå, ta, tå
• ? Old English: tacan
  • Middle English: taken
    • English: take
    • Northumbrian: tak, tyek
    • Scots: tak, ta

Noun

taka f (genitive t?ku)

1. taking, capture (of a fortress; prisoner)
2. taking, seizing (of property)
3. revenue

Declension

References

• taka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• taka in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on taka.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• tagha

Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan?.

Verb

taka

1. to touch, reach
2. to grasp, seize
3. to take, bring
4. to demand
5. to remove
6. to beset, attack
7. to encounter, meet

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: ta, taga

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.ka/

Pronoun

taka

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of taki

Portuguese

Noun

taka m (plural takas)

1. taka (currency of Bangladesh)

Quechua

Noun

taka

1. punch, blow, collision
2. fist

Declension

See also

• takay

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

taka (n class, plural taka)

1. dirt

Verb

-taka (infinitive kutaka)

1. to want
2. be about to (followed by an imperative or bare verb stem)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -takia
  • Causative: -takisha
  • Passive: -takwa
  • Reciprocal: -takana
  • Stative: -takika

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Japanese ? (take).

Noun

taka

1. bamboo sticks placed at angles over rice sprouts

Etymology 2

Noun

takà

1. impression; imprint; stamped impression; rubber stamp

Etymology 3

Adjective

taká

1. surprised

Noun

taká

1. surprise

Related terms