different between haka vs waka

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 1

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (waka), from Middle Chinese ? (?wa), a gloss for ? (?wa, “Japan”) + ? (ka, “song”).

Noun

waka (plural wakas or waka)

1. (poetry) A kind of classical Japanese poem.
   • 1962, Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America 2007, p. 122:

     “Hey, look. There's one of those Jap waka poems on the back of this cigarette package.”

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori waka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?k?/, /?w?k?/

Noun

waka (plural wakas or waka)

1. (New Zealand) A Maori canoe.

Anagrams

• kawa

Aymara

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka

1. cow

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)aka?.

Noun

waka

1. root (of plant)

Chamicuro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka

1. cow

Chickasaw

Verb

waka

1. to fly

Jamamadí

Verb

waka

1. (Banawá) to break

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

waka

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Jaqaru

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca. Cognate with Aymara waka

Noun

waka

1. cow

References

Martha James Hardman. (1996) Jaqaru: Outline of phonological and morphological structure, page 74.

Katukina

Noun

waka

1. water

References

• Maria Sueli de Aguiar, Elementos de descrição sintatica para uma gramatica do Katukina, page 49, 1988

Manchu

Romanization

waka

1. Romanization of ????

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *waka.

Noun

waka

1. boat, canoe
2. vehicle, conveyance
3. transport

Derived terms

• t?nga waka

Descendants

• ? English: waka

Mapudungun

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. cow

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Palu'e

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)aka?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)aka?.

Noun

waka

1. root (of plant)

Pijin

Etymology

From English work.

Noun

waka

1. work; labor; job

Quechua

Etymology 1

Noun

waka

1. dwarf, sickly baby

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

waka

1. cow

Declension

Usage notes

Not to be confused with wak'a.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-waka (infinitive kuwaka)

1. to burn, be in flames

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -washa