-haa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "haa"
Ingrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *-han. Cognates include Finnish -han.
Pronunciation
editParticle
edit-haa (front-vowel variant -hää)
- Used to indicate the speaker's surprise.
- Tulihaa tänäpään meijen faabrikkaa kunigas!
- Today a king came to our factory!
- Used to involve the collocutor in the conversation: then, so
- Hää tahtoo noissa, kuinhaa saotaa, stantsian nacalnikaks.
- He wants to become, whaddayacallit, a stationmaster.
References
edit- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 51