paha

paha (plural pahas or paha)

1. An elongated landform composed of only loess, or of till capped by loess.

   Synonym: greda

• Hyphenation: pa‧ha
• IPA^(key): /ˈpahaʔ/, [ˈpa.haʔ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔaʔ/, [ˈpa.ʔaʔ] (h-dropping)

pahà

1. thirsty

Borrowed from Spanish faja.

• Hyphenation: pa‧ha
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaha/, [ˈpa.ha]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔa/, [ˈpa.ʔa] (h-dropping)

páha

1. belt

   Synonyms: hagkos, sinturon

2. sash

   Synonym: abay

From Proto-Finnic *paha, borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*bāga-), from Proto-Germanic *bēgaz.

paha (genitive paha, partitive paha, comparative pahem, superlative kõige pahem)

1. bad
2. evil

From Proto-Finnic *paha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑhɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝ɦɑ̝]

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• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ha

paha (comparative pahempi, superlative pahin)

1. bad, evil, ill

   Synonyms: häijy, ilkeä

   Antonyms: hyvä, kiltti

2. bad, unsuitable, unfitting, unhealthy

   Synonym: huono

   Antonym: hyvä

3. bad, difficult, serious, severe, urgent

   Synonym: vakava

4. difficult, hard, tricky

   Synonym: vaikea

   Antonym: helppo

   paha kysymys ― tricky question

5. (chiefly in expressions) bad, sorry

   Minulla on paha mieli. ― I feel sad / offended. (literally, “I have a bad mind.”)

paha

1. the evil

   Synonym: pahuus

   Antonyms: hyvä, hyvyys

• “paha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From pa (“ten”) +‎ -ha (“ordinal number suffix”).

paha

1. (ordinal number) tenth

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paha

1. Used to indicate the conditional mood, expressed in English as perhaps, might, possibly

Follows the word it modifies.

ā ... paha

1. or

The verb (and its modifying particles) go between ā and paha.

From Malay paha, from Proto-Malayic *paha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaha/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ha
• Rhymes: -ha, -a

paha (first-person possessive pahaku, second-person possessive pahamu, third-person possessive pahanya)

1. (anatomy) thigh (upper leg)

• “paha” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *paha. Cognates include Finnish paha and Estonian paha.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑhɑ/, [ˈpɑhɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑhɑ/, [ˈpɑhɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ha

paha (comparative pahemp)

1. bad

   paha ilma ― bad weather

• hyvä

• kurja

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 371

From Proto-Finnic *paha. Cognates include Finnish paha and Estonian paha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑhɑ/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ha

paha (genitive pahan, partitive pahua)

1. evil spirit

paha (genitive pahan, partitive pahua, comparative pahempi／pahembi, superlative pahin)

1. bad

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “paha”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

From Proto-Finnic *paha. Cognates include Finnish paha and Estonian paha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑhɑ/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ha
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ

paha (genitive pahan, partitive pahua, comparative pahembi, superlative pahin)

1. bad
2. wicked

paha (genitive pahan, partitive pahua)

1. grief
2. evil

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) “paha”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 198

• peha (common nonstandard spelling)

• IPA^(key): /paha/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [pəhə]
• Rhymes: -aha, -ha, -a

From Proto-Malayic *paha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa. Cognate with Tagalog paa (“foot”).

paha (Jawi spelling ڤها, plural paha-paha, informal 1st possessive pahaku, 2nd possessive pahamu, 3rd possessive pahanya)

1. thigh (upper leg)

   Paha ayam

   Chicken thigh

   Paha manusia

   Human thigh

• Indonesian: paha

paha (Jawi spelling ڤها, plural paha-paha, informal 1st possessive pahaku, 2nd possessive pahamu, 3rd possessive pahanya)

1. (archaic, mathematics) a fourth, a quarter

   Synonyms: perempat, suku

paha (Jawi spelling ڤها, plural paha-paha, informal 1st possessive pahaku, 2nd possessive pahamu, 3rd possessive pahanya)

1. a type of bird; Dicrurus aeneus malayensis

• “paha” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Spanish faja, from Aragonese faxa, from Latin fascia.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpaha/ [ˈpa.hɐ]
• Rhymes: -aha
• Syllabification: pa‧ha

paha (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑ)

1. girdle; band; binder

   Synonyms: bigkis, tali, laso

2. paper band such as those wrapped around newspapers or magazines for addressing and mailing purposes

Borrowed from Spanish paja, from Old Spanish paxa, from Latin palea.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpaha/ [ˈpa.hɐ]
• Rhymes: -aha
• Syllabification: pa‧ha

paha (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑ)

1. straw

   Synonym: dayami

• “paha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Ottoman Turkish بها (baha, paha), from Persian بها (bahâ).

• IPA^(key): /paˈha/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ha

paha (definite accusative pahayı, plural pahalar)

1. price, value

• “paha”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “paha²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3753

From Proto-Finnic *paha. Cognates include Finnish paha.

paha

1. bad
2. unkind
3. disgusting, distasteful
4. harmful

• paheta

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вредный, гадкий, недобрый, отвратительный”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *paha.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑhɑ/, [ˈpɑhɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ha

paha

1. bad, poor
2. bad, evil, ill
3. mischievous

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “paha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn