raha

raha

1. blood

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language, compare Old Norse skrá.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑɦɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha (genitive raha, partitive raha)

1. money

Declension of raha (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		raha	rahad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	raha
genitive			rahade
partitive		raha	rahasid
illative		rahha rahasse	rahadesse
inessive		rahas	rahades
elative		rahast	rahadest
allative		rahale	rahadele
adessive		rahal	rahadel
ablative		rahalt	rahadelt
translative		rahaks	rahadeks
terminative		rahani	rahadeni
essive		rahana	rahadena
abessive		rahata	rahadeta
comitative		rahaga	rahadega

• raha in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “raha”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From Proto-Finnic *raha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”) (later Proto-Germanic *skrahō; compare Old Norse skrá). Originally, this meant the fur of squirrel, since that was a payment instrument before bills and coins were introduced.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑhɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧ha

raha

1. money (means of exchange and measure of value)

   Synonyms: (all colloquial) fyffe, fyrkendaali, fyrkka, hillo, hinta, hynä, kahiseva, mani, massi, nappula, oravannahka, paalu, pelimerkki, pätäkkä, rahna, saldo, tuohi, valuutta

2. cash, piece of currency, money (hard cash, money as item; usually a coin when in the singular)

   Synonym: käteinen

   Hyponyms: kolikko, seteli

   kahden euron raha ― a two-euro coin

   Minulla ei ole rahaa.

   I'm out of cash.

3. (usually in the plural) money (available liquid assets, or the assets necessary for something)

   Synonym: käteisvarat

   Minulla on rahat asunnon ostoa varten.

   I have the money to buy an apartment.

4. money, wealth

   Synonym: varallisuus

5. (colloquial) money, currency

   Synonym: valuutta

6. (obsolete) squirrel pelt

• When speaking of money in general, one uses the singular form raha, but when speaking of a certain amount of money as a whole, one uses the plural form rahat. The distinction is often translated into English by the usage of the definite article.

• käteinen
• maksuväline
• valuutta

• “raha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (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

• hara

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

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

raha

1. money

Declension of raha (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	raha	rahat
genitive	rahan	rahhoin
partitive	rahhaa	rahoja
illative	rahhaa	rahhoi
inessive	rahas	rahois
elative	rahast	rahoist
allative	rahalle	rahoille
adessive	rahal	rahoil
ablative	rahalt	rahoilt
translative	rahaks	rahoiks
essive	rahanna, rahhaan	rahoinna, rahhoin
exessive1)	rahant	rahoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “рагга”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи, Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ, page 687
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 461

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language.

raha

1. money

From Proto-Western-Bisayan *rahaq. Compare Aklanon eaha and Cuyunon raa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾahaʔ/, [ˈɾa.haʔ] (verb)

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈhaʔ/, [ɾaˈhaʔ] (adjective)

rahà

1. to cook

rahâ

1. cooked

Borrowed from Spanish rajá, from French radjah, rajah, ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈha/, [ɾaˈha]

rahá

1. rajah (title for a sovereign in pre-colonial Philippines)

Borrowed from Spanish raja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾaha/, [ˈɾa.ha]

raha

1. split firewood

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑː.xɑ/, [ˈrɑː.hɑ]

rāha m (nominative plural rāhan)

1. (Early OE) Alternative form of rā

Unknown, probably from borrowed from Prakrit rāya-, rāā, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “sovereign, prince”). Doublet of daha and rāja. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ra.ha/
• Rhymes: -ha
• Hyphenation: ra‧ha

raha

1. rule

• rāha

• "raha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

raha

1. to kick

• → Phuthi: -raya

Borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

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raha (n class, no plural)

1. happiness, joy
2. comfort

Borrowed from Spanish rajá, from French radjah, rajah, ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan). Penultimate stress is influenced by English rajah, with the ⟨j⟩ being pronounced as in Spanish /x/, corresponding to /h/ in Tagalog. Supplanted the older form ladya.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaha/ [ˈɾaː.hɐ], /ɾaˈha/ [ɾɐˈha]
• Rhymes: -aha, -a
• Syllabification: ra‧ha

raha or rahá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑ)

1. rajah (title of a sovereign in most of pre-16th century Philippine Islands)

   Synonym: ladya

• “raha” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “raha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 842
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 492

From Proto-Finnic *raha, from a Germanic language.

raha

1. money

Inflection of raha (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	raha
genitive sing.	rahan
partitive sing.	rahad
partitive plur.	rahoid
	singular	plural
nominative	raha	rahad
accusative	rahan	rahad
genitive	rahan	rahoiden
partitive	rahad	rahoid
essive-instructive	rahan	rahoin
translative	rahaks	rahoikš
inessive	rahas	rahoiš
elative	rahaspäi	rahoišpäi
illative	rahaze	rahoiže
adessive	rahal	rahoil
ablative	rahalpäi	rahoilpäi
allative	rahale	rahoile
abessive	rahata	rahoita
comitative	rahanke	rahoidenke
prolative	rahadme	rahoidme
approximative I	rahanno	rahoidenno
approximative II	rahannoks	rahoidennoks
egressive	rahannopäi	rahoidennopäi
terminative I	rahazesai	rahoižesai
terminative II	rahalesai	rahoilesai
terminative III	rahassai	—
additive I	rahazepäi	rahoižepäi
additive II	rahalepäi	rahoilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “деньги”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *raha, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”).

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

raha

1. money

   Synonym: dengõd

Declension of raha (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	raha	rahad
genitive	raha	rahojõ, rahoi
partitive	rahha	rahoitõ, rahoi
illative	rahhasõ, rahha	rahoisõ
inessive	rahaz	rahoiz
elative	rahassõ	rahoissõ
allative	rahalõ	rahoilõ
adessive	rahallõ	rahoillõ
ablative	rahaltõ	rahoiltõ
translative	rahassi	rahoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “raha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn