raha

Central Dusun

Noun

raha

1. blood

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

raha (genitive raha, partitive raha)

1. money

Declension

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

Compounds

• paberraha
• peenraha
• sularaha

 

References

• 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

Finnish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Usage notes

• 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.

Declension

Inflection of raha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		raha	rahat
genitive		rahan	rahojen
partitive		rahaa	rahoja
illative		rahaan	rahoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		raha	rahat
accusative	nom.	raha	rahat
	gen.	rahan
genitive		rahan	rahojen rahain rare
partitive		rahaa	rahoja
inessive		rahassa	rahoissa
elative		rahasta	rahoista
illative		rahaan	rahoihin
adessive		rahalla	rahoilla
ablative		rahalta	rahoilta
allative		rahalle	rahoille
essive		rahana	rahoina
translative		rahaksi	rahoiksi
abessive		rahatta	rahoitta
instructive		—	rahoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of raha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rahani rahani accusative nom. rahani rahani gen. rahani genitive rahani rahojeni rahaini rare partitive rahaani rahojani inessive rahassani rahoissani elative rahastani rahoistani illative rahaani rahoihini adessive rahallani rahoillani ablative rahaltani rahoiltani allative rahalleni rahoilleni essive rahanani rahoinani translative rahakseni rahoikseni abessive rahattani rahoittani instructive — — comitative — rahoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rahasi rahasi accusative nom. rahasi rahasi gen. rahasi genitive rahasi rahojesi rahaisi rare partitive rahaasi rahojasi inessive rahassasi rahoissasi elative rahastasi rahoistasi illative rahaasi rahoihisi adessive rahallasi rahoillasi ablative rahaltasi rahoiltasi allative rahallesi rahoillesi essive rahanasi rahoinasi translative rahaksesi rahoiksesi abessive rahattasi rahoittasi instructive — — comitative — rahoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rahamme rahamme accusative nom. rahamme rahamme gen. rahamme genitive rahamme rahojemme rahaimme rare partitive rahaamme rahojamme inessive rahassamme rahoissamme elative rahastamme rahoistamme illative rahaamme rahoihimme adessive rahallamme rahoillamme ablative rahaltamme rahoiltamme allative rahallemme rahoillemme essive rahanamme rahoinamme translative rahaksemme rahoiksemme abessive rahattamme rahoittamme instructive — — comitative — rahoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rahanne rahanne accusative nom. rahanne rahanne gen. rahanne genitive rahanne rahojenne rahainne rare partitive rahaanne rahojanne inessive rahassanne rahoissanne elative rahastanne rahoistanne illative rahaanne rahoihinne adessive rahallanne rahoillanne ablative rahaltanne rahoiltanne allative rahallenne rahoillenne essive rahananne rahoinanne translative rahaksenne rahoiksenne abessive rahattanne rahoittanne instructive — — comitative — rahoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rahansa rahansa accusative nom. rahansa rahansa gen. rahansa genitive rahansa rahojensa rahainsa rare partitive rahaansa rahojaan rahojansa inessive rahassaan rahassansa rahoissaan rahoissansa elative rahastaan rahastansa rahoistaan rahoistansa illative rahaansa rahoihinsa adessive rahallaan rahallansa rahoillaan rahoillansa ablative rahaltaan rahaltansa rahoiltaan rahoiltansa allative rahalleen rahallensa rahoilleen rahoillensa essive rahanaan rahanansa rahoinaan rahoinansa translative rahakseen rahaksensa rahoikseen rahoiksensa abessive rahattaan rahattansa rahoittaan rahoittansa instructive — — comitative — rahoineen rahoinensa

Derived terms

adjectives

• rahakas
• rahallinen
• rahaton

 

nouns

• rahake
• rahasto

 

phrases

• raha ratkaisee
• raha tulee rahan luo
• siirtää rahaa taskusta toiseen

 

verbs

• rahastaa
• rahoittaa

 

compounds

• apuraha
• eroraha
• euroraha
• henkiraha
• hoitoraha
• hopearaha
• hätäraha
• irtisanomisraha
• isyysraha
• jouluraha
• juhlaraha
• juomaraha
• kantoraha
• keskuspankkiraha
• kipuraha
• kirsuraha
• komennusraha
• kultaraha
• kuntoutusraha
• kupariraha
• kynnysraha
• käsiraha
• käteisraha
• käyttöraha
• lahjaraha
• lainaraha
• leikkiraha
• lomaraha
• lunnasraha
• markkinaraha
• matkaraha
• metalliraha
• monopoliraha
• muistoraha
• muoviraha
• määräraha
• nykyraha
• opintoraha
• oppiraha
• oppirahat
• osapäiväraha
• paikallisraha
• palkkaraha
• palveluraha
• palvelusraha
• paperiraha
• peliraha
• pestausraha
• pestiraha
• piiskaraha
• pikkuraha
• plooturaha
• portsariraha
• projektiraha
• pukuraha
• päiväraha
• pääraha
• raha-aateli
• raha-ansio
• raha-arkku
• raha-arpa
• raha-arpajaiset
• raha-arvo
• raha-asia
• raha-automaatti
• raha-avustus
• rahaerä
• rahahuoli
• rahajärjestelmä
• rahakammio
• rahakanta
• rahakasvi
• rahakirstu
• rahakokoelma
• rahakortti
• rahaksimuutto
• rahakukkaro
• rahalahja
• rahalahjoitus
• rahalaina
• rahalaitos
• rahaliike
• rahaliikenne
• rahaliitto
• rahalipas
• rahaluotto
• rahalähde
• rahalähetys
• rahalöytö
• rahamaailma
• rahamalmi
• rahamarkkinat
• rahametalli
• rahamies
• rahaministeri
• rahamuuli
• rahamylly
• rahamäärä
• rahanahne
• rahanahneus
• rahanarvo
• rahanarvoinen
• rahanarvokerroin
• rahanarvonkerroin
• rahanhimo
• rahanhimoinen
• rahanhukka
• rahankeräys
• rahankierto
• rahankäyttö
• rahanlainaaja
• rahanlainaus
• rahanlajittelukone
• rahanlaskukone
• rahanlähde
• rahanmeno
• rahanpesijä
• rahanpesu
• rahanpuute
• rahanreikä
• rahansäästö
• rahantarve
• rahantulo
• rahanuudistus
• rahanvaihtaja
• rahanvaihto
• rahanväärennys
• rahanväärentäjä
• rahapaja
• rahapalkinto
• rahapalkka
• rahapalkkio
• rahapanos
• rahapeli
• rahapoliittinen
• rahapolitiikka
• rahapuhelin
• rahapula
• rahapussi
• rahapussukka
• rahapuu
• rahareformi
• rahareikä
• raharikas
• raharuhtinas
• rahasampo
• rahasumma
• rahasuoritus
• rahasäiliö
• rahasäkki
• rahatalletus
• rahatalous
• rahateoria
• rahatiede
• rahatilanne
• rahatoimi
• rahatuki
• rahatulo
• rahauudistus
• rahavaikeus
• rahavalta
• rahavaranto
• rahavarat
• rahavirta
• rahayksikkö
• riskiraha
• ruokaraha
• seteliraha
• starttiraha
• suojeluraha
• suolaraha
• sähköraha
• säästöraha
• talletuspankkiraha
• talousraha
• tapporaha
• tasaraha
• taskuraha
• teiniraha
• tukiraha
• ulkomaanraha
• vaateraha
• vaihtoraha
• vaikenemisraha
• vaitioloraha
• vanha raha
• vanhempainraha
• velkaraha
• veriraha
• verkkoraha
• veroraha
• viikkoraha
• voiteluraha
• vuokraraha
• väliraha
• äitiysraha
• öljyraha

 

See also

• käteinen
• maksuväline
• valuutta

Further reading

• “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

Anagrams

• hara

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

raha

1. money

Declension

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.

Derived terms

• hoppiaraha
• käsiraha
• rahakas
• rahakukkoro
• rahalliin
• rahoittaa
• rooskaraha
• vaskiraha

 

References

• 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

Karelian

Etymology

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

Noun

raha

1. money

Kinaray-a

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Verb

rahà

1. to cook

Adjective

rahâ

1. cooked

Derived terms

• pagraha

 

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaˈha/, [ɾaˈha]

Noun

rahá

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish raja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾaha/, [ˈɾa.ha]

Noun

raha

1. split firewood

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑː.xɑ/, [ˈrɑː.hɑ]

Noun

rāha m (nominative plural rāhan)

1. (Early OE) Alternative form of rā

Declension

Declension of rāha (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rāha	rāhan
accusative	rāhan	rāhan
genitive	rāhan	rāhena
dative	rāhan	rāhum

Old Javanese

Etymology

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.)

Pronunciation

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

Root

raha

1. rule

Alternative forms

• rāha

Derived terms

• aṅraha
• karaha
• karahan
• paṅrāha
• rināha

 

Further reading

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

Sotho

Verb

raha

1. to kick

Descendants

• → Phuthi: -raya

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

raha (n class, no plural)

1. happiness, joy
2. comfort

Tagalog

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

raha or rahá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑ)

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

   Synonym: ladya

Related terms

• maharaha
• Raha

 

See also

• datu
• hari
• lakan

 

Further reading

• “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

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

raha

1. money

Inflection

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

References

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

Votic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

raha

1. money

   Synonym: dengõd

Inflection

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.

References

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