haha¹ go or come back empty-handed; return without having achieved anything

Part of Speech

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• • go or come back empty-handed; return without having achieved anything
  • • motion

  • • Example 1828:
      

      Evehee sa antee haa koa tea ato bari mepaa haha vaha maa.

      But he could not catch them and so he went back empty-handed.

      Source: Aro 10E(Eno) 086-087

    • Example 1829:
      

      Meori paa haha koa teebona.

      And they just returned without having achieved anything there.

      Source: Sii Ond 01W 123

    • Example 1830:
      

      Na tahi iana tamuana maari, beara haha maara.

      They always spear fish, while we come back home empty-handed.

      Source: Skae 03W 057-058

    • Example 1831:
      

      O vaaree o hata pasi tavusu vaha mau bea tau hio mate haha behu koa.

      Bad news would spread when the participants of the funeral get nothing and just stay hungry.

      Source: Daa Naph 01E 019

Related entries

• See also:
  • tahaha recede, go down (e.g. of a swelling)
  • vaahaha make somebody go back; send somebody back
  • hio mate funeral of a chief with a big feast and the biusu dance performed by the women of the chief's clan
  • maara² here; hither; for ourselves