aha

• a-ha, ah-ha

From Middle English a ha, aha, natural expression. Equivalent to ah + ha!.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːhɑː/
• (General American) enPR: ä-häʹ, IPA^(key): [ɑˈhɑ], [əˈhɑ]

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

aha

1. An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition.

   Aha! That will work.

2. An exclamation of surprise, exaltation, or contempt.

   Aha! Now I've got you!

• ah
• ha
• eureka

• aah

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɦa]

aha

1. aha, I see (expresion of understanding, realization, invention or recognition)

aha n (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial, obsolete) toilet

   Synonyms: záchod, toaleta

• “aha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “aha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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• IPA^(key): [ˈaha]
• Rhymes: -aha
• Hyphenation: a‧ha

aha

1. aha

   Synonym: oho

• IPA^(key): /æhæ/

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aha (plural ahawo)

1. alcohol

Like ah (to which it is somehow related), tracing an exact origin is impossible. Probably ultimately a natural expression.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhɑ(ˣ)/, [ˈɑ̝ɦɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): aha

aha

1. uh-huh (indicates that the speaker agrees or is simply still listening)

Depending on the context and intonation (especially with rising intonation), the interjection may instead be interpreted as dismissing or disagreeing with an opinion.

• ahaa

• aah, haa

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈha/

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• Rhymes: -aː

aha

1. aha

• “aha” in Duden online
• “aha” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

aha

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌷𐌰

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɦa/

aha m (masc. plural ahabii, fem. ahako, fem. plural ahabee)

1. tooth (fem. = molar, fem. pl. = adult teeth, masc. pl. = baby teeth)
2. red velvet mite (Trombidiid)

The form after a determiner is aha.

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *afa. Cognates include Maori aha and Rapa Nui aha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ha/, [ˈɐ.hə]
• Hyphenation: a‧ha

aha

1. what?

   He aha kēlā? ― What is that?

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “aha”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒhɒ] or [ɒˈhɒ] (only as an exclamation)
• Rhymes: -hɒ

aha

1. (colloquial) aha (an exclamation of sudden understanding, realization, or recognition)

   Aha, itt a hiba! ― Aha, here’s the problem!

2. (colloquial) uh-huh (used informally in place of a “yes”)

• (exclamation of sudden understanding, realization, or recognition): aha in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (used informally in place of a “yes”): aha in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• aha in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *afa, from Proto-Oceanic *apa, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apa, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

aha

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

• “aha” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Natural expression. First attested in the second half of the 15th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /a(ː)xa(ː)/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /axa/, /ɒxɒ/

aha

1. (hapax, attested in Greater Poland) aha (showing surprise)
   • 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor, Psałterz puławski‎^[1], Greater Poland, pages 69, 4:

     Odwroczcze szye wszystczy rychlo zapalayøcz szya, gysz my mowyø: aha, aha (qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge)!

     [Odwroćcie sie wszystcy rychło zapalając się, jiż mi mowią: aha, aha (qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge)!]

• Polish: aha
• Silesian: aha

• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “aha”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “aha”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑha/

aha f

1. water
2. running water, river, stream

• acha

Inherited from Old Polish aha.

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ha

aha

1. aha! (showing confirmation) [from 1546]^[1]
2. aha! (showing understanding) [second half of the 15th century]^[2]
3. aha! (showing that the speaker suddenly remembered something)
4. (Middle Polish) ah! (showing pain) [17 c.]^[3]

• aha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “aha”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 115

From Proto-Polynesian *hafa. Cognates include Hawaiian aha and Maori aha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ha/
• Hyphenation: a‧ha

aha

1. what?

• aha is always preceded by an article (either he or te).

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 21
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 404

aha

1. Obsolete form of a.

• aha in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish aha.

• IPA^(key): /aˈxa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ha

aha

1. aha! (showing confirmation)
2. aha! (showing understanding)
3. aha! (showing that the speaker suddenly remembered something)

• aha in silling.org
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “aha”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 10

From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

aha

1. to build

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *afa, from Proto-Oceanic *apa, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apa, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

aha

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ha]

aha

1. a sago plantation

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

aha

1. yes

• María Belén Carpio, Marisa Censabella (2012) “Clauses as noun modifiers in Toba”, in Bernard Comrie, Zarina Estrada Fernández, editors, Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas (in Toba), →ISBN

 

• IPA^(key): /ā.há/

ahá

1. drinking calabash; a small cup carved out of a calabash used to drink palm wine and feed babies.