aha

See also AHA, ãhʻã, and āhʻā

English

Alternative forms

• a-ha

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

aha

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

   Aha! That will work.

Derived terms

• aha moment

Translations

exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗯 (cmn) (ǹg), 啊 (cmn) (à)

• Dutch: aha (nl)
• Esperanto: aha (eo)
• Finnish: ahaa (fi)
• French: aha (fr)
• German: aha (de)
• Greek: αχά (el) (achá)
• Hungarian: aha (hu)

• Interlingua: aha (ia)
• Japanese: ああ (ja) (ā), なるほど (ja) (naruhodo)
• Norwegian: aha (no)
• Polish: aha (pl)
• Russian: ага (ru) (ahá), а (ru) (a)
• Serbo-Croatian: aha (sh), аха (sh)
• Slovak: aha (sk)
• Spanish: ajá (es)
• Swedish: aha (sv)

See also

• ah
• ha
• eureka

Anagrams

• aah

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æhæ/, X-SAMPA: /{h{/

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Noun

aha (plural ahawo)

1. alcohol

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔaˈha/

Interjection

aha

1. aha

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Gothic

Romanization

aha

1. See 𐌰𐌷𐌰

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Hawaiian

Etymology

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.

Pronoun

aha

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

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Maori

Etymology

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.

Pronoun

aha

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Akin to Old Frisian ā, ē, Old English ēa, Old High German aha, awa, Gothic 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (ahwa) "river, waters". Also related to Icelandic á, Old Saxon *ōi "island".

Noun

aha f

1. water
2. running water, river, stream

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʔaˈxa]

• audio

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Interjection

aha

1. aha

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

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.

Pronoun

aha

1. what (interrogative pronoun)
2. which

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Tahitian

Etymology

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.

Pronoun

aha

1. what (interrogative pronoun)