aha

See also: AHA, ahá, -aha, 'aha, a-ha, 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.

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

   Aha! Now I've got you!

Derived terms

• aha experience
• aha moment

Translations

exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗯 (zh) (ǹg), 啊 (zh) (à), 啊哈 (zh) (ahā)

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

• Japanese: ああ (ja) (ā), なるほど (ja) (naruhodo)
• Korean: 아하 (ko) (aha)
• Norwegian: aha (no)
• Polish: aha (pl)
• Portuguese: ahá
• Russian: ага́ (ru) (agá), а (ru) (a)
• Serbo-Croatian: aha, аха
• Slovak: aha
• Spanish: ajá (es)
• Swedish: aha (sv), jaha (sv)
• Ukrainian: ага́ (uk) (ahá)

See also

• ah
• ha
• eureka

Anagrams

• aah

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Esperanto

Interjection

aha

1. aha

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æhæ/

• Audio

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Noun

aha (plural ahawo)

1. alcohol

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈha/
• Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

aha

1. aha

Further reading

• aha in Duden online

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Gothic

Romanization

aha

1. Romanization of 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)

   He aha kēlā?

   What is that?

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒhɒ]

Interjection

aha

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

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

2. yes, yeah, sure (a word to show agreement)

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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”).

Noun

aha f

1. water
2. running water, river, stream

Declension

Declension of aha (feminine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	aha	aha
accusative	aha	aha
genitive	ahō	ahanō
dative	ahu	ahum
instrumental	—	—

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈxa/

• audio

  (file)

Interjection

aha

1. aha

Further reading

• aha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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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)

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Toba

Particle

aha

1. yes

References

• 2012, María Belén Carpio and Marisa Censabella, Clauses as noun modifiers in Toba, in Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas (edited by Bernard Comrie and ‎Zarina Estrada Fernández; →ISBN