aha

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aha"

English

Alternative forms

• a-ha

Pronunciation

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

• 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), tiens donc (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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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɦa]

Interjection

aha

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

Further reading

• aha in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• aha in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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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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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhɑ/, [ˈɑɦɑ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhɑˣ/, [ˈɑɦɑ(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Syllabification: a‧ha

Interjection

aha

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• ahaa

Anagrams

• aah, haa

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈha/

• Audio

  (file)

• 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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Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɦa/

Noun

aha m (masc. plural ahabii, fem. ahako, fem. plural ahabee) (Note: the form after a determiner is aha)

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

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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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ha/, [ˈɐhə]

Pronoun

aha

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

   He aha kēlā?

   What is that?

References

• “aha” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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)

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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)

References

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

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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): /aˈxa/

• 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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Sotho

Etymology

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

Verb

aha

1. to build

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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