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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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhɑ(ʔ)/, [ˈɑ̝ɦɑ̝(ʔ)]

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

• haa

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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

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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