• a-ha,ah-ha

FromMiddle Englisha ha,aha, natural expression. Equivalent toah +ha!.

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

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɑː

aha

1. An exclamation ofunderstanding,realization,invention, orrecognition.

   Aha! That will work.

2. An exclamation ofsurprise,exaltation, orcontempt.

   Aha! Now I've got you!

• ah
• ha
• eureka

• aah

• IPA^(key):[ˈaɦa]

aha

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

aha n (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial,obsolete)toilet

   Synonyms:záchod,toaleta

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

• Audio:

  (file)

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

aha

1. aha

   Synonym:oho

• IPA^(key):/æhæ/

• Audio:

  (file)

aha (pluralahawo)

1. alcohol

Likeah (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
• Syllabification^(key):a‧ha
• 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/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-aː

aha

1. aha

• “aha” inDuden online
• “aha” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

aha

1. Romanization of𐌰𐌷𐌰

• IPA^(key):/ʔaɦa/

aha m (masc. pluralahabii,fem.ahako,fem. pluralahabee)

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

The form after a determiner isaha.

FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian*afa. Cognates includeMaoriaha andRapa Nuiaha.

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

aha

1. what?

   Heaha kēlā? ―What is that?

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “aha”, inHawaiian 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 inGéza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
• (used informally in place of a “yes”):aha inGéza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
• aha inNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• Hyphenation:a‧ha

aha

1. human being

FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian*afa, fromProto-Oceanic*apa, fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*apa, fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*apa, fromProto-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 legomenon, attested inGreater Poland)aha(showing surprise)
   • 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor,Psałterz puławski‎^[1],Greater Poland, pages69, 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”, inJan 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”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków:IJP PAN,→ISBN

FromProto-West Germanic*ahu, fromProto-Germanic*ahwō(“waters, river”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ekʷeh₂(“water”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑha/

aha f

1. water
2. running water,river,stream

• acha

Inherited fromOld Polishaha.

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• 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 inWielki 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, page115

FromProto-Polynesian*hafa. Cognates includeHawaiianaha andMaoriaha.

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

aha

1. what?

• aha is always preceded by an article (eitherhe orte).

• Veronica Du Feu (1996)Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge,→ISBN, page21
• Paulus Kieviet (2017)A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press,→ISBN, page404

aha

1. Obsolete form ofa.

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

Inherited fromOld Polishaha.

• IPA^(key):/aˈxa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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”, inDykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page10

FromProto-Bantu*-jáka, a variant ofProto-Bantu*-jíbaka.

aha

1. tobuild

• aka —obsolete

Borrowed fromSpanishajá.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ʔaˈha/[ʔɐˈha]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:a‧ha

ahá (Baybayin spellingᜀᜑ)

1. aha!

   Aha! Nauunawaan ko na kung bakit ganiyan ang ikinikilos mo.

   Aha! I now understand why you act that way.

• “aha”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972)Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana,page19

FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian*afa, fromProto-Oceanic*apa, fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*apa, fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*apa, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*apa.

aha

1. what(interrogative pronoun)

• IPA^(key):[ˈa.ha]

aha

1. asagoplantation

• 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. drinkingcalabash; a smallcup carved out of a calabash used to drink palm wine and feed babies.