aha
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː
Interjection
aha
- An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition.
- Aha! That will work.
- An exclamation of surprise, exaltation, or contempt.
- Aha! Now I've got you!
Derived terms
- aha experience
- aha moment
Translations
Esperanto
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑhɑ(ʔ)/, [ˈɑɦɑ(ʔ)]
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
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈha/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aː
Gothic
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.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒhɒ]
Lamboya
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.
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.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈxa/
audio (file)
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.
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.
Toba
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