# aha
## English
### Alternative forms

* a-ha, ah-ha

### Etymology

From Middle English a ha, aha, natural expression. Equivalent to ah + ha!.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɑːhɑː/
* (General American) enPR: ä-häʹ, IPA: [ɑˈhɑ], [əˈhɑ]
* 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 effect
* aha experience
* aha moment

#### Translations
### See also

* ah
* ha
* eureka

### Anagrams

* aah

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɦa]

### Interjection

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

### Noun

aha n (indeclinable)
* (colloquial, obsolete) toilet
    Synonyms: záchod, toaleta

### Further reading

* “aha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “aha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈaha]
* Rhymes: -aha
* Hyphenation: a‧ha

### Interjection

aha
* aha
    Synonym: oho

## Ewe
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æhæ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

aha (plural ahawo)
* alcohol

## Finnish
### Etymology

Like ah (to which it is somehow related), tracing an exact origin is impossible. Probably ultimately a natural expression.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑhɑ(ˣ)/, [ˈɑ̝ɦɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
* Hyphenation: aha

### Interjection

aha
* 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

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈha/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aː

### Interjection

aha
* aha

### Further reading

* “aha” in Duden online
* “aha” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Gothic
### Romanization

aha
* Romanization of 𐌰𐌷𐌰

## Hadza
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaɦa/

### Noun

aha m (masc. plural ahabii, fem. ahako, fem. plural ahabee)
* tooth (fem. = molar, fem. pl. = adult teeth, masc. pl. = baby teeth)
* red velvet mite (Trombidiid)

#### Usage notes

The form after a determiner is aha.

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *afa. Cognates include Maori aha and Rapa Nui aha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ha/, [ˈɐ.hə]
* Hyphenation: a‧ha

### Pronoun

aha
* what?
    He aha kēlā? ― What is that?

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “aha”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

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

### Interjection

aha
* (colloquial) aha (an exclamation of sudden understanding, realization, or recognition)
    Aha, itt a hiba! ― Aha, here’s the problem!
* (colloquial) uh-huh (used informally in place of a “yes”)

### Further reading

* (exclamation of sudden understanding, realization, or recognition): aha in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (used informally in place of a “yes”): aha in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* aha in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Kangean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧ha

### Noun

aha
* human being

## 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
* 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.

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Natural expression. First attested in the second half of the 15th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /a(ː)xa(ː)/
* IPA: (15th CE) /axa/, /ɒxɒ/

### Interjection

aha
* (hapax, attested in Greater Poland) aha (showing surprise)
** 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor, Psałterz puławski‎, Greater Poland, pages 69, 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)!]

#### Descendants

* Polish: aha
* Silesian: aha

### References

* Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “aha”, in Jan 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”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑha/

### Noun

aha f
* water
* running water, river, stream

#### Declension
## Polish
### Alternative forms

* acha

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish aha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈxa/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /aˈxɒ/, /ɒˈxɒ/
* (Masovia):
** (Ostróda) IPA: /ˈa.xa/
** (Warmia) IPA: /ˈa.xa/
** (Masuria) IPA: /ˈa.xa/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ha

### Interjection

aha
* aha! (showing confirmation) [from 1546]
* aha! (showing understanding) [second half of the 15th century]
* aha! (showing that the speaker suddenly remembered something)
* (Middle Polish) ah! (showing pain) [17 c.]

### References

* ↑ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “aha”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* ↑ S. Urbańczyk, editor (1953–2002), “aha”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volumes 1–11, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk, Łódź: Polish Academy of Sciences
* ↑ Krystyna Siekierska (04.08.2009) “AHA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

### Further reading

* aha in Wielki 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, page 115

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hafa. Cognates include Hawaiian aha and Maori aha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ha/
* Hyphenation: a‧ha

### Pronoun

aha
* what?

#### Usage notes

* aha is always preceded by an article (either he or te).

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 21
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 404

## Romanian
### Interjection

aha
* Obsolete form of a.

### References

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

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish aha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈxa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ha

### Interjection

aha
* aha! (showing confirmation)
* aha! (showing understanding)
* aha! (showing that the speaker suddenly remembered something)

### Further reading

* aha in silling.org
* Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “aha”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 10

## Sotho
### Etymology

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

### Verb

aha
* to build

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* aka — obsolete

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ajá.

### Pronunciation

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

### Interjection

ahá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑ)
* aha!
    Aha! Nauunawaan ko na kung bakit ganiyan ang ikinikilos mo.Aha! I now understand why you act that way.

### Further reading

* “aha”, in Pambansang 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, page 19

## 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
* what (interrogative pronoun)

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.ha]

### Noun

aha
* a sago plantation

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Toba
### Particle

aha
* yes

### References

* 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

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.há/

### Noun

ahá
* drinking calabash; a small cup carved out of a calabash used to drink palm wine and feed babies.