different between aha vs acha

English

Alternative forms

• a-ha

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??h??/
• (General American) enPR: ä-hä?, IPA^(key): [??h?], [??h?]
• Rhymes: -??

Interjection

aha

1. An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition.

2. An exclamation of surprise, exaltation, or contempt.

Derived terms

• aha experience
• aha moment

Translations

See also

• ah
• ha
• eureka

Anagrams

• aah

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a?a]

Interjection

aha

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

Noun

aha f

1. (colloquial, obsolete) toilet

   Synonyms: záchod, toaleta

Declension

Further reading

• aha in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• aha in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Interjection

aha

1. aha

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æhæ/

Noun

aha (plural ahawo)

1. alcohol

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??h?/, [????]
• IPA^(key): /??h??/, [????(?)]
• Rhymes: -?h?
• 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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?ha/
• Rhymes: -a?

Interjection

aha

1. aha

Further reading

• “aha” in Duden online

Gothic

Romanization

aha

1. Romanization of ????????????

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?a/

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)

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): /?a.ha/, [??h?]

Pronoun

aha

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

References

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??h?] or [??h?] (only as an exclamation)
• Rhymes: -h?

Interjection

aha

1. (colloquial) aha (an exclamation of sudden understanding, realization, or recognition)

2. (colloquial) uh-huh (used informally in place of a yes)

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.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahw? (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ek?eh? (“water”).

Noun

aha f

1. water
2. running water, river, stream

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?xa/

Interjection

aha

1. aha

Further reading

• aha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

Sotho

Etymology

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

Verb

aha

1. to build

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)

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

English

Etymology

From Hausa acca

Noun

acha (uncountable)

1. fonio, esp. Digitaria exilis (white fonio) (a cereal cultivated in western Africa)

Synonyms

fonio

Further reading

• Digitaria exilis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Digitaria exilis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• acha at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• Aach

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese acha (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *ascla, from Latin assula. Cognate with Portuguese acha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?at??a/

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

1. chip, sliver, splinter
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 613:

     Et alí ueeriades muytos ferros de muytas lanças agudas entrar per peytos et per adágaras et per uentres, et muytas lanças caer en achas et en tranções, et muytos escudos quebrantados, et moytas lorigas rrotas et desmalladas, et muytas espadas banadas en sange

     And you would have seen there many irons and many spears to enter in breasts and shields and bellies, and many spears to fell broken in chips and splinters, and many shields smashed down, and many coats broken and unmailed, and many swords bathed in blood

   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:

     A acha tira pra racha (proverb)

     a chip off the old block

   Synonyms: cavaco, estela, racho

2. billet (piece of wood used as firewood)

   Synonym: racha

Related terms

• estela
• racha
• rachar

References

• “acha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “acha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “acha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “acha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Morelos Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hacha, from French hache, from Frankish [Term?].

Noun

acha

1. axe

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos?^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 22

Occitan

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

1. aitch (the letter h, H)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?a.??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?a.?a/, /?a.??/
• Hyphenation: a?cha

Etymology 1

Inflected form of achar (“to find; to think”).

Verb

acha

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of achar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of achar

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese acha, from Vulgar Latin *ascla (“sliver”), from Latin astula.

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

1. billet (piece of wood used as firewood)

   Synonyms: cavaco, estilha, lenha

Etymology 3

From Old Portuguese acha, from Old French hache (“battle-axe”), from Frankish.

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

1. battle-axe (axe for use in battle)

See also

• machado

Further reading

• “acha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??/

Verb

-acha (infinitive kuacha)

1. to leave
2. to cease
3. to allow

Conjugation

Further reading

• acha in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press

Welsh

Etymology

From ar (“on”) +? uchaf (“highest, top”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?a/

Preposition

acha

1. (South Wales, colloquial) on

   Synonyms: ar, ar gefn

2. (South Wales, colloquial) with (denoting an instrument)

   Synonyms: â, efo, gyda

Usage notes

• Acha is used with indefinite nouns. The equivalent for definite nouns when it means "on" is ar.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “acha”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Western Apache

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hacha

Noun

acha

1. axe

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hacha, from French hache, from Frankish [Term?].

Noun

acha

1. axe

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán?^[3], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22