different between aha vs ahi

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

Borrowed from Hawaiian ?ahi (“yellowfin tuna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.hi/

Noun

ahi (plural ahis or ahi)

1. yellowfin tuna

References

Anagrams

• AIH, HIA, hai

'Are'are

Noun

ahi (plural hi ahi, plural wau ahi)

1. a dress

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ahjo.

Noun

ahi (genitive ahju, partitive ahju)

1. oven

Declension

Derived terms

• mikrolaineahi

Anagrams

• iha

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.i/

Interjection

ahi

1. ouch! (representing pain)

Synonyms

• (expression of pain): aïe, ouch, ouille, ayoye (Quebec)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

ahi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Derived terms

• ahiahi

Italian

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aj/

Interjection

ahi!

1. ouch!
2. ah!

Derived terms

• ahimè

Anagrams

• hai

Karao

Noun

ahi

1. sibling

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

ahi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Vedic Sanskrit ??? (ahi). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?óg??is.

Noun

ahi m

1. snake, serpent, dragon

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

ahi

1. second-person singular imperative active of atthi (“to be”)

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

ahi

1. fire

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ei

Determiner

ahi

1. my, mine, first person singular possessive pronoun

Portuguese

Adverb

ahi (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of aí

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

ahi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Spanish

Adverb

ahi

1. Misspelling of ahí.

Tangam

Noun

ahi

1. water

Further reading

• Mark W. Post, The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts (2017)

Tetum

Noun

ahi

1. fire

Võro

Alternative forms

• aho

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ahjo.

Noun

ahi (genitive aho or ah'o, partitive ahjo)

1. oven

Declension