different between aha vs taha

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

Tswana [Term?]

Noun

taha (plural tahas)

1. (obsolete) The yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer, especially the southern subspecies taha.
2. (obsolete) The village weaver, Ploceus cucullatus.

Anagrams

• Atha, HAAT, Hata, haat, thaa

Bikol Central

Verb

tahà

1. to get intimidated

Derived terms

• makataha

Chickasaw

Verb

taha

1. to end

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

taha

1. second person; you (singular)

See also

• ta

Esmeralda

Etymology

Seler suggested that this term might be cognate or related to Pumé ta (“foot”), but this is now considered unlikely. Compare Esmeralda ta- (“classifying prefix for long objects”).

Noun

taha

1. foot

References

• Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: De la lista de semejanzas léxicas, por lo general poco convincentes, que fueron notadas por Jijón y Caamaño ([1941] 1998: 483), podríamos agregar esmeraldeño taha 'pié'[.]
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes: taha (citing Seler 1902, Jijón y Caamaño 1941)

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kutaha maii as the equivalent of English draw water in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kutapa maanzi as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taha/

Verb

taha (infinitive g?taha)

1. to draw (water, beer, etc.)
2. to seize (booty)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• ndahi 9/10
• gatahi 12
• g?tahi 7

(Verbs)

• g?tah?ka

(Proverbs)

• m?r?ng?ru wa njamba ?tahaga na ime
• m?tumia ndat?raga m?twe na ndaikagia ndahi ndua

See also

• (to seize): k?gu?ma, k?gwata, g?tega

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

• hata

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *?sa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *?sa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *?sa, *asa.

Numeral

taha

1. one

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *d?h?. Akin to Old English d??e, English daw.

Noun

t?ha f

1. jackdaw

Descendants

• German Dohle
• ? Italian: taccola

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish atajar "to block" and Portuguese talhar "to cut".

Verb

taha

1. to prohibit

Rapa Nui

Noun

taha

1. frigatebird

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *?sa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *?sa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *?sa, *asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ha/

Numeral

taha

1. one