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āha

perf 3rd sg of āha (verb)

1. said

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, utterance
  The prefix ā- intensifies the verbal action, bringing the speech toward and to the listener, from the root's concrete sense of direct assertion.
• ah — root · say, speak
  PIE *h₂eh₁-; cognate with Sanskrit aha, Latin aio, English aye. The root carries the sense of speaking forth or uttering a statement.
• -a — ending · perfect 3rd singular
  The -a ending marks the perfective aspect in third-person singular, indicating completed action: he/she has said.

Etymology. Root √ah, "to say"; cognate with Sanskrit aha, Latin aio "I say", and English "aye". The prefix ā- here does not reverse motion but intensifies the sense of utterance reaching the listener. The perfect form āha is inherited directly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁- (attestative root).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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