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aah

English

Pronunciation

As an interjection the word is pronounced basically the same way as the interjection ah but the double a stresses prolongation. In the noun and the verb there is no extra prolongation.

Interjection

aah

  1. Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
    Aah! That's amazing!
  2. Indication of joyful pleasure.
    • 1834 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation
      Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?
  3. Indication of sympathy.
    Aah, I feel so bad for you...
  4. Indication of mouth being opened wide.
    Dentists would always instruct, say aah!
  5. To express understanding.
    Aah. Now I understand.
  6. The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis).
    AAAHHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me!
    Aah! A rat!

Translations

Noun

aah (plural aahs)

  1. Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
  2. Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
  3. The exclamation aah.

Translations

Verb

aah (third-person singular simple present aahs, present participle aahing, simple past and past participle aahed)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To say or exclaim aah.
    1. To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
      Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.
    2. To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.

Usage notes

  • The object of feelings usually is indicated by the prepositions over or at.
  • Very often the word is used together with some other verb derived from an interjection. The most common combination is to ooh and aah.

Translations

Anagrams

  • AHA, a-ha, aha

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

aah

  1. aah (indication of joyful pleasure)

Anagrams

  • aha, haa

Manx

Alternative forms

  • aae

Etymology

From Old Irish áth (compare Irish áth, Scottish Gaelic àth), from Proto-Celtic *y?tus (ford).

Noun

aah f (genitive singular aah, plural aahghyn or aaghyn)

  1. (geography) ford

References

  • Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 áth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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wah

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /w??/
    • (interjection also) IPA(key): [wa(??)], [wæ(??)]

Etymology 1

From Nepali [script needed] (wah donka).

Noun

wah (plural wahs)

  1. (archaic) The red panda.

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Interjection

wah

  1. A cry of fright, distress, etc.
  2. A cry of amazement, delight, etc.
Usage notes

The word is often extended, for instance "wahhhhhhh", "waaaaaah", etc.

Alternative forms
  • weh
Translations

Noun

wah (plural wahs)

  1. (music) wah-wah.

Derived terms

  • wah pedal

Anagrams

  • Haw, Haw., WHA, haw, wha

Navajo

Interjection

wah

  1. oops! (referring to oneself)
  2. clumsy! (referring to someone else)
  3. whew! (as one sits down after a strenuous activity)

Related terms

  • waháá

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *wa? (river). Cognate with Khasi wah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa?/

Noun

wah

  1. river

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa³³/

Noun

wah

  1. to say

Yucatec Maya

Noun

wah

  1. Alternative spelling of waaj

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