different between cah vs yah

English

Noun

cah (plural cahs)

1. (US, Eastern Massachusetts) Pronunciation spelling of car.

Anagrams

• -cha, ACH, CHA, Cha, HAC, HCA, ach, cha

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *katïC (“sit”).

Verb

cah (irregular)

1. to be (somewhere)

Conjugation

• This verb is irregular; it has the plural (present) form cateh.

References

• Michel Launay; Christopher Mackay (2011) An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Amazon Kindle: Cambridge University Press, pages Loc 1586

K'iche'

Noun

cah

1. (Classical K'iche') sky

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ????? (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?tus (“fight”).

Noun

cah m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. battle

Mutation

English

Etymology 1

An alternative pronunciation, akin to yeah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??/, /j??/

Adverb

yah (not comparable)

1. (Britain, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Yes.

   Yah, we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.

Translations

Interjection

yah

1. An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster.

Translations

Etymology 2

From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??/

Noun

yah (plural yahs)

1. (Britain, informal) An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.

Translations

Anagrams

• AYH, Hay, YHA, hay

Gullah

Etymology

Variant of yuh (“here”).

Adverb

yah

1. here

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jah/
• Rhymes: -jah, -ah

Noun

yah

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

Manx

Interjection

yah?

1. Alternative form of yagh

Navajo

Etymology

Compare Carrier yoh (“house”)

Postposition

yah

1. inside, into an enclosed space, into an enclosure

Zhuang

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ja?/
• Tone numbers: ya⁶
• Hyphenation: yah

Noun

yah (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography ya?)

1. wife
2. mother-in-law (husband's mother)
3. old woman; granny

Classifier

yah (old orthography ya?)

1. Classifier for elderly women.