different between lah vs mah

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?/

Etymology 1

An anglicised spelling of la.

Noun

lah (plural lahs)

1. (music) Alternative spelling of la

Etymology 2

From Malay lah or Cantonese ? (laa1).

Particle

lah

1. (Manglish, Singlish) Placed at the end of a phrase or sentence either for emphasis or reassurance.

Anagrams

• Ahl, HAL, HLA, Hal, LHA

Further reading

• Singlish "lah", with a possible deep connection to colloquial Arabic from Language Log
• Manglish "lah" and its affinity to Arabic "muhibbah" from Language Log

Malay

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lah/

Particle

lah

1. (informal) Final particle indicating an imperative, reassurance or emphasis.

Descendants

• ? English: lah (or directly from Cantonese ?)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• la?, la?gh, laghe, lawe, law, lou?, lou, lo?, logh, lough, low, lowe, loue

Etymology

From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *l?gaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??x/

Adjective

l?h (plural and weak singular l?he, comparative l?here, superlative l?hest)

1. low

Related terms

• aloue

Descendants

• English: low
• Scots: laich

References

• “loue, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology 1

Determiner

mah

1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of my.

Etymology 2

Chinese ? (“of course”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma/

Particle

mah (Singlish, Singapore, colloquial)

1. A statement-final particle indicating obviousness.

Anagrams

• HAM, HMA, Ham, MHA, ham

Besisi

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian *s?maa? (“human”).

Noun

mah

1. human
2. people

Derived terms

• Mah Meri

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maag.

Noun

mah (first-person possessive mahku, second-person possessive mahmu, third-person possessive mahnya)

1. stomach

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma/
• Rhymes: -a

Interjection

mah

1. An expression of doubt or uncertainty.
2. An expression of disapproval or resignation.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Back-formation from mahati, from Proto-Slavic *maxati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh?- (“to beckon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâ?x/

Noun

m?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. swing, wave, sweep (motion)
2. moment, instant

Declension

Synonyms

• (moment): ??s
• (moment): tr?n

References

• “mah” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *m?x?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /má?x/

Noun

m?h m inan

1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)

Inflection

Unami

Particle

mah

1. past tense marker

References

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) , “mah”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

mah

1. The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.