different between mah vs gah

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.

English

Interjection

gah

1. Expressing exasperation or annoyance.

Anagrams

• HGA, Hag., agh, gha, hag

Navajo

Etymology

Cognate with Sarcee nit??adigha, Chipewyan gah, Beaver gaah, Carrier goh, Sekani gah, Ahtna ggax, and South Slavey gah.

Noun

gah

1. rabbit

Derived terms

• gahtsoh (hare)
• hak?az gah
• tsétah gah

Pali

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (g?h).

Root

gah (Pali name gaha)

1. to seize, to take

Usage notes

The initial consonant tends to geminate after prefixes. Nasals after the root may be retroflexed.

Derived terms

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *GaX, from Proto-Na-Dene *GaX.

Noun

gah

1. rabbit

Western Apache

Noun

gah

1. rabbit