different between mah vs mwah

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

Alternative forms

• mouah
• muah
• mwa

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. From the sound made when kissing, or the sound of a fretless bass.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mwä
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mw??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mw?/
• Rhymes: -??

Interjection

mwah

1. (often Internet slang) The sound of a kiss to indicate blowing a kiss to someone.

Coordinate terms

• air kiss
• flying kiss

Derived terms

• mwah-mwah

Translations

Noun

mwah (uncountable)

1. The hallmark sound of a fretless bass guitar played with a certain technique, where treble frequencies increase gradually after the attack.

Translations

See also

• mwah ha ha
• mwha (South Africa)

Anagrams

• hawm, wham

Dutch

Interjection

mwah

1. meh