different between mah vs pah

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p?a], [p?a?]

Interjection

pah

1. Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.
   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Spectre Bridegroom

     She was rarely suffered out of their sight; never went beyond the domains of the castle, unless well attended, or, rather, well watched; had continual lectures read to her about strict decorum and implicit obedience; and, as to the men—pah! she was taught to hold them at such distance and distrust that, unless properly authorized, she would not have cast a glance upon the handsomest cavalier in the world—no, not if he were even dying at her feet.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:yuck

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/

Noun

pah (plural pahs)

1. Dated form of pa (Maori fort).

Anagrams

• AHP, HAP, PHA, hap

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pauja, from Proto-Indo-European *pou?o. Compare Armenian ???? (hogi, “breath”).

Noun

pah m

1. scab, dust

Related terms

• pluhur

Cahuilla

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi.

Numeral

páh

1. three

Min Nan

Pawnee

Noun

pah

1. moon

Pohnpeian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Numeral

pah

1. four

Uab Meto

Noun

pah

1. country

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa??/

Noun

pah

1. lily

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45