different between meh vs baa

English

Etymology 1

• Popularized by the television show The Simpsons, specifically in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?/

Adjective

meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)

1. Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
2. Apathetic; unenthusiastic.

Translations

Interjection

meh

1. (slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.

Synonyms

• pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh

Translations

Noun

meh

1. (informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese ? (me1).

Particle

meh

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) Final interrogative particle.

Anagrams

• 'hem, Hem, hem, hem-

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mef

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (compare Latvian maût (“to submerge”), Serbo-Croatian m?ti (“to wash”)).

Verb

meh (first-person singular past tense meha)

1. I soak

Related terms

• muf

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (megha, “cloud”).

Noun

meh ?

1. rain

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) , “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx?^[8], pages 13-36

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian ???? (mah), Ossetian ??? (mæj), Avestan ????????? (m??), ????????????????????? (mao?h)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit ??? (m??sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *m?h?n?s (“moon; month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ???? (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?h

Noun

meh f

1. month

Related terms

• mang

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German m?ro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. Compare German mehr, Dutch meer, English more.

Adjective

meh

1. more

Adverb

meh

1. any longer
2. more
3. anymore

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) mij?h

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *m?x?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mê?x/

Noun

m?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. blower, bellows
2. goatskin, wineskin

Declension

Related terms

• mešina

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mé?x/

Noun

m??h m inan

1. bellows

Inflection

Further reading

• “meh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?h/

Noun

meh

1. Fort Liard form of mbeh

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 11

Spanish

Interjection

meh

1. meh

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *me?? (“mother”). Cognate with Thai ??? (m???), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (m?), Lü ??? (mae¹), Shan ??? (m?ae), Ahom ???????????? (mee), Bouyei meeh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /me?/
• Tone numbers: me⁶
• Hyphenation: meh

Noun

meh (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography me?)

1. mother

   Synonym: daxmeh

2. woman; female

Classifier

meh (old orthography me?)

1. Used for adult women who have given birth.
2. Used for female animals that have given birth or laid eggs.

Adjective

meh (old orthography me?)

1. main; principal

Derived terms

English

Etymology 1

Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.

Alternative forms

• bah (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [b??]
• (US) IPA^(key): [bæ], [b?]
• IPA^(key): [bæ??], [bæ??æ??æ??æ??]
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: bah, bar (in some pronunciations)

Noun

baa (plural baas)

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.

Synonyms

• bleat
• bleating

Translations

Interjection

baa

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.

Translations

Verb

baa (third-person singular simple present baas, present participle baaing, simple past and past participle baaed)

1. To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

   • He treble baas for help, but none can get.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Arabic ????? (b??).

Noun

baa (plural baas)

1. The letter ?? in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

• A.B.A., AAB, ABA, Aba, aba

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?/

Noun

báa m 

1. Apocopic form of babba

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?/

Noun

baa

1. hip

References

• Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

Manx

Noun

baa f

1. genitive singular of booa

Mutation

Moore

Adverb

baa

1. even

Navajo

Postposition

baa

1. about him/her/it/them
2. to him/her/it/them
3. into him/her/it/them

Usage notes

In pronunciation, the postposition baa is assimilated by an initial yi- of a following verb to make beei-: baa yishdloh = /beeishdloh/ (I am laughing at him). This does not affect the spelling, however.

Inflection

Shoshone

Alternative forms

• paa

Noun

baa

1. (Eastern Shoshone) water

References

• Eastern Shoshone Working Dictionary

Swahili

Etymology 1

Noun

baa (ma class, plural mabaa)

1. evil, plague
2. danger, misfortune

Etymology 2

From English bar.

Noun

baa (n class, plural baa)

1. a bar (social pub for alcoholic drinks)

Wolio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?/

Noun

baa

1. head

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.