different between mwah vs nah

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [næ?], [n??]

Interjection

nah

1. (informal) no

Translations

Anagrams

• HNA, Han, ahn, han

German

Alternative forms

• nahe (dated or very formal; also a preposition, which is formal too)

Etymology

From Middle High German n?h, from Old High German n?h, from Proto-Germanic *n?hw. Compare English nigh. Doublet of nach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?/, [na?]
• Rhymes: -a?

Adjective

nah (comparative näher, superlative am nächsten)

1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), nearby
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Declension

Antonyms

• fern

Derived terms

• körpernah
• Nahkampf
• regierungsnah
• zeitnah

Adverb

nah

1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense)

Antonyms

• weit
• fern

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nah/

Conjunction

nah

1. Used in a narrative or an argument. It appears at the beginning of a sentence and suggests that the previous part of the narrative or argument is complete and clear and that the speaker is about to move on to the next part or step. The following are the closest equivalents in English.

   "Now" or "Okay, now..."

   Nah, itu yang tidak bisa kita ketahui

   Now, that's what we haven't been able to find out.

   Lalu saya dipecat dengan tidak hormat. Nah, ini yang minimbulkan perasaan bahwa itu keterlaluan.

   Then I was given a dishonourable dismissal. Now, this is what made me feel that they had over-stepped the mark.

Interjection

nah

1. I told you so! See?! (at long last the penny's dropped).

   Nah! Makanya jangan makan buah banyak-banyak (a mother scolding a child who has a stomachache)

   See?! That's why you shouldn't eat a lot of fruit.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nah/
• Rhymes: -nah, -ah

Interjection

nah (Jawi spelling ???)

1. here! (when giving something).

Further reading

• “nah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Munsee

Particle

náh

1. there

References

• O'Meara, John (2014) , “náh”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, ?ISBN

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *n?hw. Cognates include Old English n?h, n?ah and Old Norse ná.

Adjective

n?h

1. close
2. near

Derived terms

• n?h?

Descendants

• Middle High German: n?ch
  • Alemannic German: naach, nooch
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: nå

    Mòcheno: no

  • Central Franconian: noh
  • German: nah
  • Luxembourgish: no

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *n?hwiz.

Preposition

n?h (takes dative)

1. towards
2. after (time)

Descendants

• Middle High German: n?h
  • German: nach
  • Luxembourgish: no
  • Yiddish: ????? (nokh)

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *n?hw. Cognates include Old English n?ah and Old Norse ná.

Adjective

n?h (comparative n?hiro, superlative n?hist)

1. near
2. close

Declension

See also

• n?ho

Descendants

• Middle Low German: nâch, nâ
  • German Low German: na

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *n?hwiz.

Preposition

n?h (takes dative)

1. to, towards

Turkish

Etymology

From either Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbo-Croatian ??

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?h/

Interjection

nah

1. (informal) lo!, there it is!

2. (vulgar) Makes the following word negative

3. (vulgar) accompanies the fig sign (compare Russian ?????)