different between pah vs peh

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

English

Noun

peh (plural pehs)

1. Alternative form of pe (Semitic letter)

Anagrams

• Eph, Eph., HPE, hep

Min Nan

Alternative forms

• (vernacular Xiamen) poeh

Pronunciation

• (vernacular Quanzhou) IPA^(key): [ p???? ]
• (vernacular Zhangzhou) IPA^(key): [ pe??? ]

Noun

peh (POJ, traditional and simplified ?)

1. eight

Usage notes

• peh/poeh is used when referring to amounts, whereas pat is used for years and telephone numbers, bank account numbers etc.

References

• ???????(Tâi-ôan-?e t?a-sû-tián), ?ISBN, 2000

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pech

Noun

p?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. bad luck, misfortune

Declension

Synonyms

• nezgoda, neprilika, nesre?a

Related terms

• pehist