different between yah vs yeh

English

Etymology 1

An alternative pronunciation, akin to yeah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??/, /j??/

Adverb

yah (not comparable)

1. (Britain, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Yes.

   Yah, we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.

Translations

Interjection

yah

1. An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster.

Translations

Etymology 2

From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??/

Noun

yah (plural yahs)

1. (Britain, informal) An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.

Translations

Anagrams

• AYH, Hay, YHA, hay

Gullah

Etymology

Variant of yuh (“here”).

Adverb

yah

1. here

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Noun

yah

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

Manx

Interjection

yah?

1. Alternative form of yagh

Navajo

Etymology

Compare Carrier yoh (“house”)

Postposition

yah

1. inside, into an enclosed space, into an enclosure

Zhuang

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ja?/
• Tone numbers: ya⁶
• Hyphenation: yah

Noun

yah (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography ya?)

1. wife
2. mother-in-law (husband's mother)
3. old woman; granny

Classifier

yah (old orthography ya?)

1. Classifier for elderly women.

English

Interjection

yeh

1. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of yeah; yes.

Pronoun

yeh

1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of you.
   • 1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv:

     ‘Budge up, yeh great lump,’ said the stranger.

Anagrams

• Hey, hey, hye

Balinese

Romanization

yeh

1. Romanization of ???

Classical Nahuatl

Pronoun

yeh

1. (emphatic) he, she, it

Synonyms

• yehhuatl

Scots

Alternative forms

• ae (other Scots dialects)
• yin (more frequently used variant)

Etymology

From Scottish Middle English ?, from Old English ?n (“one”); see also a.

Adjective

yeh (not comparable)

1. (South Scots) one

   Jist the yeh for mei, ta.

   Just the one for me, thanks.