different between yuh vs nah
yuh
English
Alternative forms
- ya also nonstandard
Pronoun
yuh
- (chiefly Jamaican) you
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- you, yu
Etymology
From English you.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j?/, /?j?/
- Hyphenation: yuh
Pronoun
yuh
- (in the singular) you
- (in the singular) your
Usage notes
- Jamaican Creole marks a distinction between singular yuh and plural unnu.
Related terms
- mi
- im
- har
- shi
- wi
- unnu
- dem
Further reading
- Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 621
- yuh – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
yuh From the web:
- what yuh know
- what yuh mean
- what yuh know trinidad
- what yuh know questions
- what yuh know guyana
- what yuh know - jamaica
- what yuh know st lucia
- what yuh know 2020
nah
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [næ?], [n??]
Interjection
nah
- (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)
- near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), nearby
- 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 573:
- 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 573:
Declension
Antonyms
- fern
Derived terms
- körpernah
- Nahkampf
- regierungsnah
- zeitnah
Adverb
nah
- near (in space or time or in an abstract sense)
Antonyms
- weit
- fern
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nah/
Conjunction
nah
- 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.
- Nah, itu yang tidak bisa kita ketahui
- "Now" or "Okay, now..."
Interjection
nah
- 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.
- Nah! Makanya jangan makan buah banyak-banyak (a mother scolding a child who has a stomachache)
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nah/
- Rhymes: -nah, -ah
Interjection
nah (Jawi spelling ???)
- 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
- 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
- close
- 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)
- towards
- 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)
- near
- 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)
- to, towards
Turkish
Etymology
From either Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbo-Croatian ??
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?h/
Interjection
nah
- (informal) lo!, there it is!
- (vulgar) Makes the following word negative
- (vulgar) accompanies the fig sign (compare Russian ?????)
nah From the web:
- what nah means
- what nahimic companion
- what nah band
- what nahual am i
- what nah means in chat
- what nah i never knew that
- what nah i didn't know that
- what nahh means
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