mah

mah

See also: Mah, mäh, mah-, and mAh

Translingual

Symbol

mah

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Marshallese.

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English

Determiner

mah

1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of my.
   • 2014 June 26, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Streetpass Arena:

     Adventurer: 'AFTER YEARS OF ADVENTURING... I HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE STREETPASS ARENA. ONCE I REST MAH HOOFS, I'M GOING TO RECORD MY SECRET BATTLE TECHNIQUE.'

Etymology 2

From Cantonese 嘛 (maa3, “of course!”).

Alternative forms

• ma

Pronunciation

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): /mɑː˧/, /-˦/

Particle

mah (Manglish, Singlish)

1. Asserts that something is self-evident.

   It's only temporary mah. ― It's only temporary, after all.

   • 1998 April 24, viken, “tcs shows”, in sg.rec.tv, Usenet:

     Singlish is acceptable in Singapore mah

See also

• what, hor, leh, meh, lor, lah

References

• Low, Ee Ling; Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction, →ISBN
• Lim, Lisa; Wee, Lionel (2004), “Reduplication and discourse particles”, in Singapore English: A grammatical description, →ISBN, page 125

Anagrams

• HAM, HMA, Ham, MHA, ham

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Besisi

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian *səmaaʔ (“human”).

Noun

mah

1. human
2. people

Derived terms

• Mah Meri

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maag.

Noun

mah (first-person possessive mahku, second-person possessive mahmu, third-person possessive mahnya)

1. stomach

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma/, which may be followed by [h] or [ʔ] or trigger syntactic gemination[1].
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: mah

Interjection

mah

1. an expression of doubt or uncertainty
2. an expression of disapproval or resignation

References

1. mah in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• ahm

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Back-formation from mahati, from Proto-Slavic *maxati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâːx/

Noun

mȃh m (Cyrillic spelling ма̑х)

1. swing, wave, sweep (motion)
2. moment, instant

   U taj mah. ― At that instant.

Declension

Declension of mah

	singular	plural
nominative	mȃh	máhovi
genitive	mȃha	máhōvā
dative	mȃhu	máhovima
accusative	mȃh	máhove
vocative	mȃše	máhovi
locative	mȃhu	máhovima
instrumental	mȃhom	máhovima

Synonyms

• (moment): čȁs
• (moment): trȅn

References

• “mah” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mъxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːx/

Noun

mȃh m inan

1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	máh
gen. sing.	mahú
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	máh	mahôva	mahôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mahú	mahôv	mahôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	máhu	mahôvoma	mahôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	máh	mahôva	mahôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máhu	mahôvih	mahôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	máhom	mahôvoma	mahôvi

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	máh
gen. sing.	máha
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	máh	máha	máhi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	máha	máhov	máhov
dative (dajȃlnik)	máhu	máhoma	máhom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	máh	máha	máhe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máhu	máhih	máhih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	máhom	máhoma	máhi

Further reading

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

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Sumerian

Romanization

mah

1. Romanization of 𒈤 (maḫ)

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Unami

Particle

mah

1. past tense marker

   Lòkëwe mah utènink nta.

   Yesterday, I went to town.

References

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “mah”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

mah

1. The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.