lah
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Contents
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
An anglicised spelling of la.
Noun[edit]
lah (uncountable)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Malay lah or Mandarin 啦 (la) and 了 (le)
Particle[edit]
lah
- (Manglish), Placed at the end of a sentence either for emphasis or reassurance.
- Don’t think so much lah!
- It's okay lah - It's alright. Don't worry about it.
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
lah
- Final particle indicates imperative, reassurance, and emphasis.
- Saya ada di sini lah... (I'm at here..)
- Kau ni bodoh betul lah! (You are so stupid!)
- Diam lah! (Shut Up!)
- Pergi sana lah! (Go there!)
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *lēgaz.
Adjective[edit]
lāh
Declension[edit]
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | lāga | lāge | lāge | lāgan | nom. | lāh | lāh | lāgu | lāge | lāgu, -e | lāga, -e | ||
| accusative | lāgan | lāge | lāgan | acc. | lāgne | lāh | lāge | lāge | lāgu, -e | lāga, -e | |||
| genitive | lāgan | lāgra, lāgena | gen. | lāges | lāges | lāgre | lāgra | ||||||
| dative | lāgan | lāgum | dat. | lāgum | lāgum | lāgre | lāgum | ||||||
| instrumental | lāge | ||||||||||||
