mah

See also: Mah, mäh, mah-, and mAh

English

Determiner

mah

1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Eye dialect spelling of my.

Particle

mah (Singlish, Singapore, colloquial)

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

     Singlish is acceptable in Singapore mah

   • 2015 April 17, Jalelah Abu Baker, “What's the difference between 'lah' and 'lor': Poet Gwee Li Sui's take on nuances of Singlish goes viral”, in The Straits Times‎^[1]:

     I dun have mah.

   • 2017 April 30, Kim Hoh, Wong, “It Changed My Life: Migrant worker goes from painting condos to boss of own company”, in The Straits Times‎^[2]:

     "I was already 32, so must get married mah," he says, using the Singlish word often used to express something which is obvious.

Anagrams

• HAM, HMA, Ham, MHA, ham

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maag.

Noun

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

1. stomach

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Interjection

mah

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

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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	máh	mahôva	mahôvi
accusative	máh	mahôva	mahôve
genitive	mahú	mahôv	mahôv
dative	máhu	mahôvoma	mahôvom
locative	máhu	mahôvih	mahôvih
instrumental	máhom	mahôvoma	mahôvi

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	máh
gen. sing.	máha
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	máh	máha	máhi
accusative	máh	máha	máhe
genitive	máha	máhov	máhov
dative	máhu	máhoma	máhom
locative	máhu	máhih	máhih
instrumental	máhom	máhoma	máhi

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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.