mwah

English

Alternative forms

• mouah, muah, mwa, mwuah

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. From the sound made when kissing, or the sound of a fretless bass.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mwɑː/, [ʘ]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /mwɑ/, [ʘ]
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /mwʌ/, [ʘ]
• Homophone: moi
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

mwah

1. (often Internet slang) The sound of a kiss, to indicate blowing a kiss to someone.

   Thanks guys. 3 kisses for you all: mwah mwah mwah!

Coordinate terms

• air kiss
• flying kiss

Derived terms

• mwah-mwah

Translations

sound of a kiss

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: mua, 麼麼噠 / 么么哒 (zh) (memedā), 摸摸 (mōmō), 親親 / 亲亲 (zh) (qīnqīn)

• Finnish: pusi (fi), muisku
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: pciù, muah
• Japanese: ちゅっ (chu')
• Macedonian: цмок (cmok)
• Polish: cmok (pl)
• Portuguese: chuac
• Russian: чмок (ru) m (čmok)
• Spanish: mua
• Turkish: mucuk (tr)
• Ukrainian: цьом (cʹom)

Noun

mwah (uncountable)

1. The hallmark sound of a fretless bass guitar played with a certain technique, where treble frequencies increase gradually after the attack.

   Play it again, but with more mwah this time.

Translations

sound of a fretless bass guitar

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: muaa
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• mwah ha ha
• mwha (South Africa)

Anagrams

• hawm, wham

Dutch

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

mwah

1. meh

   Synonym: mwôh

Mokilese

Noun

mwah

1. brother-in-law
2. sister-in-law

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed uwah (“repetition; change”) +‎ (m)aN-.

Adjective

mwah

1. full of holes, worn out

Alternative forms

• moh

Derived terms

• amoh
• amwah

Conjunction

mwah

1. and
2. also
3. even

Particle

mwah

1. emphatic particle

Further reading

• "mwah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.