"heah" meaning in English

See heah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} heah (not comparable)
  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English. Tags: US, alt-of, colloquial, historical, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: here, representing African-American Vernacular English Related terms: theah, wheah
    Sense id: en-heah-en-adj-LcChb47W Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, American English, English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 40 1 2 0 0 1 0 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 11

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} heah (not comparable)
  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English. Tags: US, alt-of, colloquial, historical, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: here, representing African-American Vernacular English
    Sense id: en-heah-en-adv-LcChb47W Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, American English, English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 40 1 2 0 0 1 0 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 11
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