"mah" meaning in English

See mah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|cat2=possessive determiners}} mah
  1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of my. Tags: Southern-US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: my
    Sense id: en-mah-en-det-elyMKG4o Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English pronunciation spellings, Southern US English, English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English possessive determiners Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

IPA: /mɑː˧/ [Malaysia, Singapore]
Etymology: From Cantonese 嘛 (maa3). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|嘛|tr=maa3}} Cantonese 嘛 (maa3) Head templates: {{head|en|particle|head=|sort=}} mah, {{en-particle}} mah
  1. Asserts that there is a straightforward or self-evident reason to something. Tags: Manglish, Singlish Synonyms: ma
    Sense id: en-mah-en-particle-gcG6ZnsJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English particles, Manglish, Singapore English, Singlish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 65 Disambiguation of English particles: 40 60 Disambiguation of Manglish: 38 62 Disambiguation of Singapore English: 40 60 Disambiguation of Singlish: 22 78 Related terms (Singlish particles): ah, hor, know, lah, leh, liao, lor, meh, one, sia, what
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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