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== Translingual == === Symbol === nah (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Nahuan languages. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nahuatl. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Nahuatl terms == English == === Etymology 1 === Colloquial/unarticulated form of no. Compare yeah. no +‎ -h. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [næː], [nɑː], [nẽː] Rhymes: -æ, -ɑː ==== Interjection ==== nah (informal) No. Synonym: naw ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Malay nah. ==== Interjection ==== nah (Manglish, Singlish) here! (when giving something). Nah, take this. ― Here, take this. === See also === nah mean === Anagrams === han, anh., ahn, Hàn, Han, HNA == Achang == === Pronunciation === (Myanmar) /na˦˧/ === Pronoun === nah your (2nd-person singular possessive pronoun) === Further reading === Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[1], Payap University, page 84 == Big Nambas == === Etymology === From Proto-Oceanic *nago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naɣ/ === Noun === nah face front === References === Big Nambas Grammar, Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*nago”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == German == === Alternative forms === nahe (dated or very formal; also a preposition, which is formal too) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Compare English nigh. Doublet of nach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naː/ Rhymes: -aː === Adjective === nah (strong nominative masculine singular naher, comparative näher, superlative am nächsten) near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), close, nearby Antonym: fern ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== nach === Adverb === nah near (in space or time or in an abstract sense) Antonyms: weit, fern === Further reading === “nah” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “nah” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “nah” in OpenThesaurus.de == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nah/ === Conjunction === nah Used to conclude a speech or train of thought; now; so; right; okay Nah, itu yang tidak bisa kita ketahui. ― Now, that's what we haven't been able to find out. === Interjection === nah I told you so! See?! (at long last the penny's dropped) Nah! Makanya jangan makan buah banyak-banyak (a mother scolding a child who has a stomachache) See?! That's why you shouldn't eat a lot of fruit. == Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nah/ Rhymes: -nah, -ah === Interjection === nah (Jawi spelling نه) here! (when giving something). === Further reading === "nah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Mokilese == === Noun === nah (construct nihn) (one's) child (one's) small object ==== Usage notes ==== Like many terms in Mokilese, nah has no non-possessive form; the third person singular possessive form (one's/his/her/its child) is therefore treated as the lemma. ==== Derived terms ==== nihn li nihn woal == Munsee == === Particle === náh there Téet náh apúw. ― Maybe he is there. === References === O'Meara, John (2014), “náh”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɑːx/ === Verb === nāh first/third-person singular present indicative of nāgan == Old High German == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). ==== Adjective ==== nāh close near ===== Derived terms ===== nāhī ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: nāch Alemannic German: naach, nooch Bavarian: Cimbrian: nå Mòcheno: no Central Franconian: noh German: nah Luxembourgish: no Yiddish: (via the adverb nāhunt) נאָענט (noent) === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz. ==== Preposition ==== nāh (takes dative) towards after (time) ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: nāh German: nach Luxembourgish: no Yiddish: נאָך (nokh) == Old Saxon == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). ==== Adjective ==== nāh (comparative nāhiro, superlative nāhist) near close ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle Low German: nâch, nâ German Low German: na Plautdietsch: no ===== See also ===== nāho === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *nāhuriʀ(ō). ==== Preposition ==== nāh (takes dative) to, towards == Turkish == === Etymology === From either Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbo-Croatian на. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɑh/ === Interjection === nah (informal) lo!, there it is! (vulgar) Makes the following word negative (vulgar) accompanies the fig sign (compare Russian кукиш)