英和和英

限定詞

mah

1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of my.
   • 2014 June 26, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Streetpass Arena:

     Adventurer: 'AFTER YEARS OF ADVENTURING... I HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE STREETPASS ARENA. ONCE I REST MAH HOOFS, I'M GOING TO RECORD MY SECRET BATTLE TECHNIQUE.'

語源 2

From Cantonese 嘛 (maa).

別の表記

• ma

発音

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA: /mɑː˧/

不変化詞

mah

1. (Manglish, Singlish) Asserts that there is a straightforward or self-evident reason for something.

   Synonym: (Singlish) what (sense 2)

   — The plants are all dying already.
   — No one here to water them mah...

   • 2003, ANGELL, “SIA PILOT ISSUE”, in soc.culture.singapore‎ (Usenet):

     […] Alternatively train SBS bus drivers to become pilots also since they are already bus captains. Anyone can become a pilot mah. Its so easy. Everybody should give it try-but not with me on board.

   • 2014, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Singapore Noir, Akashic Books, →ISBN, page 89:

     Especially today—we holiday, mah, so don’t bring them to town until tomorrow.

   • 2018 July 13, Shaun Tan, quoting Kurt Tay, “Does Someone Like Kurt Tay Deserve To Be A Father?”, in ricemedia.co‎, archived from the original on 9 August 2024:

     In response, I ask if he thinks that his future child would be embarrassed about the online reputation that he has built for himself after all these years. “Why? All of this is just acting mah, I got nothing to be ashamed about.”

   • 2024 March 28, Benjamin Tan, quoting Ursula Soh, “In Their Own Skin: Portraits of Eczema in Singapore”, in ricemedia.co‎, archived from the original on 26 November 2024:

     If I’m running around for errands, I want to look cute also mah. I used to wear shorts, but now I’d rather not. It’ll look like I’ve got thousands of cat scratches.

参考

参照

• Low, Ee Ling; Brown, Adam (2005), English in Singapore: An Introduction, →ISBN
• Lim, Lisa with Wee, Lionel (2004), “Reduplication and discourse particles”, in Singapore English: A grammatical description, →ISBN, page 125

語源 3

From Mandarin 嗎／吗 (ma) or Cantonese 嗎／吗 (maa).

別の表記

• ma

発音

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA: /mɑː˦/

不変化詞

mah

1. (colloquial, Chinese Malaysian and Singaporean) Used at the end of an affirmative declarative sentence to change it into a yes–no question.
   • 2024 December 8, endlssorrow, “U guys bring smart watch oversea mah”, in HardwareZone Forums‎:

     Coz must charge daily lei

アナグラム

• HAM, HMA, Ham, MHA, ham

動詞

māh

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of mīgan