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Betawi

Alternative forms

-a, (Urban) -è

Etymology

Compare dialectal Balinese -a (demonstrative suffix) and Makasar -a (definite marker).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a(h)/Category:Betawi terms with IPA pronunciation#AH
- IPA^(key): [ah]Category:Betawi terms with IPA pronunciation#AH
- IPA^(key): [a]Category:Betawi terms with IPA pronunciation#AH
- (Urban Jakarta) IPA^(key): [ɛ]Category:Betawi terms with IPA pronunciation#AH

Suffix

-ahCategory:Betawi lemmas#AH Category:Betawi suffixes#AH Category:Betawi entries with incorrect language header#AH Category:Pages with entries#AH Category:Pages with 5 entries#AH

used to mark definiteness
Synonym: -nya

atepah ― the roofCategory:Betawi terms with usage examples#AH

tetungkedah ― the stickCategory:Betawi terms with usage examples#AH

leliatanah ― it seems that...Category:Betawi terms with usage examples#AH

Usage notes

This suffix is found sporadically, mostly in rural villages but also sometimes in the urban core. In varieties that have it, it is in allomorphy with definite marker -nya (not to be confused with possessive -nya), which is typically used after vowels.^[1]

References

↑ Grijns, C. D. (1991), Jakarta Malay: A multidimensional approach to spatial variation, volume 1, Leiden: KITLV Press, →ISBN, pages 184–186

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʔ/Category:Classical Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation#AH

Suffix

-ahCategory:Classical Nahuatl lemmas#AH Category:Classical Nahuatl suffixes#AH Category:Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header#AH Category:Pages with entries#AH Category:Pages with 5 entries#AH

Turns an interrogative pronoun into an unspecified pronoun. Equivalent to "some-" in "somewhere" and "something".

Usage notes

This suffix shortens the long vowel on all pronouns except for tleh, which it combines with irregularly.

Derived terms

Category:Pages using catfix#AH

Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -ah

Malay

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈah/ [ˈah]Category:Malay 1-syllable words#AH Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#AH

Suffix

-ahCategory:Malay lemmas#AH Category:Malay suffixes#AH Category:Malay entries with incorrect language header#AH Category:Pages with entries#AH Category:Pages with 5 entries#AH

(nonstandard Category:Malay nonstandard terms#AH) alternative form of -lah
- 2014 May 5, @emmmmmmyyylia, Twitter‎ (post), archived from the original on 7-2-2026:
  Pls lah janganah mintak yg pelik pelik
  Please don't ask for anything weird.
  Category:Malay terms with quotations#AH

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin Category:Mizo terms inherited from Proto-Kuki-Chin#AH Category:Mizo terms derived from Proto-Kuki-Chin#AH *ʔaʔ (locative marker).

Suffix

-ahCategory:Mizo lemmas#AH Category:Mizo suffixes#AH Category:Mizo entries with incorrect language header#AH Category:Pages with entries#AH Category:Pages with 5 entries#AH

Locative case suffix.
‎thubuai (“case”) + ‎-ah → ‎thubuaiah (“in the case”)

‎Mizoram + ‎-ah → ‎Mizoramah (“in Mizoram”)

‎English August + ‎-ah → ‎August-ah (“in August”)

Usage notes

This suffix is spelled with a hyphen after foreign words but with no hyphen after native words.

Derived terms

Category:Pages using catfix#AH

Mizo terms suffixed with -ah

eng tikah

tûnah

South Slavey

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [-à(h)]Category:South Slavey terms with IPA pronunciation#AH

Suffix

-ahCategory:South Slavey lemmas#AH Category:South Slavey suffixes#AH Category:South Slavey entries with incorrect language header#AH Category:Pages with entries#AH Category:Pages with 5 entries#AH

Used to form diminutive nouns.

Usage notes

Follows the possessive suffix, which is realised as a high tone on the preceding syllable:
‎mbeh (“knife”) + ‎-ah → ‎mbehah (“little knife”)

‎sembehé (“my knife”) + ‎-ah → ‎sembéhah (“my little knife”)