redirected from
bah
Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to
non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
also can:
bah
ba
→
Mandarin:
吧
pinyin:
ba
Detailed etymology
definitions
particle
- used to indicate suggestion
- used to indicate a confident speculation
- used to indicate or emphasize incredulity, doubt, unsureness, disbelief, etc.
Late already, we do tomorrow.
→ Late already, we do tomorrow ba.
synonyms:
Should be this one is correct.
→ Should be this one is correct ba.
synonyms:
Cannot be he forgot.
→ Cannot be he forgot ba.
synonyms:
usage notes
All senses are sentence- or clause-final.
categories:
redirected from
bah
Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to
non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
also can:
bah bahk
bak
→
Hokkien:
肉
poj:
bah
Detailed etymology
definitions
noun
- meat; flesh
- pork