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Appendix:Variations of "ah"
Betawi
Alternative forms
bew -a -è Urban
Etymology
Compare dialectal ban -a demonstrative suffix and mak -a definite marker.
Pronunciation
bew /a(h)/
bew [ah]
bew [a]
bew [ɛ] Urban
Suffix
bew suffix
used to mark definiteness
bew -nya
bew atepah the roof
bew tetungkedah the stick
bew leliatanah it seems that...
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 bew -nya (not to be confused with possessive bew -nya), which is typically used after vowels.en Grijns C. D. 1991 Jakarta Malay: A multidimensional approach to spatial variation 1 Leiden KITLV Press 9789004490932 184–186
References
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
nci /aʔ/
Suffix
nci suffix
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
nci
Malay
Pronunciation
Suffix
ms nonstandard ms -lah
ms 5-5-2014 emmmmmmyyylia 463066182182912000 https://archive.ph/DMJL8 7-2-2026 Pls lah janganah mintak yg pelik pelik Please don't ask for anything weird.
Mizo
Etymology
From lus tbq-kuk-pro *ʔaʔ locative marker.
Suffix
lus suffix
Locative case suffix.
lus thubuai case thubuaiah in the case
lus Mizoram Mizoramah in Mizoram
lus en August 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
lus
South Slavey
Pronunciation
Suffix
xsl suffix
Used to form diminutive nouns.
Usage notes
Follows the possessive suffix, which is realised as a high tone on the preceding syllable:
xsl mbeh knife mbehah little knife
xsl sembehé my knife sembéhah my little knife
Derived terms
xsl
References
241
Zou
Postposition
-áh
zom áh
References
157