wah

• IPA^(key): /wɑː/
  • (interjection also) IPA^(key): [wa(ːː)], [wæ(ːː)], [wæ̃̂ːː]^[1]
  • (interjection, etymology 3) IPA^(key): [wä(ːː)˦˨]

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

From Nepali [script needed] (wah donka).

wah (plural wahs)

1. (archaic) The red panda.

Imitative.

• IPA^(key): /wæː/

wah

1. A cry of fright, distress, etc. (especially of an infant or young child)
2. A cry of amazement, delight, etc.
3. (gaming, Super Mario canon) A cry from Waluigi that constitutes his signature catchphrase; it signals any of a wide range of emotions including surprise, excitement, exhilaration, dismay, self-pity, and rivalry.

The word is often extended, for instance "wahhhhhhh", "waaaaaah", etc.

• weh

Imitative.

• IPA^(key): /wɑː/

wah (plural wahs)

1. (music) wah-wah.

• wah pedal

From Mandarin 哇 or Cantonese 嘩／哗.

wah

1. (Singlish, Manglish) Wow!; whoa! (expressing surprise or amazement)
   • 2005 October 30, Wong Kim Hoh, The Sunday Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English:

     Wah, you quite brave hor...

• Haw, Haw., WHA, haw, wha

wah

1. Romanization of ꦮꦃ

IPA^(key): /waːʔ/

wah f

1. river

   Kyrteng aiu kane ka wah? ― What is the name of this river?

From Proto-Oceanic *puaq (“fruit”), from Proto-Austronesian *buaq (“fruit”)

• IPA^(key): /waː/

wah

1. (one's) fruit

wah

1. oops! (referring to oneself)
2. clumsy! (referring to someone else)
3. whew! (as one sits down after a strenuous activity)

• waháá

• IPA^(key): /wɑːx/

wāh

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of wīgan

wah

1. Alternative spelling of wāh (“flood”)

From Proto-Khasian *waʔ (“river”). Cognate with Khasi wah.

• IPA^(key): /waʔ/

wah

1. river

• IPA^(key): /wa³³/

wah

1. to say

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

wah

1. yes

   Synonym: yih

• lla (“no”)

wah

1. Alternative spelling of waaj