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Is lah a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lah is a Scrabble US word. The word lah is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word lah is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

L1A1H4

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3-letter words (1 found)

LAH,

2-letter words (4 found)

AH,AL,HA,LA,

You can make 5 words from lah according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of lah

lah alh lha hla ahl hal

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Definitions and meaning of lah

lah

Translingual

Symbol

lah

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lahnda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ

Etymology 1

An anglicised spelling of la.

Noun

lah (plural lahs)

  1. (music) Alternative spelling of la

Etymology 2

From Malay lah, Cantonese 啦 (laa1) or Hokkien 啦 (--la). Doublet of la.

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore, Malaysia)
    • Senses 1 and 2: IPA(key): /lɑː˨/, /lɑː˧˨/, /lah˨/, [lä˨]
    • Senses 3 and 4: IPA(key): /lɑː˦˨/
    • Sense 5: IPA(key): /lɑː˨/, /lɑː˧˨/
    • Sense 6: IPA(key): /lɑː˧/
    • Sense 7: IPA(key): /lɑː˦/

Particle

lah (Manglish, Singlish)

  1. Placed at the end of a sentence to accentuate the mood or attitude of the speaker.
    Don’t do it lah, it’s not worth it. ― Disapproval
    Hurry up, lah! ― Impatience
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:lah.
  2. Placed at the end of a sentence to convey reassurance or solidarity.
  3. Asserts that something is clear or straightforward.
  4. Used to tone down an imperative sentence.
  5. Reinforces an assertion.
  6. (rarer) Follows each item in a list of examples.
  7. (in fixed expressions) Used sarcastically when stating the obvious.
    No lah, no lah. ― Sarcastic reply

See also

  • (Singlish particles): ah, hor, know, leh, liao, lor, mah, meh, one, sia, what

References

  • Lee, Junwen (2022) “An Analysis of Colloquial Singapore English lah and Its Interpretation across Speech Acts”, in Languages, volume 7, number 3, →DOI, page 203
  • Ler Soon Lay, Vivien (2006) “A relevance-theoretic approach to discourse particles in Singapore English”, in Kerstin Fischer, editor, Approaches to Discourse Particles, →DOI, pages 149–166

Further reading

  • Singlish "lah", with a possible deep connection to colloquial Arabic from Language Log
  • Manglish "lah" and its affinity to Arabic "muhibbah" from Language Log

Anagrams

  • Ahl, HAL, HLA, Hal, LHA

Malay

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lah/

Particle

lah

  1. (informal) Final particle indicating an imperative, reassurance or emphasis.
    Saya ada di sini lah. ― I'm here.
    Kau ni bodoh betul lah! ― You are so stupid!
    Diam lah! ― Shut up!
    Pergi sana lah! ― Go there!

Descendants

  • → English: lah (or directly from Cantonese 啦 (laa1))

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • laȝ, laȝgh, laghe, lawe, law, louȝ, lou, loȝ, logh, lough, low, lowe, loue

Etymology

From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑːx/

Adjective

lāh (plural and weak singular lāhe, comparative lāhere, superlative lāhest)

  1. low

Related terms

  • aloue

Descendants

  • English: low
  • Scots: laich

References

  • “loue, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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