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Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Maybe related to Tagalog oo, Remontado Agta huu, Hanunoo ho, Palawan Batak ee, Cebuano oo, Hiligaynon hoo, and Tausug huun all from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həqə (yes; expression of agreement).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ha.ah], [ha.ʕah]
  • Rhymes: -ah
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ah

Interjection

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haah (Jawi spelling هائه)

  1. Used to express affirmation; yes, yeah.
    Synonyms: ya, ia
    Haah, Patrick jawab tapi dia letak gagang.
    Yes, Patrick answered but put he put the phone down.

References

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  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*heqe”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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