lah

«lah» in Mova's school dictionary: the sixth note of the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (lah, also la — a music note); (Singapore, Malaysia — slang) particle

meaning for a pupil

1) Lah (also la) is the sixth note of the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. tree →

2) (Singapore, Malaysia — slang) «Lah» is a word added at the end of a sentence to make it sound friendly, firm or relaxed: «Come on lah!» It is not standard English. tree →

3) «La-di-dah» (also lah-di-dah) means posh in a showy way (UK, informal). tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons the scale is sung «doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, doh». In Singapore and Malaysia, «lah» is famous in Singlish talk.

examples

• Doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, doh! tree →
• «Lah» is the note just after «soh». tree →
• «Don't worry lah, it's okay,» said my friend from Singapore. tree →
• «Hurry up lah!» shouted his cousin. tree →
• She talks all lah-di-dah since her trip. tree →
• We sang «lah» on a long high note. tree →

note

Not a word in standard English on its own. The Singlish «lah» comes from Malay and Chinese speech and has no meaning by itself; it changes the tone.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lah» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.