Where This Word Came From Ar??

• mhcampboy

  5 Sep 06, 21:52

  The word "nah"!
  
  Example, Peter: Get me the book please....
  
  Robert: NAH!
  
  That kind...
  
  Its not even a word...
• Rejected

  5 Sep 06, 21:53

  nah, +1.
• toyota-corolla

  5 Sep 06, 21:54

  nah +2
• OasisBlue

  5 Sep 06, 21:54

  mb just a sound expression? lol not sure
• ^spidee^

  5 Sep 06, 21:55

  it means 'no' lah..
• MohamedF

  5 Sep 06, 21:56

  Its a Malay word ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................
• MooKu

  5 Sep 06, 21:58

  maybe it's from the Chinese word "na2", as in, to take.
  
• mhcampboy

  5 Sep 06, 21:59

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  maybe it's from the Chinese word "na2", as in, to take.
  

  if chinese why malay and indian also use it...
• mhcampboy

  5 Sep 06, 22:00

  Originally posted by MohamedF:

  Its a Malay word ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................

  if malay word why chinese and indian also use it...?
• MooKu

  5 Sep 06, 22:01

  because we are Singaporean.
• Rejected

  5 Sep 06, 22:02

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  because we are Singaporean.

  X2, btw Mooku, how was the Root Canal?
• ^spidee^

  5 Sep 06, 22:02

  it's an American slang.
• ^spidee^

  5 Sep 06, 22:03

  wait, 'nah' as in the word you say when you pass something to someone, not when you refuse? haha, i got confused.
• striderz_o405

  5 Sep 06, 22:03

  nah as in "NO" or "for you">?
• BaByBoY

  5 Sep 06, 22:04

  it`s origination is from KAN NI NAH...
  
  when ppl angry or buei song then still wanna act class, they`ll saw this word..
  `NAH!! take the fugging book!!`--- just and example
  
  NAH!!! hope it helps!
  kekkekee
• MohamedF

  5 Sep 06, 22:05

  Originally posted by mhcampboy:

  if malay word why chinese and indian also use it...?

  Welcome to Singapore, if ya don't know, we here use a variation of english which we call "Singlish" and this language uses a combination of words from the 4 major languages of Singapore. There has been attempts to irradicate this language but some little words still exists in the toungs of many.
• mhcampboy

  5 Sep 06, 22:06

  Nah as in for you...
  
  cant be a vulgarity laa..
• MooKu

  5 Sep 06, 22:07

  Originally posted by Rejected:

  X2, btw Mooku, how was the Root Canal?

  bleh. It was not painful at all! except for the three anaesthetic jabs. I was so terrified I cried a bit.
  
  and it was just horrible to sit there fully-conscious of all that drilling and scraping.
  
  but it wasn't painful... at least not until the next morning when i woke up with a very bad sore in my gums.
• tomsss

  5 Sep 06, 22:08

  nah... nah... nah.....
  
  nah beh!
• Seth35

  5 Sep 06, 22:11

  Didnt you know ?? it came from ur ass
• markzz

  5 Sep 06, 23:23

  Den how was the word "Hun la " formed?
  
  eg:
  
  Jack : Tonight must go Suzie's wedding ar! Remember ar! Dun late ar!
  
  Tom: Hun la! Hun La!
  
  Hun = ok ?
• de_middle

  6 Sep 06, 09:35

  Originally posted by markzz:

  Den how was the word "Hun la " formed?
  
  eg:
  
  Jack : Tonight must go Suzie's wedding ar! Remember ar! Dun late ar!
  
  Tom: Hun la! Hun La!
  
  Hun = ok ?

  duh
• ditzy

  6 Sep 06, 09:42

  Originally posted by markzz:

  Den how was the word "Hun la " formed?
  
  eg:
  
  Jack : Tonight must go Suzie's wedding ar! Remember ar! Dun late ar!
  
  Tom: Hun la! Hun La!
  
  Hun = ok ?

  Its "hana hana" not hun la han la.
• OasisBlue

  6 Sep 06, 09:50

  same concept as where "duh" came from lol
• markzz

  6 Sep 06, 10:24

  Originally posted by OasisBlue:

  same concept as where "duh" came from lol

  D'OH!