cah

See also: сан

Translingual

Symbol

cah

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Cahuarano.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Cahuarano terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Noun

cah (plural cahs)

1. (US, eastern Massachusetts) Pronunciation spelling of car.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole cah (“because”). Ultimately from English because.

Alternative forms

• cuh

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

cah

1. (slang, Jamaica, MLE) Because.
   • 2019, “Going Through It” (track 6), in Ignorance Is Bliss, performed by Skepta:

     Gotta get more organised, 'cah fam, I hate rushing

   • 2020 October 14, @SHBK4L, Twitter‎:

     Man said 1 out of a benners lool bro sack your dealer & pick up off man cah that is brazyyy 🤣🤣

Anagrams

• -cha, ACH, CHA, Cha, HAC, HCA, ach, cha

Albanian

Etymology

Maybe related to the now-obsolete cahis.

Verb

cah

1. to pay

Derived terms

• cahur (“paid”)
• cahje (“payment”)

Further reading

• Elezi, Mehmet (2006), “cah”, in Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe : rreth 41000 fjalë që nuk gjinden në FGJSSH, me shtjellime etimologjike (in Albanian), Tirana: Enti Botues "Gjergj Fishta", page 263