H4100

mah

maw

or mah {mah}; or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh}; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses:--how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

interr pron

1. what, how, of what kind
   1. (interrogative)
      1. what?
      2. of what kind
      3. what? (rhetorical)
      4. whatsoever, whatever, what
   2. (adverb)
      1. how, how now
      2. why
      3. how! (exclamation)
   3. (with prep)
      1. wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
      2. because of what?
      3. the like of what? 1c
   4. how much?, how many?, how often? 1c
   5. for how long?
      1. for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
      2. until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron
2. anything, aught, what may