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# lah

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

«lah» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Lah (also la) is the sixth note of the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/#m1)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/#m2)
3. «La-di-dah» (also lah-di-dah) means posh in a showy way (UK, informal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/#x1)
- «Lah» is the note just after «soh». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/#x2)
- «Don't worry lah, it's okay,» said my friend from Singapore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/#x3)
- «Hurry up lah!» shouted his cousin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/#x4)
- She talks all lah-di-dah since her trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/#x5)
- We sang «lah» on a long high note. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lah» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lah/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lah» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lah.html) on Mova free.