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Particle: (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) Placed at the end of a sentence to accentuate the mood or attitude of the speaker
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1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 23:"Old Nabby's quite enough during the day-lah."
2000 April 2, Tee Hun Ching, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 14:‘No, lah!’ he says with a wave of his hand. […] ‘No need, lah! People in the industry know me. […] ’
2012, Haresh Sharma, Model Citizens, Epigram Books, Act II, scene ii:Yah lah, yah lah, don’t tell me I don’t understand. I understand better than you!
Particle: (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) Placed at the end of a sentence to convey reassurance or solidarity
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2001 February 23, Susan Long, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”, in The Straits Times, →OCLC, page H12:His says his attitude then, as it still is, was: ‘Try lah, won’t go wrong one lah.’
Particle: (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) Used to colloquialize certain short responses (e.g., no, ya, OK)
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1994, C. S. Chong, NS: An Air-Level Story, Singapore: Times Books International, →ISBN, page 58:Oh well, it was xiong, but overall OK, lah.
