# -kah
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay -kah.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kah]
* Hyphenation: kah

### Suffix

-kah
* added to modal verbs and adverbs in questions
    Bisakah saya tidur? ― Can I go to sleep?
* added to interrogative words for emphasis

### Further reading

* “-kah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* (informal) ke
* (dialectal) ka, ke

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Compare with -lah”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kah/
* Rhymes: -ah

### Suffix

-kah (Jawi spelling ـکه)
* Used on modal verbs and adverbs in questions.
    Adakah awak lapar?Are you hungry?
** 1371 CE [c. 1296–1316 CE], Kadi Hasan, Hikayat Bayan Budiman (fiction), translation of Tutinama by Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi (in Persian); transcribed from Jawi script into the Latin alphabet Ekawati Ekawati, Doni Setiyawan, editors, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, 2016, →ISBN:Akan tetapi, bukankah aku sudah melepaskanmu dan menyuruhmu terbang bebas?Nevertheless, have I not already released you and told you to fly free?
** 1371 CE [c. 1296–1316 CE], Kadi Hasan, Hikayat Bayan Budiman (fiction), translation of Tutinama by Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi (in Persian); transcribed from Jawi script into the Latin alphabet Ekawati Ekawati, Doni Setiyawan, editors, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, 2016, →ISBN:Maukah tuan berdua mendengarkan cerita hamba ini?Would both masters want to hear the story of this servant?
** 2018 March 17, “Waspada agar tidak mudah terpedaya [Be careful so as not to be easily deceived]”, in Media Permata‎, archived from the original on 29 October 2018:Pernahkah anda bermasalah dengan orang yang memiliki wajah baik sedang sebenarnya menyimpan agenda buruk terhadap diri anda?Have you ever had problems with someone who has a good face but actually holds a bad agenda against you?
* Used on interrogative words to indicate emphasis.
    Berapa ramaikah orang dalam keluarga awak?How many people are there in your family?
    Dari manakah awak datang?Where do you come from?
** 1371 CE [c. 1296–1316 CE], Kadi Hasan, Hikayat Bayan Budiman (fiction), translation of Tutinama by Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi (in Persian); transcribed from Jawi script into the Latin alphabet Ekawati Ekawati, Doni Setiyawan, editors, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, 2016, →ISBN:Lalu siapakah mengucapkan salam kepadaku?Then who has wished peace to me?
* Used to indicate uncertainty in a statement.
** 2018 March 17, “Waspada agar tidak mudah terpedaya [Be careful so as not to be easily deceived]”, in Media Permata‎, archived from the original on 29 October 2018:Benarkah persepsi-persepsi ini? Betulkah wajah seseorang itu melambangkan siapa dia? Bolehkah kita meramal peribadi seseorang itu berdasarkan apa yang kita lihat sahaja?Are these perceptions real? Is it true that a person's face can represent who he/she is? Can we predict a person's personality based on what we see only?

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: -kah

## Navajo
### Stem

-kah
* Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
       Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT MOM -KÁÁʼ (track) -KAI (go) -KÁÁʼ (track) -KAI (go) CON -KÁÁʼ (track) -KAI (go) -KÁÁʼ (track) -KAI (go) DIV -KAI (go) -KAI (go) PROG -KAI (go) -KAI (go) -KAI (go)