-kah

• (informal) ke

• IPA^(key): /kah/
• Rhymes: -ah

-kah (Jawi spelling که-)

1. Used on modal verbs and adverbs in questions
   • 2016, Ekawati, Ekawati; Setiyawan, Doni, Hikayat Bayan Budiman (fiction), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, translation of Persian Tutinama by Kadi Hasan in 1371 AD in Jawi script transcribed into Latin alphabet, →ISBN:

     Akan tetapi, bukankah aku sudah melepaskanmu dan menyuruhmu terbang bebas?

     Nevertheless, have I not already released you and told you to fly free?

   • 2016, Ekawati, Ekawati; Setiyawan, Doni, Hikayat Bayan Budiman (fiction), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, translation of Persian Tutinama by Kadi Hasan in 1371 AD in Jawi script transcribed into Latin alphabet, →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 Oct 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?

2. Used on interrogative pronouns to indicate emphasis
   • 2016, Ekawati, Ekawati; Setiyawan, Doni, Hikayat Bayan Budiman (fiction), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, translation of Persian Tutinama by Kadi Hasan in 1371 AD in Jawi script transcribed into Latin alphabet, →ISBN:

     Lalu siapakah mengucapkan salam kepadaku?

     Then who has wished peace to me?

3. 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 Oct 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?