nyah

Unclear. Assertions of its universality among children regardless of culture or parent tongue are likely false: see [1], [2], [3]

• IPA^(key): /njæ/

nyah

1. Expressing smug triumph.
   • 1993, Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the faerie realm, page 74:

     When the waves didn't catch me, I would laugh and sing out, "Nyah, nyah, nyah!"

   • 2009 August 7, George Vecsey, “On Big Day for Bronx, Cheating Is Nonissue”, in New York Times‎^[4]:

     Yankee fans have been saying, Nyah, nyah, I told you so, since the news was revealed in The New York Times.

From Japanese にゃあ

• IPA^(key): /nja/

nyah

1. (fandom slang, Internet slang) meow, especially spoken by a catgirl or catboy

• Hany, Yahn

• (Myanmar) /nʲa˦˧/

nyah

1. Third-person singular possessive: his, her, its

• Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[5], Payap University, page 96

Related to Malay enyah.

nyah (Jawi spelling ڽه)

1. to run from
2. to remove

• nyah-
• mengenyahkan
• mak nyah