מָהוּ, (= מה הו) what is it? how is it? Targ. II Esth. I, 2 (3); a. e.—Kidd. 33ᵇ מ׳ שיעמוד וכ׳ how is it, i.e. must his father stand up before him? Ib. מ׳ לעמוד וכ׳ must one stand up &c.?—Y. Yoma III, beg. 40ᵇ מ׳ בורקי what does bor’kay mean?—Ḥull. 46ᵃ מתלקט מ׳ how is it if the liver is &c., v. לָקַט; a. v. fr.—מ׳ דתימא what is it you might think?, i.e. you might be under the impression. Arakh. 21ᵇ מ׳ ד׳ בטולי וכ׳ you might assume that he annulled (the protest), therefore we are given to understand &c., v. פְּשִׁיטָא; a. fr.