different between haha vs huhu

English

Alternative forms

• ha ha
• ha-ha
• hah hah

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

haha

1. An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.

Usage notes

• Can be used with as many ‘ha’s for emphasis.

Related terms

• hehe
• lol
• teehee

Translations

Etymology 2

French haha. French term attested 1686 in toponyms in New France (present-day Quebec); compare modern Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!. Usual etymology is that an expression of surprise – “ha ha” or “ah! ah!” is exclaimed on encountering such a boundary. In France this is traditionally attributed to the reaction of Louis, Grand Dauphin to encountering such a feature in the gardens of the Château de Meudon. English term attested 1712, in translation by John James of French La theorie et la pratique du jardinage (1709) by Dezallier d'Argenville:

Grills of iron are very necessary ornaments in the lines of walks, to extend the view, and to show the country to advantage. At present we frequently make thoroughviews, called Ah, Ah, which are openings in the walls, without grills, to the very level of the walks, with a large and deep ditch at the foot of them, lined on both sides to sustain the earth, and prevent the getting over; which surprises the eye upon coming near it, and makes one laugh, Ha! Ha! from where it takes its name. This sort of opening is haha, on some occasions, to be preferred, for that it does not at all interrupt the prospect, as the bars of a grill do.

Noun

haha

1. Type of boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, designed not to interrupt the view and to be invisible until closely approached.
   • 1785, Horace Walpole, On Modern Gardening:

     The Ha Ha But the capital stroke, the leading step to all that, has followed, was (I believe the first thought was Bridgman's) the destruction of walls for boundaries, and the invention of fosses - an attempt then deemed so astonishing, that the common people called them Ha! Ha's! to express their surprise at finding a sudden and unperceived check to their walk. One of the first gardens planted in this simple though still formal style was my father's at Houghton. It was laid out by Mr. Eyre, an imitator of Bridgman. It contains three-and-twenty acres, then reckoned a considerable portion.

   • 1731, Richard Bradley, New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical (London), page 164:

     Haha! or Fossee, are Terms of the same Signification, tho' the First is a new coin'd Word, they mean a Ditch, or Moat to Enclose a Garden, whether the Ditch has Water in it, or not, but the Haha, by the Custom of five or six Years, intimates a dry Ditch, so regulated by Slopes, and so Deep that it is unpassable. It makes a fine open Fence to a Ground.

   • 1862, Anthony Trollope, The Small House at Allington, chapter VIII:

     And then that pair went off together, fighting their own little battle on that head, as turtle-doves will sometimes do. They went off, and Bernard was left with Bell standing together over the ha-ha fence which divides the garden at the back of the house from the field.

Ese

Noun

haha

1. (anatomy) body

Estonian

Noun

haha

1. genitive singular of hahk

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.a/, /a.?a/

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Interjection

haha

1. ha-ha (imitative of laughter)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ha-ha.

Noun

haha m (plural hahas)

1. ha-ha (ditch acting as a sunken fence)

Further reading

• “haha” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Jamamadí

Verb

haha

1. (Banawá) to laugh

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

haha

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Manchu

Romanization

haha

1. Romanization of ????

Portuguese

Interjection

haha

1. haha (representation of laughter)

   Synonym: (Internet) kkk

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?]. Cognates include Hawaiian waha and Tahitian vaha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha.ha/

Noun

haha

1. mouth

References

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin, ?ISBN, page 29

Tagalog

Noun

hahà

1. big rip or tear

Adjective

hahâ

1. with or having a big rip or tear

Tboli

Noun

haha

1. (anatomy) thigh; lap

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori huhu.

Noun

huhu (plural huhus)

1. A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.

   Synonym: huhu beetle

Anagrams

• uh uh, uh-uh, uhuh

Finnish

Etymology

Considered descriptive.

Noun

huhu

1. rumour/rumor

   Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.

   Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.

Declension

Derived terms

• huhuta

Compounds

• huhukampanja
• huhumylly
• huhupuhe

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hu?hu?/

Interjection

huhu

1. (colloquial) hello

Further reading

• “huhu” in Duden online

Hausa

Etymology 1

An areal word found in both Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan, cognate to Kanuri fùfú.

Noun

h??h? m (plural h??h?, possessed form h??hun)

1. lung

Etymology 2

Noun

h?h?? m (plural h?hun??, possessed form h?hùn)

1. wrapping used to store kola nuts

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fufu, from Proto-Oceanic *pupuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hu.hu/, [?huhu]

Noun

huhu

1. termite (a wood boring insect)

Verb

huhu

1. (stative) worm-eaten
2. (stative) rotten

References

• “huhu” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *susu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu.hu/

Noun

huhu

1. breast; breasts; teat

   Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:

   Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—

   1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)

   There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—

   1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

2. fork

Verb

huhu

1. To suck

Adjective

huhu

1. wet

Related terms

• huhua

References

• 1897, Shirley Baker, An English and Tongan vocabulary. Wilsons and Horton: Auckland, NZ.

Woi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Noun

huhu

1. breast (female organ)