different between hillo vs hullo

English

Interjection

hillo

1. Obsolete form of hello.
   • 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)

     But, hillo! here comes another questioner for you, my poor quest.

Verb

hillo (third-person singular simple present hillos or hilloes, present participle hilloing, simple past and past participle hilloed)

1. (obsolete) To holler, shout loudly at someone

Anagrams

• Holli

Finnish

(index hi)

Etymology

hilla +? -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hil?o/, [?hil?o?]
• Rhymes: -il?o
• Syllabification: hil?lo

Noun

hillo

1. jam, jelly
2. (slang) bread (money)

Declension

Synonyms

• (money): raha

Derived terms

• nouns: hilloke
• adjectives: hilloinen
• verbs: hillota, hilloutua

Compounds

Anagrams

• holli

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??l??/, /h??l??/

Interjection

hullo

1. (Britain, New Zealand) Alternative form of hello (Greeting.)
2. (Britain, dated, New Zealand) Alternative form of hello (expressing puzzlement or discovery)
   • 1939, Country Life (volume 85, page 290)

     "Hullo, there's a monkey's wedding," said my wife's niece, a girl of about twenty, born in South Africa […] She was looking out on the lawn, and it was one of those lovely April mornings with sunshine and rain alternating […]

Noun

hullo (plural hullos or hulloes)

1. (Britain) Alternative form of hello

Verb

hullo (third-person singular simple present hullos, present participle hulloing, simple past and past participle hulloed)

1. (Britain) Alternative form of hello

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ull?, from Proto-Germanic *wull?.

Noun

hul?lo

1. wool

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland