different between huh vs huhu

English

Alternative forms

• hah
• hunh

Etymology

Attested from circa 1600.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h?/, [h??]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h?/, [h??]
• Rhymes: -?

Interjection

huh

1. (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

2. Used to express doubt or confusion.

3. (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

4. (slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

5. (informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

6. (informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

Synonyms

• (to indicate that one didn't hear): come again, pardon, what; see also Thesaurus:say again

Translations

References

• “huh”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• uhh

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• hiech, hieh (western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German h?h, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu?/

Adjective

huh (masculine huhe, feminine huh, comparative hüher or hühter or hieher, superlative et hühste or hüchste or hühtste or hiehtste)

1. (Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) high; tall

Usage notes

• The comparation forms with -ü- are Ripuarian, those with -ie- are Moselle Franconian.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?huh/, [?huh]
• Rhymes: -uh
• Syllabification: huh

Interjection

huh

1. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise)

Yucatec Maya

Noun

huh

1. Obsolete spelling of huuh

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)