different between huh vs suh
huh
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
- (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
- Used to express doubt or confusion.
- (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.
- (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.
- (informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
- (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)
- (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
- phew (used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise)
Yucatec Maya
Noun
huh
- Obsolete spelling of huuh
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suh
English
Noun
suh
- Pronunciation spelling of sir.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- "Good-mawnin', suh," he said, lifting his cap politely.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
Anagrams
- HUS, Hsu, Hus, SHU, Shu, USH, shu', uhs, ush
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Bosnian, Serbian): s?v
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sux?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sû?x/
Adjective
s?h (definite s?h?, comparative s?š?, Cyrillic spelling ????) (Croatia)
- dry, dried
- thin, meagre, slender (of a man)
- pinched, haggard, gaunt (of a face)
- withered, sear
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sux?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *saušas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sú?x/
Adjective
s?h (comparative b?lj s?h, superlative n?jbolj s?h)
- dry (free from liquid or moisture)
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “suh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
suh From the web:
- what suhoor
- what suh mean
- what suhaga called in english
- what should i eat
- what should i make for dinner
- what should i eat for dinner
- what should i watch
- what should i do
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