different between ugh vs ugga

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): [?x], [??], [?x], [??], [??], [?k], [?x], [??], [?k], [?], [??]
• , ,

Note: may be nasalized.

Interjection

ugh

1. Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.

   Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.

   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXI:

     [...] It may have been a water-rat I speared, / But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yuck

2. Used to express inarticulate vocalisations, such as used by a caveman.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ghu, ghu, hug

Manx

Interjection

ugh!

1. oh!

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *?uyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Noun

ugh m (genitive singular uigh or uighe, plural uighean)

1. egg

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “ugh” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “og”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ugga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k?a/
• Rhymes: -?k?a

Verb

ugga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative uggði, supine uggað)

1. (intransitive) to fear, to be afraid

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• uggur

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (ugra), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ugrós. Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit ???????????????? (ugga).

Adjective

ugga

1. huge, mighty
2. fierce