different between uhu vs huhu

English

Interjection

uhu

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of uh-huh
2. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of yoo-hoo
3. Expression of mild surprise or disappointment.

See also

• uh-uh
• uh, oh

Barasana

Noun

uhu

1. master

Derived terms

• oko uhu

References

• 1982, Hugh-Jones, Barasana Cosmology, in Ethnoastronomy and archaeoastronomy in the American tropics

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?uhu]
• Hyphenation: uhu
• Rhymes: -hu

Noun

uhu (plural uhuk)

1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

Declension

Further reading

• uhu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Interjection

uhu

1. Alternative spelling of uh
   • 1945, Elio Vittorini, Uomini e no, Mondadori, 1972, p. 165:

     «Uhu!» disse Blut.
     «Anch'io lo dico. Uhu! Bisogna che tu cambi.»

See also

• oh-oh
• uh-uh

Kambera

Noun

uhu

1. rice

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 134

Portuguese

Interjection

uhu!

1. (Brazil) woohoo!

Quechua

Noun

uhu

1. cough

Declension

See also

• uhuy

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

uhu

1. hoot (cry made by an owl)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

uhu (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. dative/locative singular of uho

Veps

Etymology

Akin to Finnish uuhi.

Noun

uhu

1. young ewe

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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)