different between yuh vs puh

English

Alternative forms

• ya also nonstandard

Pronoun

yuh

1. (chiefly Jamaican) you

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• you, yu

Etymology

From English you.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?/, /?j?/
• Hyphenation: yuh

Pronoun

yuh

1. (in the singular) you

2. (in the singular) your

Usage notes

• Jamaican Creole marks a distinction between singular yuh and plural unnu.

Related terms

• mi
• im
• har
• shi
• wi
• unnu
• dem

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 621
• yuh – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

English

Interjection

puh

1. Alternative form of pugh

Synonyms

• (expressing contempt): feh, pht, pish, poh, pshaw; see also Thesaurus:bah
• (expressing disgust): bleah, eww, ick, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck

Anagrams

• PHU, Phu, UHP, hup

Danish

Etymology

An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation.

Used to express emotion beyond compare to the point of which there are no words to describe the setting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?/, [p?u?]

Interjection

puh!

1. pooh (expression of dismissal or contempt‚ used when encountering an unpleasant smell)
2. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust)

Synonyms

• (show disgust): ad, bvadr, føj, puha, puh ha
• (show fatigue): puha, puh ha
• (show relief): puha, puh ha, pyh

German

Pronunciation

Interjection

puh!

1. phew!

Further reading

• “puh” in Duden online

Mapudungun

Noun

puh (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. night

Portuguese

Interjection

puh

1. yuck (expression of disgust)

   Synonym: eca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?lx?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûx/

Noun

p?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. dormouse

Declension