different between yuh vs yum

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

Alternative forms

• yum yum

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /j?m/, [j?m]
• Rhymes: -?m

Interjection

yum

1. Indicating delight at the flavor of food.

   Yum! This apple pie is delicious!

Translations

Adjective

yum (not comparable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, US, informal) Delicious.

   This apple pie is yum!

Antonyms

• yuck

Derived terms

• yummo
• yummy
• yum yum

Related terms

• nom
• nom nom nom

Translations

Proper noun

yum

1. (computing) Yellowdog Updater, Modified, a popular package manager in Linux

   Please run yum in non-caching mode to correct this header.

Anagrams

• muy

Gitua

Noun

yum

1. water

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)