uhu

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See also: Uhu, ùhʻù, and ūhʻū

English[edit]

Interjection[edit]

uhu

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of uh-huh
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of yoo-hoo

See also[edit]

Barasana[edit]

Noun[edit]

uhu

  1. master

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Hungarian[edit]

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

uhu (plural uhuk)

  1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative uhu uhuk
accusative uhut uhukat
dative uhunak uhuknak
instrumental uhuval uhukkal
causal-final uhuért uhukért
translative uhuvá uhukká
terminative uhuig uhukig
essive-formal uhuként uhukként
essive-modal
inessive uhuban uhukban
superessive uhun uhukon
adessive uhunál uhuknál
illative uhuba uhukba
sublative uhura uhukra
allative uhuhoz uhukhoz
elative uhuból uhukból
delative uhuról uhukról
ablative uhutól uhuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
uhué uhuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
uhuéi uhukéi
Possessive forms of uhu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. uhum uhuim
2nd person sing. uhud uhuid
3rd person sing. uhuja uhui
1st person plural uhunk uhuink
2nd person plural uhutok uhuitok
3rd person plural uhujuk uhuik

Further reading[edit]

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

Italian[edit]

Interjection[edit]

uhu

  1. Alternative spelling of uh
    • 1945, Elio Vittorini, Uomini e no, Mondadori, published 1972, page 165:
      «Uhu!» disse Blut.
      «Anch'io lo dico. Uhu! Bisogna che tu cambi.»
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also[edit]

Ivatan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: u‧hu

Noun[edit]

uhu

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. chief

Kambera[edit]

Noun[edit]

uhu

  1. rice
    uhu karohupeeled rice

References[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Interjection[edit]

uhu!

  1. (Brazil) woohoo!

Quechua[edit]

Noun[edit]

uhu

  1. cough

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection[edit]

uhu

  1. hoot (cry made by an owl)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

uhu (Cyrillic spelling уху)

  1. dative/locative singular of uho

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *uuhi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *uče, possibly from earlier Proto-Finno-Ugric *uwi-či, possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Cognates include Finnish uuhi.

Noun[edit]

uhu

  1. young ewe

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of uhu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. uhu
genitive sing. uhun
partitive sing. uhud
partitive plur. uhuid
singular plural
nominative uhu uhud
accusative uhun uhud
genitive uhun uhuiden
partitive uhud uhuid
essive-instructive uhun uhuin
translative uhuks uhuikš
inessive uhus uhuiš
elative uhuspäi uhuišpäi
illative uhuze uhuiže
adessive uhul uhuil
ablative uhulpäi uhuilpäi
allative uhule uhuile
abessive uhuta uhuita
comitative uhunke uhuidenke
prolative uhudme uhuidme
approximative I uhunno uhuidenno
approximative II uhunnoks uhuidennoks
egressive uhunnopäi uhuidennopäi
terminative I uhuzesai uhuižesai
terminative II uhulesai uhuilesai
terminative III uhussai
additive I uhuzepäi uhuižepäi
additive II uhulepäi uhuilepäi

References[edit]

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “ярка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika