uhu
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English
Interjection
uhu
- (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of uh-huh.
See also
Barasana
Noun
uhu
Derived terms
References
- 1982, Hugh-Jones, Barasana Cosmology, in Ethnoastronomy and archaeoastronomy in the American tropics
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia, related to uhog, the dialectal variant of huhog. The German Uhu (“Eurasian eagle owl”) probably also contributed to its spread in zoological jargon and colloquial language. First attested in 1822.
Pronunciation
Noun
uhu (plural uhuk)
Declension
| 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 |
| 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 |
References
- ^ uhu in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
- ^ uhu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- uhu in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Italian
Interjection
uhu
- 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
Ivatan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u‧hu
Noun
uhu
Kambera
Noun
uhu
- rice
- uhu karohu ― peeled rice
References
- Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 134
Portuguese
Interjection
uhu!
Quechua
Noun
uhu
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | uhu | uhukuna |
| accusative | uhuta | uhukunata |
| dative | uhuman | uhukunaman |
| genitive | uhup | uhukunap |
| locative | uhupi | uhukunapi |
| terminative | uhukama | uhukunakama |
| ablative | uhumanta | uhukunamanta |
| instrumental | uhuwan | uhukunawan |
| comitative | uhuntin | uhukunantin |
| abessive | uhunnaq | uhukunannaq |
| comparative | uhuhina | uhukunahina |
| causative | uhurayku | uhukunarayku |
| benefactive | uhupaq | uhukunapaq |
| associative | uhupura | uhukunapura |
| distributive | uhunka | uhukunanka |
| exclusive | uhulla | uhukunalla |
See also
Romanian
Etymology
Interjection
uhu
- hoot (cry made by an owl)
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
uhu (Cyrillic spelling уху)
Veps
Etymology
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
uhu
- young ewe
Inflection
| 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
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “ярка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ , Petrozavodsk: Periodika