suh

See also: Suh and SUH

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Suba with h as a placeholder.

Symbol

suh

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Suba.

English

Noun

suh

1. Pronunciation spelling of sir, usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.

   Alternative form: sah

   • 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:

     "Good-mawnin', suh," he said, lifting his cap politely.

Related terms

• yessuh
• saar

Interjection

suh

1. Pronunciation spelling of sup (“what's up”).

   Suh, dude?

Anagrams

• uhs, USH, HUS, shu', SHU, Shu, ush, HUs, Hsü, Hsu, UHS, Hus

Achang

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /su˦˧/
• (Lianghe) [so³¹]
• (Longchuan) [so³¹]
• (Luxi) [sua⁵⁵]
• (Xiandao) [so³¹]

Verb

suh

1. to walk

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 鎖 / 锁 (suǒ, “lock”).

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /su˦˧/
• (Lianghe) [so⁵⁵]
• (Longchuan) [so⁵⁵]
• (Luxi) [sɔ⁵¹]
• (Xiandao) [sɔ⁵⁵]

Noun

suh

1. lock
2. key

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 121

Gullah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə/, /sɒ/

Etymology 1

From English so.

Adverb

suh

1. to such an extent
2. to the same extent
3. so

Etymology 2

From English say.

Conjunction

suh

1. that
2. say

Etymology 3

From English sir.

Noun

suh

1. sir

References

•  Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsuh/ [ˈsʊh]
• Rhymes: -uh
• Syllabification: suh

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦸꦃ (suh, “band, bind, hoop”), from Old Javanese suh (“band, girdle, tie”).

Noun

suh (plural suh-suh)

1. broomstick base strap; broom rope made from coconut leaf frond skin or rattan, woven to form a circle or bracelet according to the size of the circle of the broom to be tied
2. small circular woven bracelet for securing the drum's tension rope, made from rattan or cattle skin
3. bamboo or rattan blades woven into a circle, used as a binding for sticks (for brooms) or palm sticks (for whips)
4. (architecture) brass attached to the end of the saka

Related terms

• asuh

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

suh (plural suh-suh)

1. body heat

   Synonym: panas badan

2. temperature

   Synonym: suhu

Derived terms

• bersuh

Further reading

• “suh”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Mizo

Particle

suh

1. prohibitive or negative imperative marker

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “suh”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• sȗv (Serbia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *suxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sûːx/

Adjective

sȗh (Cyrillic spelling су̑х, definite sȗhī, comparative sȕšī) (Croatia)

1. dry, dried
2. thin, meagre, slender (of a man)
3. pinched, haggard, gaunt (of a face)
4. withered, sear

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		suh	suha	suho
genitive		suha	suhe	suha
dative		suhu	suhoj	suhu
accusative	inanimate animate	suh suha	suhu	suho
vocative		suh	suha	suho
locative		suhu	suhoj	suhu
instrumental		suhim	suhom	suhim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		suhi	suhe	suha
genitive		suhih	suhih	suhih
dative		suhim(a)	suhim(a)	suhim(a)
accusative		suhe	suhe	suha
vocative		suhi	suhe	suha
locative		suhim(a)	suhim(a)	suhim(a)
instrumental		suhim(a)	suhim(a)	suhim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		suhi	suha	suho
genitive		suhog(a)	suhe	suhog(a)
dative		suhom(u/e)	suhoj	suhom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	suhi suhog(a)	suhu	suho
vocative		suhi	suha	suho
locative		suhom(e/u)	suhoj	suhom(e/u)
instrumental		suhim	suhom	suhim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		suhi	suhe	suha
genitive		suhih	suhih	suhih
dative		suhim(a)	suhim(a)	suhim(a)
accusative		suhe	suhe	suha
vocative		suhi	suhe	suha
locative		suhim(a)	suhim(a)	suhim(a)
instrumental		suhim(a)	suhim(a)	suhim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		suši	suša	suše
genitive		sušeg(a)	suše	sušeg(a)
dative		sušem(u)	sušoj	sušem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	suši sušeg(a)	sušu	suše
vocative		suši	suša	suše
locative		sušem(u)	sušoj	sušem(u)
instrumental		sušim	sušom	sušim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		suši	suše	suša
genitive		suših	suših	suših
dative		sušim(a)	sušim(a)	sušim(a)
accusative		suše	suše	suša
vocative		suši	suše	suša
locative		sušim(a)	sušim(a)	sušim(a)
instrumental		sušim(a)	sušim(a)	sušim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najsuši	najsuša	najsuše
genitive		najsušeg(a)	najsuše	najsušeg(a)
dative		najsušem(u)	najsušoj	najsušem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najsuši najsušeg(a)	najsušu	najsuše
vocative		najsuši	najsuša	najsuše
locative		najsušem(u)	najsušoj	najsušem(u)
instrumental		najsušim	najsušom	najsušim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najsuši	najsuše	najsuša
genitive		najsuših	najsuših	najsuših
dative		najsušim(a)	najsušim(a)	najsušim(a)
accusative		najsuše	najsuše	najsuša
vocative		najsuši	najsuše	najsuša
locative		najsušim(a)	najsušim(a)	najsušim(a)
instrumental		najsušim(a)	najsušim(a)	najsušim(a)

Further reading

• “suh”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *suxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *saušás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sowsos, from *h₂sews-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /súːx/

Adjective

sȗh (comparative bȍlj sȗh, superlative nȁjbolj sȗh)

1. dry (free from liquid or moisture)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	súh	súha	súho
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	súh ind súhi def	súha	súho
genitive	súhega	súhe	súhega
dative	súhemu	súhi	súhemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	súho	súho
locative	súhem	súhi	súhem
instrumental	súhim	súho	súhim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	súha	súhi	súhi
genitive	súhih	súhih	súhih
dative	súhima	súhima	súhima
accusative	súha	súhi	súhi
locative	súhih	súhih	súhih
instrumental	súhima	súhima	súhima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	súhi	súhe	súha
genitive	súhih	súhih	súhih
dative	súhim	súhim	súhim
accusative	súhe	súhe	súha
locative	súhih	súhih	súhih
instrumental	súhimi	súhimi	súhimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “suh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “suh”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references