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yoh

yoh interjection: expresses surprise, wonder, admiration, frustration, shock, or distress. Also the pronunciation spelling of you.

Interjection

  1. (South Africa) Expresses surprise, wonder, admiration, frustration, shock, or distress.
    • When they looked upon me, in my suffering, they would sigh, and exclaim, "Oh, Yoh!" (Oh! dear! Oh! pity!)1855, G. Thompson, Letters to Sabbath School Children on Africa, page 146
    • The nurses looked at it with open eyes and open mouths. "Yoh," said Sechelela. "What is this?1952, P. H. H. White, Doctor of Tanganyika, page 42

Also used as

yoh is also the pronunciation spelling of you.

yoh is also the pronunciation spelling of your.

yoh is also the alternative form of yo.

Origin of yoh

From Afrikaans and Xhosa.

Questions about yoh

What does yoh mean?
Yoh means expresses surprise, wonder, admiration, frustration, shock, or distress.
What part of speech is yoh?
Yoh is an interjection.

Words near yoh in the dictionary

  1. yogurts
  2. yogurty
  3. Yogyakarta
  4. Yogyakartan
  5. Yogyakartans
  6. yoh
  7. Yohan
  8. Yohe
  9. Yohes
  10. yohimba
  11. yohimbe

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