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== German == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === An onomatopoeia. Similar to English oof and Dutch oef. ==== Interjection ==== uff phew (expression of disgust, tiredness or relief) whew (used before, during or after a mentally or physically strenuous activity, or while thinking of it). === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German uf, northern variant of ūf, from Proto-Germanic *up. ==== Preposition ==== uff [with dative (indicating location) or accusative (indicating movement)] (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) alternative form of auf ===== Usage notes ===== Found in standard prose until the 18th century. Now used in most Central German dialects and occasionally in colloquial standard German. Especially the adverb druff sees informal standard use (see there). === Further reading === “uff” in Duden online == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuf/ Rhymes: -uf Syllabification: uff === Preposition === uff on, upon (positioned at the top of) [with dative] on, onto, up, to (moving to the top of) [with accusative] ==== Derived terms ==== === Adverb === uff open === Adjective === uff (not comparable) open ==== Declension ==== === References === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “uff”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 165, column 1 == Italian == === Interjection === uff an expression of boredom, impatience or annoyance == Pennsylvania German == === Preposition === uff on == Polish == === Etymology === Natural expression. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuff/ Rhymes: -uff Syllabification: uff === Interjection === uff whew (expression of relief) whew (expression from strenuous labour) === Further reading === uff in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Tarifit == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Berber. === Pronunciation === === Verb === uff (verbal noun tuffet, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴼⴼ) (intransitive) to get wet, to be wet, to be soaked (intransitive) to inflate, to be swollen, to be bloated, to be puffy (intransitive, construed with x) to be angry ==== Conjugation ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== == Tashelhit == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Berber *ʔ-f-f (“to swell”), from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?], of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴼⴼ (aff, “to swell”), Senhaja de Srair uff (“to swell”), Tarifit uff (“to get wet, to be swollen”), Ghadames of (“to swell, blow up”), Zenaga yoˀf (“to be swollen”); Proto-Chadic *fVˀ/w/y- (“to blow, to dry”); Proto-Cushitic [Term?] (“to blow”), whence Proto-East-Cushitic *ˀuf(u)f- (“to blow”), & Agaw *ǝf y- (“to blow”); and Egyptian nfj (“to blow, to exhale”). ==== Verb ==== uff (intensive aorist tuff, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴼⴼ, Arabic spelling اوفّ) to swell, to be(come) swollen اوفّنت تورين نّس. ― uffnt turin nns. ― his lungs swelled (with fear). to pout, to sulk to become breathless ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“breast”), from Proto-Berber *ʔ-f-f (“to swell”), ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?] (“to blow, to swell”). Synchronically from uff (“to swell”). Cognate with Ghomara afaf (“nipple”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⴼⴼ (iff, “breast”), Tuareg éfäf, ifef, efăf (“breast”), Siwi ifǝff (“breast”), Northern Saharan Berber if (“breast”), Zenaga ǝvǝffi (“breast”), Kabyle ṯabbucṯ (“breast”), Tachawit ṯabbuct (“breast”), Tarifit abbuc (“breast”), and Proto-Chadic *fufu- (“lungs”). ==== Alternative forms ==== tiffit, tibbit, bubbu, tibbiyt, tibbict, tabubbat ==== Noun ==== uff m (plural uffan, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴼⴼ, Arabic spelling اوفّ) breast, nipple Synonym: tabubbat شركن وفّ. ― šrkn uff ― they suckled at the same breast. === See also === === References === Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2856b == Volga German == === Preposition === uff on