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Uhu vs Utu - What's the difference?

uhu | utu |

As an interjection uhu

is an alternative spelling of uh-huh.

As a noun utu is

recompense, payback; revenge.

As an initialism UTU is

the Ulster teacher's union.

As a proper noun Utu is

a Sumerian deity, in Sumerian mythology, Utu is the son of the moon god Nanna and the goddess Ningal.

uhu

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (nonstandard)
  • (nonstandard)
  • Expression of mild surprise or disappointment.

    • See also

    * uh-uh * uh, oh ----

    utu

    English

    Noun

  • (New Zealand) Recompense, payback; revenge.
  • * 2008 , Christina Thompson, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All , Bloomsbury 2009, p. 129:
    • Utu demanded that both favors and grievances be repaid in kind, but it was the grievances, naturally, that caused the most trouble.
  • * 2011 , Andrew Alderson, New Zealand Herald , 19 Sep 2011:
    • The match had been touted as a chance for utu after the 1999 and 2007 All Blacks World Cup defeats.
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