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jmdict 2119760 Deleted (id: 1944298)

うむ
1. [int] [arch]
▶ yea
▶ uh huh
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1001090 うん 1. yes; yeah; uh huh



History:
7. D 2017-02-01 02:03:24  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
6. D* 2017-02-01 00:06:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Proposed merge with うん.
5. A* 2016-12-09 01:05:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Back in 2007 when Paul Blay proposed ううむ, Rene asked "any chance this is related to うむ(int) or ううん(int)?" Things come round.
Looking at the candidates:
うむ. GG5 has (1) wh-huh; yeh; yep; yes; all right; (2) hum; hmmm; well. Daijr has 「 うん 」に同じ
ううむ. We have "erm; hurm"
うん. We have "yes; yeah; uh huh". GG5 has (1a) yes; all right; hm! (1b) hum; hmmm; well. (2) a moan; a groan; a grunt (of pain) 中辞典 has "uh-huh; yeh; yes; (all) right; okay; 〈気がつく〉 uh; I see"
ううん. We have (1) no; (2) er, well, ...; (3) groan. GG5 has (1) no; uh-uh; uh-unh. (2) er; hmm; ugh; oof. (3) oh; aha; uh-uh
It seems to me that ううむ, うん and うむ could well be merged. From that leading "no" sense it's hard to see ううん fitting in to a merge.
4. A* 2016-12-08 17:51:36  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
merge with ううむ 2221890?
3. A* 2016-12-08 17:13:45  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
daijr says "「うん」より古風" - but it's still in current use, 
so not really arch, is it?
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