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See also:
aḫum
and
aḫûm
Contents
1
English
1.1
Etymology 1
1.1.1
Adjective
1.2
Etymology 2
1.2.1
Interjection
English
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Etymology 1
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a-
+
hum
Adjective
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ahum
(
not
comparable
)
humming
1993
, Gary Paul Nabhan,
Counting Sheep: Twenty Ways of Seeing Desert Bighorn
, page
102
:
Already the air was
ahum
with the flies around him.
Etymology 2
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Interjection
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ahum
Alternative form of
ahem
(
“
coughing sound
”
)