单词 | yo-hah |
释义 | yo-hahn.int. Chiefly U.S. (in North American Indian usage or representations of this). Now chiefly historical. A. n. An exclamation of ‘yo-hah’, indicative of pleasure, approbation, or assent; communal assent or agreement as indicated by such an exclamation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > exclamation of pleasure [interjection] shamea1352 yo-hah1744 hully gee1895 yummy1899 hot dog1906 hot diggety dog1923 how about that?1939 1744 Treaty held at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with Indians Six Nations 39 The Indians received these two Strings of Wampum with the usual Yo-hah. 1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 22 They gave us the Yohay, a particular Indian expression of approbation. 1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 56 These [gifts] were received with a full yo-hah. 1841 Universalist Union 17 Apr. 349/1 While struggling to effect a footing on a projecting rock; and succeeding, he would pronounce the Yo! hah! 1886 Amer. Antiquarian 8 91 The ceremony concluded with the customary Yo-hah. 1972 C. A. Weslager Delaware Indians x. 199 This ‘harmonious Sound,’ which flattered Governor Gordon, was the well-known ‘Yo Hah,’ a chant of approbation given by the Delaware..when they were especially pleased. 2014 M. Cohen & J. Glover Colonial Meidascapes ix. 291 The Catawbas entered the speeches into their official record with the wampum that the Virginians presented and a loud shout that the Virginians called the ‘Yo-Hah.’ B. int. An exclamation of pleasure, approbation, or assent. Now rare. ΚΠ 1826 W. Smith Contin. Hist. N.-Y. ii. 84 These addresses were, after the Indian manner,divided into short paragraphs, and belts of Wampums given for memorials. A Sachem, on the delivery of every belt, turning to each tribe uttered the word, ‘yo-hay’. 1840 New Yorker 4 July 1/3 ‘Yo-hah! a horse of eighteen hands!’ 1900 U. Cummings Songs of U–ri–on–tah 169 Then all spoke together ‘Yo-hah.’ 1928 Oxford Mirror (Iowa) 22 Nov. 3/2 ‘Yo-hah! Tell his ghost I sent you!’ yelled Onondaga. 1990 S. Peterson Native Amer. Prophecies iii. 63 To affirm even minor agreements came the ritualistic response of ‘Yo-hah!’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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