-h

English en Are there any instances of -h being used to censor words that don't need it for phonetic reasons? Etymology en An orthographic device that forces the preceding vowel to be read Checked and free vowels short: en dih /dɪ/, en bruh /bɹʌ/, etc. (not */da͡ɪ, bɹu/). Although the letter en h has long been used ad-hoc for this purpose in English — see en yuh and en meh — the practice of clipping content words to humorous effect took off as an Internet meme in 2025 and created a productive association between en -h and such clippings. en Did this originate as an actual sound shift or purely orthographic? Perhaps terms like en fuh fuck were partly inspired by (memetic use of) en bruh Suffix en suffix en Internet slang also originally AAVE Used to censor words. en dick dih en ass ahh en Internet slang humorous Used to form humorous alterations of words by analogy. en fish fih Derived terms en Afar Pronunciation -h Suffix aa suffix Marks the benefactive case: for ...'s benefit Marks the allative case: towards Marks the prolative case: by way of Marks the instrumental case: using; with Marks the adessive case: on; on top of Marks the temporal case: during; on Marks the causal case: because of Marks the estimative case: of about Marks the assertive mood: really aa + aa én or aa geytimé Marks the verbal noun Used after the genitive case of nouns ending on a vowel, before words beginning with a vowel References 357 Beja Suffix bej suffix bej pronoun 3nd-person possessive suffix: his, her, their See also Classical Nahuatl Pronunciation nci /-ʔ/ Etymology 1 Suffix nci suffix Used to form the plural of absolutive noun forms. Examples: nci cōconeh, plural form of nci conētl child nci māmazah, plural form of nci mazātl deer nci tēteoh, plural form of nci teōtl god Usage notes Some nouns pluralized with nci -h undergo the reduplication of their first or second syllable. Synonyms used to form the plural of a noun nci -meh, nci -queh, nci -tin Derived terms see :Category:Classical Nahuatl plurals Etymology 2 Suffix nci suffix Forms the plural of verbs. Only used for animate subjects. nci titītza to stretch something → nci quititītzah They stretch it nci itta to see something → nci quittah They see it nci tolīnia to bother someone, to make suffer → nci ammotolīniah You (plrl.) suffer, You are bothered nci titītza to stretch something → nci motitītzah They stretch (themselves) nci itta to see something → nci tiquittah We see it nci pāca to wash something → nci tlapācah They wash something, they wash things Dena'ina Etymology Compare aht -xu. Pronunciation -h Suffix tfn suffix in, at an area References 104 Karelian Etymology 1 -h -h From krl urj-fin-pro *-sen *-hen. Cognates include fi -Vn and vep -he. Pronunciation krl /-h/ Suffix Used to form the illative case: into krl linna town linna linnah into a town Etymology 2 -h -h From krl urj-fin-pro *-sen *-hen. Cognates include fi -Vn and vep -ze. Pronunciation krl /-h/ Suffix Used to mark the possession of the third person: his, her, their krl jalka leg jalka jalkah his/her leg(s) References 47 Lower Tanana Pronunciation taa /h/ Suffix taa suffix taa uncommon A suffix appearing in a small number of nouns Derived terms taa References 222 Maltese Pronunciation mt /ħ/ Suffix suffix m personal pronouns mt -u him, it, used after a vowel mt qatlu they killed qatluh they killed him Related terms mt hu, mt huwa mt personal pronouns