ho
Translingual
Symbol
ho
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Hiri Motu.
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /hoʊ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
- Homophones: hoe, hoh
Etymology 1
From Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare Dutch ho, German ho, Old French ho! (“hold!, halt!”).
Interjection
ho
- (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
- Sail ho! ― Another boat is visible!
- Land ho! ― Land is visible!
- Man ho! ― A town is visible!
- halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:
- What noise there, ho?
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene vi]:
- Ho! who's within?
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
- O ho, O ho! Would't had been done!
- c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires
- Ho! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 93:
- "That was a shot! But the captain will be glad! Ho, ho, here we are!" he cried till it was re-echoed from all the hills around.
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:
- "So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!"
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- (rare) Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
- 1900, Ching Foo, the Yellow Dwarf; Or the Bradys and the Opium Smokers, page 2:
- "I'll hit you again, you thief !” he cried angrily, shaking “Ho-ho-ho!” he croaked.
- 1955, John Sack, From Here to Shimbashi - Volume 637, page 172:
- It was quite an astonishing show. Colonel Paul Malone of the U.S. Army kept thwacking away with all his might and main, shouting "Ho!"
- 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a):
- Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!
- 2008, The Answer for Laria:
- Ho! Take that vile Foresythe!” He snapped his wrist, clicking the stick against the bowed sides of a barrel.
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Translations
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Noun
ho
- A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
- 1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore
- There is no ho with them.
- 1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore
References
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Pronunciation spelling of whore in a non-rhotic accent with the dough-door merger, which is found in some varieties of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”).
Alternative forms
- hoe
Noun
ho (plural hos or hoes)
- (slang) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
- Bros before hoes!
- 2001, “Psycho”, in Toxicity, performed by Serj Tankian with System of a Down:
- So you want to see the show? You really don't have to be a ho.
- 2010, Dennis Shields, God Went Fishing, page 69:
- "You looking for one of my ho's?" the diminutive man asked Sigmund.
"A hoe?" Sigmund asked, wondering why the little man wished to sell him farming equipment in the city.
"You know, a ho. A tute. A honey, A righteous bit of poontang, my brother," he said.
"I don't follow," Sigmund said.
"Indubitably, I means a ho, a whore. I can tell you is a player. You want a whore?" he asked.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
Derived terms
- ho stroll
Translations
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Verb
ho (third-person singular simple present hos, present participle hoing, simple past and past participle hoed)
- To act as a ho.
- 2003 November 18, Greywolf Johnson, “Do you know any of these? <g>”, in alt.strange.days, Usenet:
- She holds down a decent job during the day, but is secretly hoeing around with at least 5 different trifling men.
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Etymology 3
From Middle English howe, houwe, hoȝe, from Old English hogu and hoga, from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz, *huguz (“mind, thought, understanding”), akin to Old High German hugu, hugi (Middle High German hüge), Old Saxon hugi (Middle Dutch höghe, Dutch heug), Old Norse hugr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs).
Alternative forms
- hoe
Noun
ho (plural hos)
- (obsolete) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
- 1567, George Turberville, “A. Sani di Cure Aunsweres”, in Heroycall Epistles of Ovid, 155v:
- Though there bee A thousand cares that heape my hoe.
- 1798, Charlotte Turner Smith, The Young Philosopher, I. 195:
- Him that..this gentlewoman is in such a hoe about.
- 1869-70, William Barnes, “The Widow’s House”, in Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect:
- But by day to the zun they must rise
To their true lives o' tweil an' ov ho.
- 1875, William Douglas Parish, A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect (at cited word):
- I doänt see as you've any call to putt yourself in no such terrible gurt hoe over it.
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Etymology 4
From Middle English howen, hoȝen, hogien, from Old English hogian, hugian, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną. Cognate with Middle Scots huik, Old High German hucken, Old Saxon huggjan, Dutch heugen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan).
Alternative forms
- hoe
Verb
ho
- (obsolete) To care, be anxious, long.
- 1787, F. Grose, Provinc. Gloss (at cited word):
- To ho for anything, to long for any thing. Berks.
- 1847-78, J. O. Halliwell, Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words:
- Ho...to long for anything; to be careful and anxious. West.
- 1869-70, William Barnes, The Bells of Alderburnham, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect:
- But still 'tis happiness to know That there's a God above us; An' he, by day an' night do ho Vor all ov us an' love us.
- 1874, T. Hardy, Far from Madding Crowd II. xxiii. 289:
- To ho and hanker after thik woman.
- 1888, B. Lowsley, Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases:
- Ho, to long for; to care greatly for.
- 1787, F. Grose, Provinc. Gloss (at cited word):
Anagrams
- OH, Oh, oh
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin hoc. Compare Occitan o and ac.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern) IPA(key): /u/, /əw/
- (Western) IPA(key): /u/, /ew/, /o/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ew/, /u/, /o/
Pronoun
ho (enclitic and proclitic)
- it (direct object); replaces the demonstrative pronouns açò, això and allò
- replaces an independent clause (one which could grammatically form a sentence on its own)
- replaces an adjective or an indefinite noun which serves as the predicate of ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar
Usage notes
- Ho cannot be used with either en or hi.
- ho is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.
- Ho sabem. ― We know that.
- -ho is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs.
- Puc fer-ho. ― I can do it.
- Deixa-ho. ― Leave it.
Declension
strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
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singular | proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | ||||
1st person | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu | ||
1st person majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | ||
2nd person formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
2nd person very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person masculine | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person feminine | ella | la, l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person neuter | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
plural | ||||||||
1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
2nd person formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person masculine | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person feminine | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
adverbial | ||||||||
ablative/genitive | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | ||||||
locative | hi | -hi | ||||||
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person. | 3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. |
Derived terms
- m'ho
- s'ho
- t'ho
- -ens-ho
- -li-ho
- -los-ho
- 'ls-ho
- -m'ho
- 'ns-ho
- -s'ho
- -t'ho
- -us-ho
- -vos-ho
Chickasaw
Pronoun
ho
- they
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦo]
Pronoun
ho m, n
- accusative of on
- Synonym: jej
- accusative of ono
Danish
Interjection
ho
- (onomatopoeia) Signifies a hearty laugh.
See also
- ha, he, hi, hæ, hø, hår
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ho]
- Audio:
(file) - Hyphenation: ho
Noun
ho (accusative singular ho-on, plural ho-oj, accusative plural ho-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter H.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo
Interjection
ho
- oh
See also
- hu
Finnish
Etymology
Compare Karelian ho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈho/, [ˈho̞]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification(key): ho
Interjection
ho
- Synonym of oho
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o/
Audio (file)
Interjection
ho
- Used by tamer to calm the animal they are taming, especially horses; whoa
- Ho ! Tout doux ! ― Whoa! Easy!
- Used to express surprise or shock
- Ho mon Dieu ! ― Oh my God!
Further reading
- “ho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From home (“man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ/
Interjection
ho!
- used closing the sentence to bolster the attention of the listener; emphatic
- Para, ho! ― Stop!
- Non o volvo facer! Non ho! ― I'm not doing this again! No way!
References
- “ho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Guaraní
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ho/
Verb
ho (active, intransitive, irregular)
- to go
- Che aháta che rógape.
- I am going home.
- Che aháta che rógape.
Conjugation
- (che) aha
- (nde) reho
- (ha'e) oho
- (ñande) jaha
- (ore) roho
- (peẽ) peho
- (ha'ekuéra) oho
Italian
Alternative forms
- o (misspelling)
- ò (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ/*
- (some parts of Central Italy) IPA(key): /ˈɔ/°[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔ
Verb
ho
- first-person singular present indicative of avere (“I have”)
References
- ho in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese
Romanization
ho
- Rōmaji transcription of ほ
- Rōmaji transcription of ホ
Lower Sorbian
Preposition
ho
- Obsolete spelling of wó
Middle English
Etymology 1
Probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call).
Alternative forms
- hoo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔː/
Interjection
ho
- stop, hold
Descendants
- English: ho
- Yola: ho
References
- “hō, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Pronoun
ho
- Alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)
Pronoun
ho
- Alternative form of he (“he”)
Pronoun
ho
- Alternative form of heo (“she”)
Pronoun
ho
- Alternative form of he (“they”)
Noun
ho
- Alternative form of hough (“hough, hock”)
Noun
ho
- Alternative form of hough (“promontory”)
Noun
ho
- Alternative form of oo (“one”)
Muong
Alternative forms
- hò
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔ¹/
Pronoun
ho
- (Mường Bi) I; me
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huː/
Pronoun
ho (accusative henne, genitive hennes)
- (nonstandard, dialectal) she (form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hun)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huː/, [hu̞ː]
- (Selbu) IPA(key): [hũ̞ː]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō (compare *ainaz). Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Swedish hon.
Alternative forms
- hu
- hon, hun (nfj, with stress)
- hon (Bergensk)
- hån (Saltenmål, with stress)
- hona (hal, vald, with stress)
- ’a (east, trø, without stress)
Pronoun
ho (accusative ho or henne, genitive hennar)
Pronoun
ho
- she, it (third person singular, feminine)
- Ho er bestevenninna mi. ― She is my best friend.
- her
- Eg ser ho. ― I see her.
- Synonym: henne
Usage notes
Unlike other Scandinavian languages, Nynorsk ho is used to refer not only to feminine persons, but any feminine noun. E.g.: Boka er god. Eg likar ho. (“The book is good. I like it.”)
See also
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
Alternative forms
- hoe
Noun
ho f (definite singular hoa, indefinite plural hoer, definite plural hoene)
- female
- Hoa legg egga oppe i eit tre. ― The female lays the eggs up in a tree.
References
- “ho” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Conjunction
ho
- Alternative spelling of ó
Preposition
ho
- Alternative spelling of ó
Orya
Noun
ho
- water
References
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 110
Romanian
Interjection
ho
- Used to calm or stop a domestic animal, especially horses; whoa.
- Ho ! Ușor ! ― Whoa! Easy!
- (vulgar) Used to calm down a person.
- Ho! Nu mai țipa ! ― Ho! Stop screaming!
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɦo]
Pronoun
ho
- short genitive/accusative singular of on
- short genitive/accusative singular of ono
Synonyms
- (long form): jeho
- (prepositional form): neho
Swedish
Noun
ho c
- a trough; a long container for feeding or watering animals.
- a sink; often mounted to a wall; especially a kitchen sink or a washing sink.
- Synonym: diskho
Declension
Declension of ho | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ho | hon | hoar | hoarna |
Genitive | hos | hons | hoars | hoarnas |
Derived terms
- diskho
- tvättho
See also
- slasktratt (“sink (for discharging wastewater)”)
Etymology 2
See vem.
Pronoun
ho
- (archaic) who
- 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Esaiah, 40:13-14
- Hoo vnderwisar HERRANS anda/ och hwadh rådhgiffuare lärer honom? Hwem fråghar han om rådh, then honom förstånd giffuer/ och lärer honom rettzens wägh/ och lärer honom klookheet och wijsar honom förståndzens wägh?
- (1873 edition) Ho undervisar Herrans Anda; och hvad rådgifvare lärer honom? Hvem frågar han om råd, den honom förstånd gifver, och lärer honom rättsens väg, och lärer honom klokhet, och viser honom förståndsens väg?
- Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
- Ho äst du?
- Who art thou?
- 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Esaiah, 40:13-14
Usage notes
In earlier Swedish, ho was the nominative form of vem (hvem), corresponding to the difference between English who and whom. Unlike in English, where the oblique form is being replaced by the nominative, the reverse has happened in Swedish.
Related terms
- vem
Etymology 3
Dialectal form of hon, with identical meaning.
Pronoun
ho
- (dialectal) she
Tagalog
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ˈhoʔ/, [ˈhoʔ]
Particle
hô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓ)
- honorific particle used while speaking to one's superior, elder, or guest
- Taga-saan naman ho kayo? ― Where are you from, sir/madam?
- Synonym: po
Usage notes
The word ho is used more on informal, familiar or conversational contexts than po.
Derived terms
- huhuan
- huhuin
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /ˈho/, [ˈho]
Interjection
ho (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓ)
- used to stop a horse, usually repeated
See also
- la
Tircul
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɔː/
Numeral
- 3 (three)
See also
- (Pyu digits):
Toba Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, compare Malay kau and Tetum ó.
Pronoun
ho
- you
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *hɔː.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hɔ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hɔ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [hɔ˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Verb
ho • (呼, 𤵡)
- to cough
Derived terms
- ho hen
Warao
Noun
ho
- water
Descendants
- Hosororo
References
- Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors, citing Andrés Romero-Figueroa, Warao, Lincom Studies in Native American Linguistics 06 (1997, Munich/ Newcastle: Lincom Europa)
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English ho, from Old Norse hó.
Interjection
ho
- ho
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13:
- Ha-ho! be mee coshes, th'ast ee-pait it, co Joane;
- Hey-ho! by my conscience, you have paid it, quoth John;
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 90
Yoruba
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hó/
Verb
hó
- (transitive, of liquids) to boil
- (intransitive, of liquids) to become gaseous, to become boiled
- to form bubbles or lather
- to roar with noise
- òkún ń hó yee; ọ̀sà ń mì lẹ̀gbẹ̀ ― The sea was roaring; the lagoon was swaying majestically
Derived terms
- èhó (“something that is boiled”)
- híhó (“boiling”)
- hógùdùgùdù
- hóyaya
- ìhó (“the act of boiling”)
Related terms
- bọ́ (“to cook in boiling water”)
Alternative forms
- fó (Ìgbómìnà)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hó/
Verb
hó
- (transitive) to peel off the skin or bark of something
- Synonym: bó
Derived terms
- ahó
- híhó (“peeling”)
- hójẹ
- hóṣu (“to peel yam”)
- ìhó (“the act of peeling”)
Zhuang
Etymology
Cognate with Bouyei hol (“garlic”).
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Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ho˨˦/
- Tone numbers: ho1
- Hyphenation: ho
Noun
ho (1957–1982 spelling ho)
- garlic
- Synonym: suenq
Derived terms
- gyaeujho