huo
See also: Huo, huō, huó, huǒ, and huò
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French huet. See hueto. Decision no. 1402, Progreso VII.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huo/
Noun
huo (plural hui)
- (ornithology) owl, particularly the little owl (Athene noctua)
Derived terms
- hueto (“tawny owl”)
- huo nivea (“snowy owl”)
- paserohuo (“pygmy owl”)
- sparvierohuo (“hawk-owl”)
References
- Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 296
- Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 200
Mandarin
Romanization
huo
- Nonstandard spelling of huō.
- Nonstandard spelling of huó.
- Nonstandard spelling of huǒ.
- Nonstandard spelling of huò.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Pronoun
huo
- (especially Kent) Alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwō.
Adverb
huo
- how
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: hoe
- Dutch: hoe
- Limburgish: woe
Further reading
- “huo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Romanian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
huo
- boo
Swahili
Adjective
huo
- Class III / M class inflected form of hiyo.
- U class inflected form of hiyo.