hó
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ho"
Dakota
Noun
hó
- voice (of a human or animal)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhoː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -hoː
Etymology 1
From Proto-Ugric *kŭmĭ, from Proto-Uralic *kume. Cognates include Tundra Nenets хавˮ (χāβ, “a thin crust of snow”), Omok ку (ku, “snow”).
Noun
hó (usually uncountable, plural havak)
- snow
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hó | havak |
| accusative | havat | havakat |
| dative | hónak | havaknak |
| instrumental | hóval | havakkal |
| causal-final | hóért | havakért |
| translative | hóvá | havakká |
| terminative | hóig | havakig |
| essive-formal | hóként | havakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hóban | havakban |
| superessive | havon | havakon |
| adessive | hónál | havaknál |
| illative | hóba | havakba |
| sublative | hóra | havakra |
| allative | hóhoz | havakhoz |
| elative | hóból | havakból |
| delative | hóról | havakról |
| ablative | hótól | havaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | hóé | havaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | hóéi | havakéi |
| Possessive forms of hó | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | havam | havaim |
| 2nd person sing. | havad | havaid |
| 3rd person sing. | hava | havai |
| 1st person plural | havunk | havaink |
| 2nd person plural | havatok | havaitok |
| 3rd person plural | havuk | havaik |
Derived terms
- havas
- havazik
Compound words
- hébe-hóba
- hóágyú
- hóbagoly
- hóbucka
- hócipő
- hóember
- hóesés
- hófajd
- hófehér
- hóförgeteg
- hófúvás
- hógolyó
- hógömb
- hókócsag
- hókupac
- hólapát
- hópárduc
- hópehely
- hópihe
- hótakaró
- hótorlasz
- hóvakság
- hóvihar
- hóvirág
- porhó
Expressions
- esik a hó
Etymology 2
From Proto-Ugric *kŭɣĭ, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe. Cognates include Hungarian hold (“moon”), Finnish and Estonian kuu.
Noun
hó
- (archaic or formal) Synonym of hónap (“month”).
Derived terms
- havi
Compound words
- hónap
Etymology 3
An onomatopoeia.[1]
Interjection
hó
- whoa (when commanding a horse to stop)
- whoa (an expression of surprise)
References
- hó in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- (snow): hó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (month): hó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (expression of surprise, joy, or horror): hó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (an exclamation to get attention or to command a horse to stop): hó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Irish
Noun
hó
- h-prothesized form of ó
Min Nan
| For pronunciation and definitions of hó – see 好 (“good; well; etc.”). (This character, hó, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 好.) |
Navajo
Pronoun
hó
- fourth-person singular and duoplural pronoun he, she, they, someone
See also
Navajo personal pronouns
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shí | nihí | danihí |
| 2nd person | ni | nihí | danihí |
| 3rd person | bí | bí | daabí |
| 4th person (3a) | hó | hó | daahó |
Old Irish
Conjunction
hó
- Alternative spelling of ó
Preposition
hó
- Alternative spelling of ó