hōu
See also: hou, Hou, hóu, hǒu, hòu, and ȟou
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- hou (nonstandard)
Romanization
hōu (hou1, Zhuyin ㄏㄡ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呲.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼸.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齁.
Maori
Alternative forms
- hoou
- hou
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *foqou, from Proto-Central Pacific *vaqou, from Proto-Oceanic *paqoʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.
Adjective
hōu
- new (recently made or created)
Derived terms
- whakahōu
References
- “hōu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.