шо

шо

See also: што and що

Chechen

Etymology

Akin to Ingush шу (šu).

Noun

шо • (šo)

1. year

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Ingush

Etymology

Akin to Chechen шу (šu).

Pronoun

шо • (šo)

1. you

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Macedonian

Etymology

Conversational form of што (što).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɔ]

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• Hyphenation: шо
• Rhymes: -ɔ

Pronoun

шо • (šo)

1. (colloquial) what, alternative form of што (što)

   Шо збо́руваш? ― Šo zbóruvaš? ― What are you saying?

   Шо? ― Šo? ― What?

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Russian

Alternative forms

• чё (čo), чо (čo) – other areas

Etymology

Distorted form of что (što), possibly influenced by Ukrainian що (ščo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂo]

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Pronoun

шо • (šo)

1. (low colloquial, nonstandard, proscribed, Ukraine, Southern Russia) what, alternative form of что (što)

   Шо ты говори́шь?

   Šo ty govoríšʹ?

   What are you saying?)

   (Note: letter "г" (g) is typically pronounced as /ɣ/ or /ɦ/ in these regions, close or identical to Ukrainian "г" (h))

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Conversational form of що (ščo). Compare Macedonian шо (šo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɔ]

Pronoun

шо • (šo)

1. (colloquial) what, alternative form of що (ščo)

Derived terms

• шо́кати (šókaty)

References

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “шо”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina