See also: KHO, Kho, khó, khô, khŏ, khổ, kho͘, khò, khó͘, and khö

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

kho

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Khotanese.

French edit

Etymology edit

From Algerian Arabic خو (brother).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡzo/
  • Rhymes: -o
  • (file)

Noun edit

kho m (plural khos)

  1. (slang) brother, bro
    Synonyms: khey, frère, frérot
    • 2002, “Ma définition”, in Temps mort, performed by Booba:
      C’est pousser comme une ortie parmi les roses / Et ils sont trop alors j’appelle mes khos les ronces
      It’s growing like a nettle among roses / And there’s too many of them so I call my brothers brambles

Hokkien edit

For pronunciation and definitions of kho – see (“sort; class; kind; law; regulation; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Particle edit

kho

  1. indeed

Vietnamese edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

kho (𤋹 - 𪹜, 𧁷, 𤋼, 𤇌)

  1. to braise; to stew; to simmer
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (warehouse, storehouse, SV: khố).

Noun edit

kho (𢉽 - , )

  1. a warehouse; storehouse; depot
  2. a depository; storage place
  3. (figurative) a great quantity; large amount
  4. (figurative) the treasury
Derived terms edit

White Hmong edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff.[1] That said, perhaps borrowed from Chinese (jiù, “to save, rescue”) and/or (, “firm, solid, fixed”)?”

Verb edit

kho

  1. to heal
  2. to fix, arrange, repair
  3. to reforge or repair (metal knives, etc. that have been chipped or blunted)
Derived terms edit
  • kho mob (to heal sickness, cure disease)

Etymology 2 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Perhaps borrowed from Chinese (, “lonely”)?”

Adjective edit

kho

  1. lonely, melancholy, filled with longing and nostalgia, homesick
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 98.

Xhosa edit

Pronoun edit

-kho

  1. Combining stem of wena used with possessive concords.
  2. Combining stem of khona.

Zulu edit

Pronoun edit

-kho

  1. Combining stem of wena used with possessive concords.
  2. Combining stem of khona.