ho
Translingual Edit
Symbol Edit
ho
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /hoʊ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
- Homophones: hoe, hoh
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare Dutch ho, German ho, Old French ho! (“hold!, halt!”).
Interjection Edit
ho
- (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
- Sail ho! ― Another boat is visible!
- Land ho! ― Land is visible!
- Man ho! ― A town is visible!
- halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- What noise there, ho?
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:
- Ho! who's within?
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- O ho, O ho! Would't had been done!
- c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires
- Ho! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 93:
- "That was a shot! But the captain will be glad! Ho, ho, here we are!" he cried till it was re-echoed from all the hills around.
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:
- "So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!"
- (rare) Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
- 1900, Ching Foo, the Yellow Dwarf; Or the Bradys and the Opium Smokers, page 2:
- "I'll hit you again, you thief !” he cried angrily, shaking “Ho-ho-ho!” he croaked.
- 1955, John Sack, From Here to Shimbashi - Volume 637, page 172:
- It was quite an astonishing show. Colonel Paul Malone of the U.S. Army kept thwacking away with all his might and main, shouting "Ho!"
- 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a):
- Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!
- 2008, Daniel Hellmund, The Answer for Laria, page 93:
- Ho! Take that vile Foresythe!” He snapped his wrist, clicking the stick against the bowed sides of a barrel.
Translations Edit
Noun Edit
ho
- A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
- 1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore:
- There is no ho with them.
References Edit
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2 Edit
Pronunciation spelling of whore in a non-rhotic accent with the dough-door merger, which is found in some varieties of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”).
Alternative forms Edit
Noun Edit
- (slang, derogatory) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
- Bros before hoes!
- 2001, “Psycho”, in Toxicity, performed by Serj Tankian with System of a Down:
- So you want to see the show? You really don't have to be a ho.
- 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World/Ballantine Books, page 204:
- They was saying the jawn freaked out and called the cops cause all her sorority sistahs started ragging on her and calling her a stank ho for fucking half the basketball team.
- 2010, Dennis Shields, God Went Fishing[2], page 69:
- "You looking for one of my ho's?" the diminutive man asked Sigmund.
"A hoe?" Sigmund asked, wondering why the little man wished to sell him farming equipment in the city.
"You know, a ho. A tute. A honey, A righteous bit of poontang, my brother," he said.
"I don't follow," Sigmund said.
"Indubitably, I means a ho, a whore. I can tell you is a player. You want a whore?" he asked.
Synonyms Edit
- See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit
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Verb Edit
ho (third-person singular simple present hos, present participle hoing, simple past and past participle hoed)
- To act as a ho.
Etymology 3 Edit
From Middle English howe, houwe, hoȝe, from Old English hogu and hoga, from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz, *huguz (“mind, thought, understanding”), akin to Old High German hugu, hugi (Middle High German hüge), Old Saxon hugi (Middle Dutch höghe, Dutch heug), Old Norse hugr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs).
Alternative forms Edit
Noun Edit
ho (plural hos)
- (obsolete) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
- 1567, George Turberville, “A. Sani di Cure Aunsweres”, in Heroycall Epistles of Ovid, 155v:
- Though there bee A thousand cares that heape my hoe.
- 1798, Charlotte Turner Smith, The Young Philosopher, I. 195:
- Him that..this gentlewoman is in such a hoe about.
- 1869-70, William Barnes, “The Widow’s House”, in Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect[4]:
- But by day to the zun they must rise
To their true lives o' tweil an' ov ho.
- 1875, William Douglas Parish, A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect[5] (at cited word):
- I doänt see as you've any call to putt yourself in no such terrible gurt hoe over it.
Etymology 4 Edit
From Middle English howen, hoȝen, hogien, from Old English hogian, hugian, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną. Cognate with Middle Scots huik, Old High German hucken, Old Saxon huggjan, Dutch heugen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan).
Alternative forms Edit
Verb Edit
ho
- (obsolete) To care, be anxious, long.
- 1787, F. Grose, Provinc. Gloss (at cited word):
- To ho for anything, to long for any thing. Berks.
- 1847-78, J. O. Halliwell, Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words:
- Ho...to long for anything; to be careful and anxious. West.
- 1869-70, William Barnes, The Bells of Alderburnham, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect:
- But still 'tis happiness to know That there's a God above us; An' he, by day an' night do ho Vor all ov us an' love us.
- 1874, T. Hardy, Far from Madding Crowd, II. xxiii. 289:
- To ho and hanker after thik woman.
- 1888, B. Lowsley, Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases:
- Ho, to long for; to care greatly for.
- 1787, F. Grose, Provinc. Gloss (at cited word):
Anagrams Edit
Catalan Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin hoc. Compare Occitan o and ac.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Eastern) IPA(key): /u/, /əw/
- (Western) IPA(key): /u/, /ew/, /o/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ew/, /u/, /o/
Pronoun Edit
ho (enclitic and proclitic)
- it (direct object); replaces the demonstrative pronouns açò, això and allò
- replaces an independent clause (one which could grammatically form a sentence on its own)
- replaces an adjective or an indefinite noun which serves as the predicate of ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar
Usage notes Edit
- Ho cannot be used with either en or hi.
- ho is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.
- Ho sabem. ― We know that.
- -ho is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs.
- Puc fer-ho. ― I can do it.
- Deixa-ho. ― Leave it.
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
Chickasaw Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho
Czech Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho m or n
- accusative of on
- Synonym: jej
- accusative of ono
Danish Edit
Interjection Edit
ho
- (onomatopoeia) Signifies a hearty laugh.
See also Edit
Esperanto Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
ho (accusative singular ho-on, plural ho-oj, accusative plural ho-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter H.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo
Interjection Edit
ho
See also Edit
Finnish Edit
Etymology Edit
Compare Karelian ho. An interjection that is found in many languages.[1]
Pronunciation Edit
Interjection Edit
ho
- Synonym of oho
References Edit
French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Interjection Edit
ho
- Used by tamer to calm the animal they are taming, especially horses; whoa
- Ho ! Tout doux ! ― Whoa! Easy!
- Used to express surprise or shock
- Ho mon Dieu ! ― Oh my God!
Further reading Edit
- “ho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician Edit
Etymology Edit
From home (“man”).
Pronunciation Edit
Interjection Edit
ho!
- used closing the sentence to bolster the attention of the listener; emphatic
- Para, ho! ― Stop!
- Non o volvo facer! Non ho! ― I'm not doing this again! No way!
References Edit
- “ho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Guaraní Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
ho (active, intransitive, irregular)
- to go
- Che aháta che rógape.
- I am going home.
Conjugation Edit
Italian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
ho
- first-person singular present indicative of avere (“I have”)
References Edit
- ^ ho in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese Edit
Romanization Edit
ho
Lower Sorbian Edit
Preposition Edit
ho
- Obsolete spelling of wó
Middle English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call).
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Interjection Edit
ho
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- “hō, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho
- Alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)
Etymology 3 Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho
- Alternative form of he (“he”)
Etymology 4 Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho
- Alternative form of heo (“she”)
Etymology 5 Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho
- Alternative form of he (“they”)
Etymology 6 Edit
Noun Edit
ho
- Alternative form of hough (“hough, hock”)
Etymology 7 Edit
Noun Edit
ho
- Alternative form of hough (“promontory”)
Etymology 8 Edit
Noun Edit
ho
- Alternative form of oo (“one”)
Muong Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho (accusative henne, genitive hennes)
- (nonstandard, dialectal) she (form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hun)
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō (compare *ainaz). Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Swedish hon.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho (accusative ho or henne, genitive hennar)
Pronoun Edit
ho
- she, it (third person singular, feminine)
- Ho er bestevenninna mi. ― She is my best friend.
- her
- Synonym: henne
- Eg ser ho. ― I see her.
Usage notes Edit
Unlike other Scandinavian languages, Nynorsk ho is used to refer not only to feminine persons, but any feminine noun. E.g.: Boka er god. Eg likar ho. (“The book is good. I like it.”)
See also Edit
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
Etymology 2 Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Noun Edit
ho f (definite singular hoa, indefinite plural hoer, definite plural hoene)
- female
- Hoa legg egga oppe i eit tre. ― The female lays the eggs up in a tree.
References Edit
- “ho” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish Edit
Conjunction Edit
ho
- Alternative spelling of ó
Preposition Edit
ho
- Alternative spelling of ó
Orya Edit
Noun Edit
ho
References Edit
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 110
Romanian Edit
Interjection Edit
ho
Slovak Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho
- short genitive/accusative singular of on
- short genitive/accusative singular of ono
Synonyms Edit
Soqotri Edit
Pronoun Edit
ho
Swedish Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
ho c
- a trough; a long container for feeding or watering animals.
- a sink; often mounted to a wall; especially a kitchen sink or a washing sink.
- Synonym: diskho
Declension Edit
Declension of ho | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ho | hon | hoar | hoarna |
Genitive | hos | hons | hoars | hoarnas |
Derived terms Edit
See also Edit
- slasktratt (“sink (for discharging wastewater)”)
Etymology 2 Edit
See vem.
Pronoun Edit
ho
- (archaic) who
- 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Esaiah, 40:13-14
- Hoo vnderwisar HERRANS anda/ och hwadh rådhgiffuare lärer honom? Hwem fråghar han om rådh, then honom förstånd giffuer/ och lärer honom rettzens wägh/ och lärer honom klookheet och wijsar honom förståndzens wägh?
- (1873 edition) Ho undervisar Herrans Anda; och hvad rådgifvare lärer honom? Hvem frågar han om råd, den honom förstånd gifver, och lärer honom rättsens väg, och lärer honom klokhet, och viser honom förståndsens väg?
- Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
- Ho äst du?
- Who art thou?
- 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Esaiah, 40:13-14
Usage notes Edit
In earlier Swedish, ho was the nominative form of vem (hvem), corresponding to the difference between English who and whom. Unlike in English, where the oblique form is being replaced by the nominative, the reverse has happened in Swedish.
Related terms Edit
Etymology 3 Edit
Dialectal form of hon, with identical meaning.
Pronoun Edit
ho
Tagalog Edit
Pronunciation 1 Edit
Particle Edit
hô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓ)
- (familiar) honorific particle used while speaking to one's superior, elder, or guest
- Synonym: po
- Taga-saan naman ho kayo? ― Where are you from, sir/madam?
Usage notes Edit
The word ho is used more on informal, familiar or conversational contexts than po.
Derived terms Edit
Pronunciation 2 Edit
Interjection Edit
ho (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓ)
- used to stop a horse, usually repeated
See also Edit
Tircul Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Numeral Edit
See also Edit
Toba Batak Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, compare Malay kau and Tetum ó.
Pronoun Edit
ho
Vietnamese Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Vietic *hɔː.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hɔ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hɔ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [hɔ˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Verb Edit
- to cough
Derived terms Edit
Warao Edit
Noun Edit
ho
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors, citing Andrés Romero-Figueroa, Warao, Lincom Studies in Native American Linguistics 06 (1997, Munich/ Newcastle: Lincom Europa)
Yola Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle English ho, from Old Norse hó.
Interjection Edit
ho
- ho
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13:
- Ha-ho! be mee coshes, th'ast ee-pait it, co Joane;
- Hey-ho! by my conscience, you have paid it, quoth John;
References Edit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 90
Yoruba Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
hó
- (transitive, of liquids) to boil
- (intransitive, of liquids) to become gaseous, to become boiled
- to form bubbles or lather
- to roar with noise
- òkún ń hó yee; ọ̀sà ń mì lẹ̀gbẹ̀ ― The sea was roaring; the lagoon was swaying majestically
Derived terms Edit
- híhó (“boiling”)
- hógùdùgùdù
- hóyaya
- èhó (“something that is boiled”)
- ìhó (“the act of boiling”)
Related terms Edit
- bọ́ (“to cook in boiling water”)
Etymology 2 Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- fó (Ìgbómìnà)
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
hó
Derived terms Edit
Zhuang Edit
Etymology Edit
Cognate with Bouyei hol (“garlic”).
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Pronunciation Edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ho˨˦/
- Tone numbers: ho1
- Hyphenation: ho
Noun Edit
ho (1957–1982 spelling ho)