ho-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ho"

Choctaw

Etymology 1

Prefix

ho- (before vowels oh-, imperative second-person plural)

1. the subject of an imperative verb

   let you (all), do you (all), do ye

2. (obsolete) used in place of ordinary pronominal suffixes in the communication between in-laws, especially a man and his mother-in-law
   I̱ mintilih. → Ho mintilih. (traditional spelling)

   I come with him.

Inflection

Choctaw Person Markers

			class I			class II		class III		class N		imperative
			+s	+C	+V	+C/i	+a/o	+C	+V	+C	+V	+C	+V
first-person	singular	initial	-li			sa-	si-	a̱-	am-	ak-		n/a
		medial						-sa-	-sam-
	paucal		ī-		il-	pi-		pi̱-	pim-	kī-	kil-
	plural					hapi-		hapi̱-	hapim-
second-person	singular		is-	ish-		chi-		chi̱-	chim-	chik-		∅
	plural		has-	hash-		hachi-		hachi̱-	hachim-	hachik-		ho-	oh-
third-person			∅			∅		i̱-	im-	ik-

Etymology 2

Prefix

ho- (adjectival)

1. forms plurals of adjectives
   ofi chito → ofi hochito

   big dog → big dogs

Hawaiian

Prefix

ho-

1. (before an okina followed by long vowel) Synonym of hoʻo-

Navajo

Prefix

ho-

1. indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun denoting space or area

Derived terms

• hodíłchʼil — dense (area)
• hólǫ́ — there is
• honeezílígi — subtropics (hot area)
• hoodzo — zone
• hooghan — home (space)
• hooghan bikááʼ — roof
• hoolʼá — area extends on
• hoolʼáágóó — forever (extended)
• hoozdo — warm (area)
• hózhǫ́ — harmony (space)
• hózhóní — (a space) is beautiful

Volapük

Prefix

ho-

1. Used to specify castrated male sex.

Derived terms

Volapük terms prefixed with ho-

Wiyot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑ-/

Preverb

ho-

1. The indefinite article: a, an

References

• Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 95