See also: hóo
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English hoo, shoo "she" from Old English hēo "she". More at she.
PronounEdit
hoo (third-person singular, feminine, nominative case, accusative and possessive her, possessive hers, reflexive herself)
- (South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire) she
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English hoo, ho. More at ho.
InterjectionEdit
hoo!
- (obsolete) hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy
- Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! Hoo! hoo! — Shakespeare, Coriolanus.
- With, hoo! such bugs and goblins in my life — Shakespeare, Hamlet.
- (Geordie) Used to grab the attention of others.
- "Hoo yee!"
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English howe, hu "how" from Old English hū "how". More at how.
AdverbEdit
hoo (not comparable)
- (Northumbrian, Geordie) how
ReferencesEdit
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[1]
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [3]
Etymology 4Edit
From Old English hōh.
NounEdit
hoo
- (obsolete outside placenames) A strip of land; a peninsula.
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hoo
- aitch (The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.)
DeclensionEdit
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hoo | hoot | |
| accusative | nom.? | hoo | hoot |
| gen. | hoon | ||
| genitive | hoon | hoiden hoitten |
|
| partitive | hoota | hoita | |
| inessive | hoossa | hoissa | |
| elative | hoosta | hoista | |
| illative | hoohon | hoihin | |
| adessive | hoolla | hoilla | |
| ablative | hoolta | hoilta | |
| allative | hoolleˣ | hoilleˣ | |
| essive | hoona | hoina | |
| translative | hooksi | hoiksi | |
| instructive | — | hoin | |
| abessive | hootta | hoitta | |
| comitative | — | hoineen | |
Usage notesEdit
- Speakers often use the corresponding forms of h-kirjain ("letter H, letter h") instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.