huo

See also: Huo, huō, huó, huǒ, huò, and huơ

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French huet. See hueto. Decision no. 1402, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huo/

Noun

huo (plural hui)

1. (ornithology) owl, particularly the little owl (Athene noctua)

Derived terms

• hueto (“tawny owl”)
• huo nivea (“snowy owl”)
• paserohuo (“pygmy owl”)
• sparvierohuo (“hawk-owl”)

 

References

• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 296
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 200

Mandarin

Romanization

huo (huo⁵／huo⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄨㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 和

Romanization

huo

1. Nonstandard spelling of huō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of huó.
3. Nonstandard spelling of huǒ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of huò.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Pronoun

huo

1. (especially Kent) Alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwō.

Adverb

huo

1. how

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hoe
  • Dutch: hoe
  • Limburgish: woe

Further reading

• “huo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

huo

1. boo

Swahili

Adjective

huo

1. Class III / M class inflected form of hiyo.
2. U class inflected form of hiyo.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhuʔo/ [ˈhuː.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -uʔo
• Syllabification: hu‧o

Interjection

huo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜂ) (Rizal)

1. Alternative form of oo: yes