sho

See also: SHO, Sho, Shö, shō, Shō, sho', -sho, -shō, and shō-

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃoʊ/
• Homophone: show
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

Adverb

sho (not comparable)

1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sure.
   • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 97:

     “I sho am glad. You sho you all right? I thought sho you was dead this time.”

2. (childish) Pronunciation spelling of so.

Derived terms

• fo sho
• sho nuff

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 笙 (shō).

Noun

sho (plural shos)

1. A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the sheng.

Translations

East Asian reed pipe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 笙 (zh) (shēng), (archaic) 笙簧 (zh) (shēnghuáng)

• Finnish: shō
• Japanese: 笙 (ja) (shō)
• Korean: 소 (ko) (so)

Etymology 3

Of modern scholarly coinage. From its Bactrian pronunciation /ʃ/, and the final omricon (ο) found at the end of almost all Bactrian words.

Noun

sho (plural shos)

1. A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.

Translations

name of the letter Ϸ, ϸ

• Esperanto: ŝo (eo)
• Finnish: šoo, shoo (fi)
• Italian: sho m or f

See also

• gino-sho
• kanto-sho
• shukun-sho

Anagrams

• HOS, Hos., OHS, OHs, Osh, Soh, hos, ohs, osh, soh

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sho, used to illustrate Bactrian ϸ (š). Also compare the archaic Greek character Ϻ (S).

Noun

sho m or f (invariable)

1. sho (Greek letter)

Japanese

Romanization

sho

1. The hiragana syllable しょ (sho) or the katakana syllable ショ (sho) in Hepburn romanization.

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French chaud (“hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo/
• Rhymes: -o

Adjective

sho

1. hot

References

• Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
• Thomas A. Klingler, If I Could Turn My Tongue Like that: The Creole of Pointe Coupee Parish

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sho

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of sche

Etymology 2

Noun

sho (plural shos or shon)

1. Alternative form of scho (“shoe”)

Etymology 3

Verb

sho

1. Alternative form of schon (“to shoe”)

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃò/

Noun

sho

1. frost

   Tłʼéédą́ą́ʼ sho yiigaii jiní.

   It frosted last night, I hear.

Alternative forms

• shoh

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃo/ [ˈʃo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sho

Interjection

¡sho!

1. (Guatemala, colloquial) shush!, hush!
2. (Guatemala, colloquial) wow!, whoa!

Pronoun

sho

1. (Rioplatense) Pronunciation spelling of yo.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-sho

1. to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• shoo

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ćao.

Interjection

sho

1. (slang) hi

Usage notes

• Often in "Sho bre!" (Hi, bro!).
• Usually pronounced identically to the native greeting tjo.

See also

• bre
• hej (has a list of greetings and farewells)

References

• Slangopedia

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-sho

1. (intransitive) to say
2. (intransitive) to mean

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• -sholo (applicative)
• -shiso (causative)
• -shoyisho (diminutive)
• -shisiso (intensive)
• -shoko (neuter-passive)
• -shiwo (passive)
• -shono (reciprocal)

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “sho”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sho”