хо

See also: -ҳо and Appendix:Variations of "ho"

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate to Standard Mandarin 好 (hǎo).

Adjective

хо • (ho)

1. good, well

Ossetian

Etymology

From an earlier *xor, from *xvahar, from Proto-Iranian *hwáhā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

хо • (xo)

1. (Iron) sister

   медицинон хо – nurse

See also

• хуӕрӕ (xwæræ)

Russian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xo]

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Interjection

хо • (xo)

1. ha (expressing laughter)
2. expressing surprise, irony, regret, or admiration
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Related terms

• ха-ха́ (xa-xá)
• ха-ха-ха́ (xa-xa-xá)

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *koəj, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho]
• Hyphenation: хо

Noun

хо • (xo)

1. birch

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 19
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “хо”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN