# ho
## Translingual
### Symbol

ho
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Hiri Motu.

## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /həʊ/
* (US) IPA: /hoʊ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊ
* Homophones: hoe, hoh

### Etymology 1

From Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare Dutch ho, German ho, Old French ho! (“hold!, halt!”).

#### Interjection

ho
* (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
    Sail ho! ― Another boat is visible!
    Land ho! ― Land is visible!
    Man ho! ― A town is visible!
* halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
** c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:What noise there, ho?
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:Ho! who's within?
** 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:O ho, O ho! Would't had been done!
** c. 1600, John Ayliffe, Satires:Ho! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.
** 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 93:"That was a shot! But the captain will be glad! Ho, ho, here we are!" he cried till it was re-echoed from all the hills around.
** 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:"So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!"
** 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 24:"How such swooning daughters can do it, constantly fainting and having hysterics, is a mystery to me," said Muriel Jane. "Ho, they're a pretty sly lot," said Silvander Dan.
* (rare) Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
** 1900, Ching Foo, the Yellow Dwarf; Or the Bradys and the Opium Smokers, page 2:"I'll hit you again, you thief !” he cried angrily, shaking “Ho-ho-ho!” he croaked.
** 1955, John Sack, From Here to Shimbashi - Volume 637, page 172:It was quite an astonishing show. Colonel Paul Malone of the U.S. Army kept thwacking away with all his might and main, shouting "Ho!"
** 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a):
    Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!
** 2008, Daniel Hellmund, The Answer for Laria, page 93:Ho! Take that vile Foresythe!” He snapped his wrist, clicking the stick against the bowed sides of a barrel.

##### Derived terms

* ho there

##### Translations
#### Noun

ho
* A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
** 1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore:There is no ho with them.

##### References

* 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of whore in a non-rhotic accent with the dough-door merger, which is found in some varieties of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”). The noun first appears c. 1964, whereas the verb first appears c. 1972.

#### Alternative forms

* hoe

#### Noun

ho (plural hos or hoes or heaux)
* (slang, derogatory) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
    Bros before hoes!
** 2001, “Psycho”, in Toxicity, performed by Serj Tankian with System of a Down:So you want to see the show? You really don't have to be a ho.
** 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 204:They was saying the jawn freaked out and called the cops cause all her sorority sistahs started ragging on her and calling her a stank ho for fucking half the basketball team.
** 2010, Dennis Shields, God Went Fishing‎, page 69:"You looking for one of my ho's?" the diminutive man asked Sigmund. "A hoe?" Sigmund asked, wondering why the little man wished to sell him farming equipment in the city. "You know, a ho. A tute. A honey, A righteous bit of poontang, my brother," he said. "I don't follow," Sigmund said. "Indubitably, I means a ho, a whore. I can tell you is a player. You want a whore?" he asked.
* (slang, offensive) A woman in general; a bitch.

##### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

##### Derived terms

* ho stroll
* ho tag
* hoism

##### Translations
#### Verb

ho (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)
* (transitive, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To act as a ho, to prostitute.
** 2003 November 18, Greywolf Johnson, “Do you know any of these? <g>”, in alt.strange.days‎ (Usenet):She holds down a decent job during the day, but is secretly hoeing around with at least 5 different trifling men.

### Etymology 3

From Middle English howe, houwe, hoȝe, from Old English hogu and hoga, from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz, *huguz (“mind, thought, understanding”), akin to Old High German hugu, hugi (Middle High German hüge), Old Saxon hugi (Middle Dutch höghe, Dutch heug), Old Norse hugr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs).

#### Alternative forms

* hoe

#### Noun

ho (plural hos)
* (obsolete) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
** 1567, George Turberville, “A. Sani di Cure Aunsweres”, in Heroycall Epistles of Ovid, 155v:Though there bee A thousand cares that heape my hoe.
** 1798, Charlotte Turner Smith, The Young Philosopher, I. 195:Him that..this gentlewoman is in such a hoe about.
** 1869-70, William Barnes, “The Widow’s House”, in Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect‎:But by day to the zun they must rise To their true lives o' tweil an' ov ho.
** 1875, William Douglas Parish, A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect‎ (at cited word):I doänt see as you've any call to putt yourself in no such terrible gurt hoe over it.

### Etymology 4

From Middle English howen, hoȝen, hogien, from Old English hogian, hugian, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną. Cognate with Middle Scots huik, Old High German hucken, Old Saxon huggjan, Dutch heugen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan).

#### Alternative forms

* hoe

#### Verb

ho
* (obsolete) To care, be anxious, to long.
** 1787, F. Grose, Provinc. Gloss (at cited word):
    To ho for anything, to long for any thing. Berks.
** 1847-78, J. O. Halliwell, Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words:
    Ho...to long for anything; to be careful and anxious. West.
** 1869-70, William Barnes, The Bells of Alderburnham, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect:
    But still 'tis happiness to know That there's a God above us; An' he, by day an' night do ho Vor all ov us an' love us.
** 1874, T. Hardy, Far from Madding Crowd, II. xxiii. 289:To ho and hanker after thik woman.
** 1888, B. Lowsley, Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases:Ho, to long for; to care greatly for.

### Anagrams

* OH, oh, Oh, -oh, Oh.

## Asturian
### Etymology

Clipping of home

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈo/ [ˈo]

### Interjection

ho
* friendly interjection used at the end of a phrase when speaking to someone, "bro", "man"
    ¿Sabíes eso, ho?Did you know that, man?
    Vamos pa mio casa, hoLet's go to my place, man
* used closing the sentence to bolster the attention of the listener; emphatic
    ¡Apara yá, ho!Stop (it) already, man!

#### Usage notes

* This interjection is used very frequently in Asturian, more than English man or bro, as such when translating to English many instances of "ho" would not be translated.
* Although "ho" was originally the adult male form, the children equivalent being nin, "ho" is now used extensively for either, without taking into account the receptor's gender or age, while "nin" has largely retained its connotations.
* "Ho" is usually only used at the end of phrases, "home" is used at the beginning.
    Eso ye lo qu'hai de facer, ho ― That's what you gotta do, man
    Home, eso ye lo qu'hai de facer ― Man, that's what you gotta do

## Breton
### Determiner

ho (requires hard mutation)
* your pl
    ho preudeur ― your brothers

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin hoc. Compare Occitan o and ac.

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern) IPA: /u/, /əw/
* (Western) IPA: /u/, /ew/, /o/
* (Valencia) IPA: /ew/, /u/, /o/

### Pronoun

ho (enclitic and proclitic)
* it (direct object); replaces the demonstrative pronouns açò, això and allò
* replaces an independent clause (one which could grammatically form a sentence on its own)
* replaces an adjective or an indefinite noun which serves as the predicate of ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar

#### Usage notes

* Ho cannot be used with either en or hi.
* ho is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.
    Ho sabem. ― We know that.
* -ho is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs.
    Puc fer-ho. ― I can do it.
    Deixa-ho. ― Leave it.

#### Declension

| | strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive |
| singular | | proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |
| 1st person | jo, mi$^3$ | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu |
| 1st person majestic$^1$ | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre |
| 2nd person | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu |
| 2nd person formal$^1$ | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre |
| 2nd person very formal$^2$ | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu |
| 3rd person masculine | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu |
| 3rd person feminine | ella | la, l’$^4$ | -la | li | -li | seu |
| 3rd person neuter | | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu |
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu |
| plural | | | | | | |
| 1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre |
| 2nd person | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre |
| 2nd person formal$^2$ | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu |
| 3rd person masculine | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu |
| 3rd person feminine | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu |
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu |
| adverbial | | | | | | |
| ablative/genitive | | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | | | |
| locative | | hi | -hi | | | |
| $^{1)}$ Behaves grammatically as plural. $^{2)}$ Behaves grammatically as third person. | $^{1)}$ Behaves grammatically as plural. $^{2)}$ Behaves grammatically as third person. | $^{1)}$ Behaves grammatically as plural. $^{2)}$ Behaves grammatically as third person. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. |

#### Derived terms

* m'ho
* s'ho
* t'ho
* 'ls-ho
* 'ns-ho
* -ens-ho
* -li-ho
* -los-ho
* -m'ho
* -s'ho
* -t'ho
* -us-ho
* -vos-ho

## Chickasaw
### Pronoun

ho
* they

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦo]
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

ho m or n
* accusative of on
    Synonym: jej
* accusative of ono

## Danish
### Interjection

ho
* (onomatopoeia) Signifies a hearty laugh.

#### See also

* ha, he, hi, hæ, hø, hår

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ho]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ho

### Noun

ho (accusative singular ho-on, plural ho-oj, accusative plural ho-ojn)
* The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

### Interjection

ho
* oh

#### See also

* hu

## Finnish
### Etymology

Compare Karelian ho. An interjection that is found in many languages.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈho/, [ˈho̞]
* Rhymes: -o
* Hyphenation: ho

### Interjection

ho
* Synonym of oho

### References

* ↑ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o/
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

ho
* Used by tamers to calm the animal they are taming, especially horses; whoa
    Ho ! Tout doux ! ― Whoa! Easy!
* Used to express surprise or shock
    Ho mon Dieu ! ― Oh my God!

### Further reading

* “ho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

From home (“man”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ/

### Interjection

ho!
* used closing the sentence to bolster the attention of the listener; emphatic
    Para, ho! ― Stop!
    Non o volvo facer! Non ho! ― I'm not doing this again! No way!

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ho/
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### Verb

ho (active, intransitive, irregular)
* to go
    Che aháta che rógape.I am going home.

#### Conjugation

* (che) aha
* (nde) reho
* (ha'e) oho
* (ñande) jaha
* (ore) roho
* (peẽ) peho
* (ha'ekuéra) oho

## Hanunoo
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həqə (“yes; expression of agreement”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhuʔ/ [ˈhoʔ]
* Rhymes: -uʔ
* Syllabification: ho

#### Interjection

hô (Hanunoo spelling ᜱᜳ)
* yes (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance)

##### Alternative forms

* ho'

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhu/ [ˈho]
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: ho

#### Pronoun

ho (Hanunoo spelling ᜱᜳ) (literary)
* 1st person nominative pronoun: I; me
    Synonyms: ako, (literary) kaa

##### Alternative forms

* hom

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 128

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* o (misspelling)
* ò (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ/$^*$
* (some parts of Central Italy) IPA: /ˈɔ/$^°$
* Rhymes: -ɔ

### Verb

ho
* first-person singular present indicative of avere (“I have”)

### References

* ↑ ho in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Japanese
### Romanization

ho
* The hiragana syllable ほ (ho) or the katakana syllable ホ (ho) in Hepburn romanization.

## Lower Sorbian
### Preposition

ho
* Obsolete spelling of wó.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call).

#### Alternative forms

* hoo

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔː/

#### Interjection

ho
* stop, hold

##### Descendants

* English: ho
* Yola: ho

##### References

* “hō, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

ho
* Alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

ho
* Alternative form of he (“he”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronoun

ho
* Alternative form of heo (“she”)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronoun

ho
* Alternative form of he (“they”)

### Etymology 6
#### Noun

ho
* Alternative form of hough (“hough, hock”)

### Etymology 7
#### Noun

ho
* Alternative form of hough (“promontory”)

### Etymology 8
#### Noun

ho
* Alternative form of oo (“one”)

## Muong
### Alternative forms

* hò

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔ¹/
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### Pronoun

ho
* (Mường Bi) I; me

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse hon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huː/

### Pronoun

ho (accusative henne, genitive hennes)
* (nonstandard, dialectal) she (form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hun)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huː/, [hu̞ː]
* (Selbu) IPA: [hũ̞ː]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō (compare *ainaz). Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Swedish hon.

#### Alternative forms

* hu
* hon, hun (Northern Fyrdemål, with stress)
* hon (Bergen dialect)
* hån (Saltenmål, with stress)
* hona (Hallingmål, vald, with stress)
* ’a (east, Trøndelag dialect, without stress)

#### Pronoun

ho (accusative ho or henne, genitive hennar)
* she, it (third person singular, feminine)
    Ho er bestevenninna mi. ― She is my best friend.
* her
    Synonym: henne
    Eg ser ho. ― I see her.

##### Usage notes

Unlike other Scandinavian languages, Nynorsk ho is used to refer not only to feminine persons, but any feminine noun. E.g.: Boka er god. Eg likar ho. (“The book is good. I like it.”)
In some dialects, ho may precede a female given name or a definite singular feminine noun. E.g: e(r) ho mang(e) ho klokka no? (“what time is it now?”); det er ho Stine som kjem jo! (“It is Stine who is coming (over there)!”)

#### See also

$^1$Obsolete. $^2$Landsmål. $^3$Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* hoe

#### Noun

ho f (definite singular hoa, indefinite plural hoer, definite plural hoene)
* female
    Hoa legg egga oppe i eit tre. ― The female lays the eggs up in a tree.

### References

* “ho” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Verb

hō
* first-person singular present indicative of hōn

## Old Irish
### Conjunction

ho
* Alternative spelling of ó

### Preposition

ho
* Alternative spelling of ó

## Orya
### Noun

ho
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 110

## Romanian
### Interjection

ho
* Used to calm or stop a domestic animal, especially horses; whoa.
    Ho! Ușor! ― Whoa! Easy!
* (vulgar) Used to calm down a person.
    Ho! Nu mai țipa ! ― Whoa! Stop screaming!

## Slovak
### Alternative forms

* jeho, neho, oň (after prepositions)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɦɔ]

### Pronoun

ho
* genitive/accusative of on and ono

## Swedish
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ho c
* a trough; a long container for feeding or watering animals.
* a sink; often mounted to a wall; especially a kitchen sink or a washing sink.
    Synonym: diskho

##### Derived terms

* diskho
* tvättho

#### See also

* slasktratt (“sink (for discharging wastewater)”)

### Etymology 2

See vem.

#### Pronoun

ho
* (archaic) who
** 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Esaiah, 40:13-14
    Hoo vnderwisar HERRANS anda/ och hwadh rådhgiffuare lärer honom? Hwem fråghar han om rådh, then honom förstånd giffuer/ och lärer honom rettzens wägh/ och lärer honom klookheet och wijsar honom förståndzens wägh?(1873 edition) Ho undervisar Herrans Anda; och hvad rådgifvare lärer honom? Hvem frågar han om råd, den honom förstånd gifver, och lärer honom rättsens väg, och lärer honom klokhet, och viser honom förståndsens väg?Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
    Ho äst du?Who art thou?

##### Usage notes

* In earlier Swedish, ho was the nominative case form of vem (spelt hvem), corresponding to the difference between English who and whom. Unlike in English, where the oblique form gives way to the nominative, the reverse has happened in Swedish.

##### Related terms

* vem

### Etymology 3

See hon.

#### Pronoun

ho
* (dialectal) Alternative form of hon (“she”)

### References

* ho in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ho in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ho in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈhoʔ/ [ˈhoʔ]
* Rhymes: -oʔ
* Syllabification: ho

#### Particle

hô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓ)
* (familiar) honorific particle used while speaking to one's superior, elder, or guest
    Synonym: po
    Taga-saan naman ho kayo? ― Where are you from, sir/madam?

##### Usage notes

* The word does not appear at a beginning of a sentence unless used alone.
* The word ho is used more on informal, familiar or conversational contexts than po. On some dialects, this is not observed and may even be more used than po.

##### Derived terms

* huhuan
* huhuin

##### Related terms

* oho

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈho/ [ˈho]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: ho

#### Interjection

ho (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓ)
* used to stop a horse, usually repeated

##### See also

* la

### Further reading

* “ho”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* Oh, oh

## Tircul
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɔː/

### Numeral

* 3 (three)

#### See also

* (Pyu digits):

## Toba Batak
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, compare Malay kau and Tetum ó.

### Pronoun

ho
* you

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَاء (ḥāʔ).

### Noun

ho (plural holar)
* the Arabic letter ح

#### Declension
## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *hɔː.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [hɔ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [hɔ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [hɔ˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Verb

ho • (呼, 𤵡)
* to cough

#### Derived terms

* ho hen

## Warao
### Noun

ho
* water

#### Descendants

* Hosororo

### References

* Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors, citing Andrés Romero-Figueroa, Warao, Lincom Studies in Native American Linguistics 06 (1997, Munich/ Newcastle: Lincom Europa)

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English ho, from Old Norse hó.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔː/

### Interjection

ho
* ho
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:Ha-ho! be mee coshes, th'ast ee-pait it, co Joane;Hey-ho! by my conscience, you have paid it, quoth John;

#### Derived terms

* ha-ho

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hó/
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#### Verb

hó
* (transitive, of liquids) to boil
* (intransitive, of liquids) to become gaseous, to become boiled
* to form bubbles or lather
* to roar with noise
    òkún ń hó yee; ọ̀sà ń mì lẹ̀gbẹ̀ ― The sea was roaring; the lagoon was swaying majestically

##### Derived terms

* híhó (“boiling”)
* hógùdùgùdù
* hóyaya
* èhó (“something that is boiled”)
* ìhó (“the act of boiling”)

##### Related terms

* bọ́ (“to cook in boiling water”)

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* fó (Igbomina)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hó/

#### Verb

hó
* (transitive) to peel off the skin or bark of something
    Synonym: bó

##### Derived terms

* ahó
* híhó (“peeling”)
* hójẹ
* hóṣu (“to peel yam”)
* ìhó (“the act of peeling”)

## Zhuang
### Etymology

Cognate with Bouyei hol (“garlic”).
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### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ho˨˦/
* Tone numbers: ho$^1$
* Hyphenation: ho
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### Noun

ho (1957–1982 spelling ho)
* garlic
    Synonym: suenq

#### Derived terms

* gyaeujho