# horo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 母衣(ほろ) (horo, “cloak”).

### Noun

horo (plural horos)
* (historical) A large cloak worn by Japanese warriors to protect against arrows.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦoro]

### Noun

horo f
* vocative singular of hora

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”). Compare French heure, Italian ora, Spanish hora, Romanian oară, German Uhr, Dutch uur, Welsh awr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhoro]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oro
* Hyphenation: ho‧ro

### Noun

horo (accusative singular horon, plural horoj, accusative plural horojn)
* hour (period of 60 minutes)
    Estas dudek kvar horoj tage. ― There are twenty-four hours in a day.
    Estas la oka horo. ― It's eight o'clock. (literally, “It is the eighth hour.”)
* time (of day)
    Kioma horo estas? ― What time is it? (literally, “Which hour is it?”)

#### Hypernyms

* tempo (“time”)

#### Related terms

* horloĝo

## Finnish
### Etymology

Probably an alteration of huora (or earlier hoora), possibly by association with an earlier dialectal horo (“crack, hole”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhoro/, [ˈho̞ro̞]
* Rhymes: -oro
* Hyphenation: ho‧ro

### Noun

horo (colloquial, derogatory)
* ho, slut, whore

#### Declension

Possessive forms of horo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
horoni
horoni
accusative
nom.
horoni
horoni
gen.
horoni
genitive
horoni
horojeni
partitive
horoani
horojani
inessive
horossani
horoissani
elative
horostani
horoistani
illative
horooni
horoihini
adessive
horollani
horoillani
ablative
horoltani
horoiltani
allative
horolleni
horoilleni
essive
horonani
horoinani
translative
horokseni
horoikseni
abessive
horottani
horoittani
instructive
comitative
—horoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
horosi
horosi
accusative
nom.
horosi
horosi
gen.
horosi
genitive
horosi
horojesi
partitive
horoasi
horojasi
inessive
horossasi
horoissasi
elative
horostasi
horoistasi
illative
horoosi
horoihisi
adessive
horollasi
horoillasi
ablative
horoltasi
horoiltasi
allative
horollesi
horoillesi
essive
horonasi
horoinasi
translative
horoksesi
horoiksesi
abessive
horottasi
horoittasi
instructive
comitative
—horoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
horomme
horomme
accusative
nom.
horomme
horomme
gen.
horomme
genitive
horomme
horojemme
partitive
horoamme
horojamme
inessive
horossamme
horoissamme
elative
horostamme
horoistamme
illative
horoomme
horoihimme
adessive
horollamme
horoillamme
ablative
horoltamme
horoiltamme
allative
horollemme
horoillemme
essive
horonamme
horoinamme
translative
horoksemme
horoiksemme
abessive
horottamme
horoittamme
instructive
comitative
—horoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
horonne
horonne
accusative
nom.
horonne
horonne
gen.
horonne
genitive
horonne
horojenne
partitive
horoanne
horojanne
inessive
horossanne
horoissanne
elative
horostanne
horoistanne
illative
horoonne
horoihinne
adessive
horollanne
horoillanne
ablative
horoltanne
horoiltanne
allative
horollenne
horoillenne
essive
horonanne
horoinanne
translative
horoksenne
horoiksenne
abessive
horottanne
horoittanne
instructive
comitative
—horoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
horonsa
horonsa
accusative
nom.
horonsa
horonsa
gen.
horonsa
genitive
horonsa
horojensa
partitive
horoaan horoansa
horojaan horojansa
inessive
horossaan horossansa
horoissaan horoissansa
elative
horostaan horostansa
horoistaan horoistansa
illative
horoonsa
horoihinsa
adessive
horollaan horollansa
horoillaan horoillansa
ablative
horoltaan horoltansa
horoiltaan horoiltansa
allative
horolleen horollensa
horoilleen horoillensa
essive
horonaan horonansa
horoinaan horoinansa
translative
horokseen horoksensa
horoikseen horoiksensa
abessive
horottaan horottansa
horoittaan horoittansa
instructive
comitative
—horoineen horoinensa :

### Further reading

* “horo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-04-05

### Anagrams

* orho, rhoo

## Ido
### Noun

horo (plural hori)
* hour

## Japanese
### Romanization

horo
* Rōmaji transcription of ほろ

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *solo₃ (compare with Hawaiian holo, Tahitian horo, Samoan solo) from Proto-Polynesian *ŋaasolo (“to move swiftly forward”).

### Verb

horo
* to run
* to flee, to escape

### Adjective

horo
* fast, quick, swift

### Noun

horo
* speed

### Related terms

* hohoro
* horohoro

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 84
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “solo.3”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “gaasolo.a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* “horo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hurhwą.

### Noun

horo n
* mud

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: hōre
** Dutch: hore

#### Further reading

* “horo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hurhwą.

### Noun

horo n (genitive horowes)
* swampy soil

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Noun sense derives from ideophone sense, the root may be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɣó (“small”), which may link this word as a Doublet of owó (money)

#### Alternative forms

* wóró

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hó.ɾó/

#### Ideophone

hóró
* (of a small round object) being in small quantity

#### Noun

hóró
* seed, tablet
    Synonym: irúgbìn
* (by extension, biology, cytology) cell

##### Derived terms

* hóró kòkó (“cocoa bean”)
* hóró-hóró

### Etymology 2

Noun sense derives from ideophone sense

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hō.ɾō/

#### Ideophone

horo
* of a roundish confined space

#### Noun

horo
* a confined, narrow alley

### Etymology 3

Noun sense derives from ideophone sense

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hò.ɾò/

#### Noun

hòrò
* deep pit or hole
    Synonyms: ọ̀gbun, kòtò

##### Derived terms

* hòrò imú (“nostril”)

##### Related terms

* ihò (“hole”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hō.ɾó/

#### Noun

horó
* table
    Synonyms: ọpọ́n, tábìlì