# hoe
## Translingual
### Symbol

hoe
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Horom.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Horom terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) enPR: hō, IPA: /həʊ/
* (US) enPR: hō, IPA: /hoʊ/
* (General Australian) enPR: hō, IPA: /hoʉ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊ
* Homophone: ho

### Etymology 1

From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Frankish *hauwā (compare Middle Dutch houwe), from Frankish *hauwan (“to hew”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to cut, hew”). More at hew.

#### Noun

hoe (plural hoes)
* Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.
** (when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
    Synonym: hand hoe
    Hyponyms: action hoe, adze hoe, adz hoe, clam hoe, collineal hoe, collinear hoe, double hoe, draw hoe, drill hoe, Dutch hoe, eye hoe, flower hoe, fork hoe, grab hoe, grubbing hoe, grub hoe, hand hoe, hoedad, hoop hoe, Italian hoe, mortar hoe, pattern hoe, Paxton hoe, prong hoe, ridging hoe, scuffle hoe, swivel hoe, Warren hoe
    Coordinate terms: wheel hoe, backhoe, trackhoe
*** 2009, TRU TV, 28 March:
    It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe.
** Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.
    Hyponyms: wheel hoe, horse hoe, backhoe, trackhoe

##### Derived terms

* action hoe
* adze hoe
* adz hoe
* backhoe
* clam hoe
* collineal hoe
* collinear hoe
* double hoe
* draw hoe
* drill hoe
* Dutch hoe
* eye hoe
* flower hoe
* fork hoe
* grab hoe
* grubbing hoe
* grub hoe
* hand hoe
* hoedad
* hoe-farming
* hoe nightshade
* hoop hoe
* horse hoe
* Italian hoe
* mortar hoe
* pattern hoe
* Paxton hoe
* prong hoe
* ridging hoe
* scuffle hoe
* swivel hoe
* Warren hoe
* wheel hoe

##### Translations

Afrikaans: skoffelpik
Albanian: shat (sq) f, gërmues (sq)
Arabic: مِعْزَقة f (miʕzaqa)
Armenian: բրիչ (hy) (bričʻ)
Aromanian: sapã f
Assamese: কোৰ (kür)
Asturian: fesoria f
Avar: газа (gaza)
Azerbaijani: alaqkeş, toxa
Bashkir: тәпке (təpke), кәтмән (kətmən)
Basque: aitzur
Bats: თოჴ (toq)
Belarusian: маты́ка f (matýka)
Bikol Central: asadol
Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh: sangkul
Bulgarian: моти́ка (bg) f (motíka)
Catalan: aixada (ca)
Central Melanau: sakul
Chechen: цел (cel)
Cherokee: ᎦᎶᎪᏗ (galogodi)
Chichewa: khasu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鋤 / 锄 (zh) (chú)
Czech: motyka (cs) f
Danish: hakke c
Dutch: schoffel (nl) m, hak (nl) m
Egyptian: (ḥnn m), (ḫbsyt f), (jknw m)
Esperanto: rastro (eo), sarkilo
Estonian: kõblas (et)
Finnish: kuokka (fi), yksiteräinen kuokka, yksipäinen kuokka
French: binette (fr) f, houe (fr) f
Friulian: sape f
Galician: aixada (gl) f, legón m, ligoña f, sacho (gl) m
Georgian: თოხი (ka) (toxi)
German: Hacke (de) f
Alemannic German: Grebel m
Greek: τσάπα (el) f (tsápa)
Ancient: σκαφεῖον n (skapheîon), ἐπισκαφεῖον n (episkapheîon), σκαλίς f (skalís)
Hebrew: מעדר (he) m (má'der)
Hungarian: kapa (hu)
Iban: changkol
Icelandic: hlújárn (is) n
Ido: bineto (io), hauo (io)
Ingrian: kookka
Ingush: цел (cel)
Irish: grafóg f
Italian: zappa (it) f
Japanese: 鍬 (ja) (くわ, kuwa)
Kashubian: hôk m
Kazakh: шот (şot), кетпен (ketpen)
Kikuyu: icembe
Kitembo: fuka
Korean: 괭이 (ko) (gwaeng'i)
Ladino: kavakadura
Latgalian: kapacs f
Latin: sarculum n, marra (la) f
Latvian: kaplis (lv) m
Laz: ბერგი (bergi), თოხი (toxi), ჩაფა (çapa)
Lezgi: къупу (q̄upu)
Lithuanian: kaplys m
Luxembourgish: Heel m
Macedonian: мотика (mk) f (motika)
Malay: cangkul (ms), pangkur (ms), pacul (ms), cak (ms)
Malayalam: മൺവെട്ടി (ml) (maṇveṭṭi), തൂമ്പ (ml) (tūmpa), കൈക്കോട്ട് (kaikkōṭṭ‌)
Maltese: zappuna f, lexxuna f
Manchu: ᡥᠣᠮᡳᠨ (homin)
Maori: pāketu, hetiheti, tipitipi, karaone
Mazanderani: بلو (balu), فوکا (fokā)
Mingrelian: ბერგი (bergi), თოხი (toxi)
Mohawk: atshōkten
Mwani: jembe
Norman: houette f
Norwegian: hakke (no)
O'odham: sibiyo
Occitan: aissada (oc) f
Ossetian: къӕпи (k’æpi)
Ottoman Turkish: چاپه (çapa), كنند (kenend)
Pawnee: kátạreːrịwɩs
Persian: کج‌بیل (kaj-bil)
Piedmontese: sapa f
Plautdietsch: Weedhak f, Hak f
Polabian: ťüpål m
Polish: motyka (pl) f
Portuguese: enxada (pt) f, facholo m (Mozambique)
Quechua: lampa
Romanian: sapă (ro) f
Russian: тя́пка (ru) f (tjápka), моты́га (ru) f (motýga)
Rwanda-Rundi: isuka (Rundi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мотика f
Roman: motika (sh) f
Slovak: motyka f
Slovene: motika (sl) f
Southern Altai: кертме (kertme)
Spanish: azada (es) f, azadón (es) m, lampa (es) f
Svan: ბე̄რგ (bērg)
Swahili: jembe (sw)
Swedish: hacka (sv) c
Tagalog: asada, asarol
Tai Dam: chóp
Thai: จอบ (th) (jɔ̀ɔp)
Tumbuka: jembe
Turkish: çapa (tr)
Turkmen: kätmen
Udi: тохи (toꭓi)
Ukrainian: моти́ка f (motýka)
Uzbek: motiga (uz)
Venetan: sapa (vec) f
Vietnamese: cuốc (vi)
Welsh: hof f, chwynnogl f
West Coast Bajau: sangkul
Yiddish: גראָבאײַזן n (grobayzn)
Yucatec Maya: tuhnkuy
Yuchi: hafɛ
Zhuang: gvak
Zuni: waba’’ananne :

#### Verb

hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)
* (ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
    to hoe the earth in a garden
    Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.
    I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden.
* (transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
    to hoe corn

##### Derived terms

* hard row to hoe
* hoe in
* hoe into
* hoe one's row
* long row to hoe
* row to hoe
* tough row to hoe

##### Translations
#### See also

* mattock
* pick
* rake

#### Further reading

* Hoe (implement) in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

### Etymology 2

From non-rhotic whore.

#### Alternative forms

* ho

#### Noun

hoe (plural hoes)
* (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
** 1973, “Spoon”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod:Then we split to the Cafe Black Rose / To party with some hoes
** 1994, 0:00 from the start, in Juicy‎ (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:Fuck all you hoes. Get a grip, motherfucker.
** 2002, Eithne Quinn, Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap‎:[…] this chapter […] will […] explore why pimp (and hoe) characters, with their dramatic staging of gendered and occupational relations […] have taken such hold of the black youth imagination
** 2003, Dan Harrington, The Good Eye‎:At school they had been among the only couples that had not done “it” at the Pimp & Hoe parties that popped up occasionally at the dorm
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hoe.

##### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:prostitute

##### Derived terms

* art hoe
* bros before hoes
* captain save a hoe
* hoeism
* hoes before bros
* scare the hoes
* you can't turn a hoe into a housewife

#### Verb

hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)
* (US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”).
** 2003, Da’rel the Relentless One, M. T. Pimp‎:Pimpin’ came so naturally to MT when he and his sisters played pimp and hoe games that one of his sisters wanted to hoe for him when they grew up.

##### Derived terms

* hoe around

### Etymology 3

From Middle English hough, hogh, from Old English hōh.

#### Alternative forms

* hough

#### Noun

hoe (plural hoes)
* A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.

##### Usage notes

* Now used only in place names, such as Plymouth Hoe and Samphire Hoe.

### Etymology 4

Cognate with Dutch haai (“shark”), qv.

#### Noun

hoe (plural hoes)
* (Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.

### Anagrams

* HEO, Heo

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch hoe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦu/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

hoe
* how

#### Related terms

* hoekom

## Angor
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xoe/

### Noun

hoe
* water

### References

* Robert Lee Litteral, Features in Anggor Discourse (1980), page 38

## 'Are'are
### Noun

hoe
* friend

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoe, from Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦu/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: hoe
* Rhymes: -u

### Adverb

hoe
* how

#### Derived terms

* hoe dan ook
* hoedanig
* hoeveel
* hoezeer
* hoezo
* in hoeverre

#### Descendants

* Berbice Creole Dutch: ho
* Jersey Dutch: hû
* Negerhollands: hoe, ho, hue

### Conjunction

hoe
* (hoe ... hoe, hoe ... des te) the ... the, forms a parallel comparative
    Synonym: des te
    Hoe meer hoe beter! ― The more the better!
    Hoe eerder hoe beter! ― The sooner the better!

## Finnish
### Verb

hoe
* inflection of hokea:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

## Garo
### Particle

hoe
* yes, indeed

#### Usage notes

There is no real equivalent of an antonym to yes in Garo. When denoting negative sentences, attach the suffix -ja to the main verb.

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fohe, from Proto-Central Pacific *voce, from Proto-Oceanic *pose, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *boʀse, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay (“canoe paddle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈho.e/, [ˈho.we]

### Noun

hoe
* oar
* paddle

### Verb

hoe
* to row
* to paddle

#### Derived terms

* hoʻohoe

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hoe”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of hoe – see 花 (“flower; blossom; florid; flowery; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 花).

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fohe, from Proto-Central Pacific *voce, from Proto-Oceanic *pose, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *boʀse, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay (“canoe paddle”).

### Noun

hoe
* oar
* paddle

### Verb

hoe
* to row
* to paddle

#### Derived terms

* hoea

### References

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

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.

### Adverb

hoe
* how, in what way/manner
* how, to what degree

#### Alternative forms

* woe (eastern)

#### Descendants

* Dutch: hoe
* Limburgish: woe

### Further reading

* “hoe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hoe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronoun

hoe
* Alternative form of heo (“she”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

hoe
* Alternative form of he (“they”)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːə/

### Noun

hoe f (definite singular hoa, indefinite plural hoer, definite plural hoene)
* Alternative form of ho

## Old French
### Etymology

Of Germanic origin, probably from or related to Frankish *hauwan (“to chop”).

### Noun

hoe oblique singular, f (oblique plural hoes, nominative singular hoe, nominative plural hoes)
* hoe (tool)

## Scots
### Etymology

Probably from Norn høg or Middle Norwegian haa. Ultimately from Old Norse hár

### Noun

hoe (plural hoes)
* The piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [hwɛ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [hwɛ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [wɛ˧˧]

### Adjective

hoe • (暉, 槐)
* reddish; carroty
    khóc nhiều mắt đỏ hoe ― to cry so much that the eyes become reddish
    tóc hoe hoe ― reddish hair

#### Derived terms

* đỏ hoe

## Welsh
### Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from English ho (“a stop; a halt”).

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /hoːɨ̯/
* (South Wales) IPA: /hɔi̯/

### Noun

hoe f (plural hoeau, not mutable)
* pause, break, rest
    Synonyms: egwyl, gosteg, saib, seibiant

### References

* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hoe”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian hū, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hu/

### Adverb

hoe
* how (interrogative)

#### Derived terms

* hoe't

#### Further reading

* “hoe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011