ဟို

See also: ဟ, ဟံး, ဟု, ဟူ, ဟံၣ်, 𑄦, ဟုံ, and ဟီု

Burmese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ho²² "that"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hò/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hui • ALA-LC: hui • BGN/PCGN: ho • Okell: hou

Determiner

ဟို • (hui)

1. (colloquial) that

Synonyms

• ထို (htui) (literary)
• ဟိုဒင်း (huidang:)
• ဟိုဟာ (huiha)
• အဲဒါ (ai:da)

Derived terms

• ဟိုဒင်း (huidang:)
• ဟိုနှယ်သည်နှယ် (huihnaisanyhnai)
• ဟိုမှာ (huihma, “there”)
• ဟိုသင်း (huisang:)
• ဟိုဟာ (huiha)
• အဲဟို (ai:hui)

 

Further reading

• “ဟို” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “ဟို” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.