ho

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Interjection

ho

  1. (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!
[edit] Translations
nautical: attention grabber
[edit] References
  • 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

[edit] Etymology 2

An eye dialect corruption of whore, from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo' (more) and fo' (for).

[edit] Noun

ho (plural hos or hoes)

  1. (slang, pejorative) A whore; a sexually loose woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a female with connotations of loose sexuality.
    Bros before hos!
[edit] Translations
whore

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Pronunciation

  • ho (Yale ho4)

[edit] Proper noun

ho

  1. Cantonese spelling of Chinese surname 何.

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

From Latin hoc.

[edit] Pronoun

ho (enclitic and proclitic)

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

[edit] Usage notes

  • Ho cannot be used with either en or hi.

[edit] Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi2 em, m' -me, 'm em, m' -me, 'm meu
2nd person tu et, t' -te, 't et, t' -te, 't teu
2nd person formal4 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person  very formal1 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'3 -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 formal1 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 third person.
2) Only as object of a preposition.		 3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

[edit] Contraction

Proclictic
Enclictic

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[edit] Pronoun

ho

  1. they

[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronoun

ho m., n.

  1. Accusative case of on.
  2. Accusative case of ono.

[edit] Synonyms

  • (accusative of on): jej

[edit] Esperanto

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[edit] Interjection

ho

  1. oh

[edit] Italian

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[edit] Verb

ho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avere - I have

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Syllable

ho

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

[edit] Middle English

[edit] Pronoun

ho

  1. who

[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse hon.

[edit] Pronoun

ho (accusative ho/henne, genitive hennar)

  1. she
    Ho er bestevenen min.
    She is my best friend.
  2. her
    Er det ho som skal vera med?
    Is it her who is joining us?

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] References

  • “ho” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

[edit] See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk
Nominative Objective case Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person eg meg min m.
Second person du deg din m.
Third person m. han han, honom hans
Third person f. ho ho, henne hennar
Third person n. det, dat† det, dat† dess (rare, literary)
Plural
First person me, vi oss vår m.
Second person de dykk dykkar
Third person dei dei, deim† deira

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

ho c.

  1. a trough; a long container for feeding or watering animals.
  2. a sink; often mounted to a wall; especially a kitchen sink or a washing sink.

[edit] Declension

Declension of ho
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ho hon hoar hoarna
genitive hos hons hoars hoarnas

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Pronoun

ho

  1. (obsolete) who
  2. (dialectal) she

[edit] See also

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