ho

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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!”).

Interjection[edit]

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!
  2. halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
    • Shakespeare
      What noise there, ho?
    • Shakespeare
      Ho! who's within?
Translations[edit]
nautical: attention grabber
References[edit]
  • 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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 woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
    Bros before hos!
Translations[edit]
whore

Anagrams[edit]

Cantonese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • ho (Yale ho4)

Proper noun[edit]

ho

  1. Cantonese spelling of Chinese surname 何.

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin hoc.

Pronoun[edit]

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

Usage notes[edit]

  • Ho cannot be used with either en or hi.

Declension[edit]

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.

Contraction[edit]

Proclictic
Enclictic

Chickasaw[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ho

  1. they

Czech[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ho m, n

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

Synonyms[edit]

  • (accusative of on): jej

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ho (plural ho-oj, accusative singular ho-on, accusative plural ho-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter H/h.

See also[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ho

  1. oh

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ho

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

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ho

  1. See ほ
  2. See ホ

Middle English[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ho

  1. who

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hon.

Pronoun[edit]

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?

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “ho” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

See also[edit]

    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, honom3 hans
Third person f ho ho, henne hennar, hennes4
Third person n det, dat1 det, dat1 dess 2
Plural
First person me, vi oss vår m
Second person de, dokker dykk, dokker dykkar, dokkar, deires4
Third person dei dei, deim3 deira
Notes
1Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
2Rare or literary
3No longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
4No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.

Slovak[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ho m, n

  1. short genitive singular form of on
  2. short accusative singular form of on
  3. short genitive singular form of ono
  4. short accusative singular form of ono

Synonyms[edit]

  • (long form): jeho
  • (prepositional form): neho

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

Declension[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ho

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

See also[edit]

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