ho
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From either Old Norse hó or Old French ho (“‘halt’”)
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ho
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[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
- (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.
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whore
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[edit] Pronoun
ho (unstressed personal, enclictic -ho)
- replaces the demonstrative pronouns açò, això and allò
- replaces an independent clause (one which could grammatically form a sentence on its own)
- replaces an adjective or an indefinite noun which serves as the predicate of ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar
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- Proclictic
- Enclictic
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ho
[edit] Czech
[edit] Pronoun
ho m., n.
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- (accusative of on): jej
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ho
[edit] Italian
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[edit] Verb
ho
- The first-person singular present indicative form of the verb avere.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
| Inflection for ho | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | ho | hon | hoar | hoarna |
| Possessive form | hos | hons | hoars | hoarnas |
- Trough; a long container for feeding or watering animals.
- Sink; often mounted to a wall; especially a kitchen sink or a washing sink.
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ho
[edit] See also
Categories: Old Norse derivations | Old French derivations | English interjections | Nautical | English nouns | Slang | Pejoratives | English two-letter words | Catalan pronouns | Chickasaw pronouns | Czech pronouns | Esperanto interjections | Esperanto BRO1 | Italian verb forms | Swedish nouns | Swedish pronouns | sv:Obsolete | sv:Dialectal