heiho

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 兵補 (へいほ, heiho, “auxiliaries”), from 兵 (へい, hei, “soldier, weapon, war”) + 補 (ほ, ho, “supplement, assistant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hei.ho/
• Hyphenation: héi‧ho

Noun

heiho (first-person possessive heihoku, second-person possessive heihomu, third-person possessive heihonya)

1. Japanese colonial auxiliaries.