higo

Chinese

Etymology

The pronunciation of "hi" and "go" sounds similar to Mandarin 海狗 (hǎigǒu, “dogs of [Huawei] Navy”), a derogatory slang term for 海軍／海军 (hǎijūn), "[Huawei] Navy." The latter was itself a sarcastic escalation of the generic term 水軍／水军 (shuǐjūn, “water army”), a highly organized and aggressive group of online commentators. The term 水軍／水军 (shuǐjūn) is a shortened version of the original phrase 網絡水軍／网络水军 (wǎngluò shuǐjūn, “internet water army”) , which described organized groups of people paid to post large amounts of content online for marketing or public relations purposes. This concept traces its origin back to the earliest days of Chinese internet forums and the act of 灌水 (guànshuǐ), which literally means "to pour water," describing the practice of posting large volumes of meaningless or nonsensical content that dilutes valuable discussion.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāigòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞ ㄍㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hāigòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞ ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: haigòu
    • Wade–Giles: hai¹-kou⁴
    • Yale: hāi-gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haigow
    • Palladius: хайгоу (xajgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

higo

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) alternative form of 海狗 (hǎigǒu, “Huawei zealots”)

Japanese

Romanization

higo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひご

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mpígò. Hinde (1904) records higo as an equivalent of English kidney in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili figo etc. as its equivalents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hìɣɔ́ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.

Noun

higo class 9/10 (plural higo)

1. kidney

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish figo, from Latin fīcus (“fig, fig tree”). Cognate with English fig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɡo/ [ˈi.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: hi‧go

Noun

higo m (plural higos)

1. fig (fruit)
2. (colloquial) snatch, pussy (vagina)

Derived terms

• de higos a brevas
• higo chumbo
• hoja de higo

Related terms

• hígado
• higuera
• higueral

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: hīcox, īcox (alternative spelling)

See also

• breva

Further reading

• “higo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Veps

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Finnic *hiki.

Noun

higo

1. sweat, perspiration

Inflection

Inflection of higo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	higo
genitive sing.	higon
partitive sing.	higod
partitive plur.	higoid
	singular	plural
nominative	higo	higod
accusative	higon	higod
genitive	higon	higoiden
partitive	higod	higoid
essive-instructive	higon	higoin
translative	higoks	higoikš
inessive	higos	higoiš
elative	higospäi	higoišpäi
illative	higoho	higoihe
adessive	higol	higoil
ablative	higolpäi	higoilpäi
allative	higole	higoile
abessive	higota	higoita
comitative	higonke	higoidenke
prolative	higodme	higoidme
approximative I	higonno	higoidenno
approximative II	higonnoks	higoidennoks
egressive	higonnopäi	higoidennopäi
terminative I	higohosai	higoihesai
terminative II	higolesai	higoilesai
terminative III	higossai	—
additive I	higohopäi	higoihepäi
additive II	higolepäi	higoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пот”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika