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ho-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ho"

Choctaw

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Etymology 1

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Prefix

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ho- (before vowels oh-, imperative second-person plural)

  1. the subject of an imperative verb
    let you (all), do you (all), do ye
  2. (obsolete) used in place of ordinary pronominal suffixes in the communication between in-laws, especially a man and his mother-in-law
    I̱ mintilih. → Ho mintilih. (traditional spelling)
    I come with him.
Inflection
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Choctaw Person Markers
class I class II class III class N imperative
+s +C +V +C/i +a/o +C +V +C +V +C +V
first-person singular initial -li sa- si- a̱- am- ak- n/a
medial -sa- -sam-
paucal ī- il- pi- pi̱- pim- kī- kil-
plural hapi- hapi̱- hapim-
second-person singular is- ish- chi- chi̱- chim- chik- ∅
plural has- hash- hachi- hachi̱- hachim- hachik- ho- oh-
third-person ∅ ∅ i̱- im- ik-

Etymology 2

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Prefix

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ho- (adjectival)

  1. forms plurals of adjectives
    ofi chito → ofi hochito
    big dog → big dogs

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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ho-

  1. (before an okina followed by long vowel) synonym of hoʻo-

Derived terms

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Hawaiian terms prefixed with ho-
hoʻōnea
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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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ho-

  1. indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun denoting space or area
  2. indefinite deictic 3rd-person object pronoun denoting space or area
  3. 4th-person object pronoun

Derived terms

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Volapük

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Prefix

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ho-

  1. Used to specify castrated male sex.

Derived terms

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Volapük terms prefixed with ho-
hodog

Wiyot

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Pronunciation

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Preverb

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ho-

  1. The indefinite article: a, an

References

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  • Karl V. Teeter (1964), The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 95
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