paho

See also: PAHO and pāho

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hopi.

Noun

paho (plural pahos)

1. (religion) A sacred prayer stick in the Hopi religion.

Anagrams

• Paoh, opah, HAPO, poha

Cebuano

Noun

paho

1. a tree of species Mangifera altissima, in the family Anacardiaceae, found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and the Solomon Islands
2. the fruit of the above tree
3. a stringy variety of mango fruit resembling the fruit of Mangifera altissima

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English paho, from Hopi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.o/

Noun

paho m (plural pahos)

1. (Hopi religion) paho (prayer stick)

Māori

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

paho (passive pahotia)

1. to be aloft, to float, to soar

Derived terms

• pāho

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “paho”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 288

Mori Bawah

Verb

paho

1. to plant (plants)

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, 2013, →ISBN, pages 695-696

Romani

Noun

paho m

1. ice

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pahuq (“mango tree and its fruit, probably Mangifera altissima”). Compare Ilocano pao, Cebuano paho, and Malay pauh. See also Balinese poh and Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦃ (poh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpahoʔ/ [ˈpaː.hoʔ]
• Rhymes: -ahoʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧ho

Noun

pahò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜓ)

1. a small, sour species of mango (Mangifera monandra)

Descendants

• → Spanish: pajo

See also

• atsara
• mangga
• pahutan

Further reading

• “paho”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pahuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• hapo