sho

See also: shō, Shō, -sho, sho', -shō, and shō-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ʃoʊ/
• Homophone: show
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

Adverb

sho (not comparable)

1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sure.
2. (childish) Pronunciation spelling of so.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 笙 (shō).

Noun

sho (plural shos)

1. A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the sheng.

Translations

East Asian reed pipe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 笙 (zh) (shēng), (archaic) 笙簧 (zh) (shēnghuáng)

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• Japanese: 笙 (ja) (shō)
• Korean: 소 (ko) (so)

Etymology 3

Noun

sho (plural shos)

Of modern scholarly coinage.

1. A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.

Anagrams

• HOS, Hos., OHS, OHs, Osh, Soh, hos, ohs, osh, soh

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Italian

Noun

sho m or f (uncountable)

1. sho (Greek letter)

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Japanese

Romanization

sho

1. Rōmaji transcription of しょ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ショ

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēo.

Pronoun

sho

1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of sche

References

• “she, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 May 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old English scōh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz.

Alternative forms

• shoo, scho, schoo, sso, sco, shogh, shouȝ, showe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoː/, /ʃɔu̯x/

Noun

sho (plural shos or shon)

2. A shoe (an article of footwear)
3. A horseshoe or other device for other animals.
4. A piece of metal fortifying the edge of a wooden spade.

Related terms

• shon

Descendants

• English: shoe
• Scots: shae

References

• “shọ̄ (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.

Etymology 3

From Old English sċōgan.

Verb

sho

1. Alternative form of shon (“to shoe”)

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Navajo

Noun

sho

1. frost

   Tłʼéédą́ą́ʼ sho yiigaii jiní.

   It frosted last night, I hear.

Alternative forms

• shoh

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-sho

1. to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-sho

1. (intransitive) to say
2. (intransitive) to mean

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• -sholo (applicative)
• -shiso (causative)
• -shoyisho (diminutive)
• -shisiso (intensive)
• -shoko (neuter-passive)
• -shiwo (passive)
• -shono (reciprocal)

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “sho”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sho”