Ho

Etymology 1
From ho:, hoo:, probably from  hó:. Compare ho:,  ho:.

Interjection

 * 1)  Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
 * Sail ho!
 * Another boat is visible!
 * Land ho!
 * Land is visible!
 * Man ho!
 * A town is visible!

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Swedish: ohoj, åhoj

Etymology 2
An eye dialect corruption of whore, from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo'  (more) and fo'  (for).

Noun

 * 1)  A whore; a sexually loose woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a female with connotations of loose sexuality.
 * Bros before hos!

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic:


 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * oh, OH

Proper noun

 * 1) Cantonese spelling of Chinese surname 何.

Etymology
From hoc:.

Pronoun

 * 1) it (direct object); replaces the demonstrative pronouns açò, això and allò
 * 2) replaces an independent clause (one which could grammatically form a sentence on its own)
 * 3) replaces an adjective or an indefinite noun which serves as the predicate of ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar

Contraction

 * Proclictic
 * m'ho
 * s'ho
 * t'ho


 * Enclictic
 * -ens-ho
 * -li-ho
 * -los-ho
 * 'ls-ho
 * -m'ho
 * 'ns-ho
 * -s'ho
 * -t'ho
 * -us-ho
 * -vos-ho

Pronoun

 * 1) they

Pronoun
,


 * 1) Accusative case of on.
 * 2) Accusative case of ono.

Synonyms

 * jej

Interjection

 * 1) oh

Verb
ho



Etymology
From hon:.

Pronoun

 * 1) she
 * Ho er bestevenen min.
 * She is my best friend.
 * 1) her
 * Er det ho som skal vera med?
 * Is it her who is joining us?

Noun

 * 1) a trough; a long container for feeding or watering animals.
 * 2) a sink; often mounted to a wall; especially a kitchen sink or a washing sink.

Related terms

 * diskho
 * tvättho

Pronoun

 * 1)  who
 * 2)  she