Ho
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ho"
Translingual
Symbol
Ho
English
Etymology 1
From Ho 𑣙𑣉𑣉 (hoː, “Human being”).
Noun
Ho pl (plural only)
- A Central-Eastern Indian Adivasi tribe numbering around 1 million, mainly following the religion of Sarna Dhorom
Proper noun
Ho
- A Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.
Translations
language
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Chinese 何 (Mandarin: Hé, Cantonese: ho4, Hakka: Hò, Min Nan: Hô), or from Vietnamese Hồ.
Proper noun
Ho
- A surname.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ho is the 691st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 49817 individuals. Ho is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.06%) individuals.
Further reading
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Ho terms
- Ethnologue entry for Ho, hoc
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Hồ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦo]
Proper noun
Ho m anim (female equivalent Hoová)
- a surname from Vietnamese
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “Ho”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Hồ.
Proper noun
Ho m or f
- a surname from Vietnamese
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈho/ [ˈho]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: Ho
Proper noun
Ho
- a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hakka
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German hage, a merger of Old High German hag and hagan, from variants of Proto-Germanic *hagô (stem uncertain). Cognate with German Hag and Hain, Dutch haag, English haw. The feminine gender also in Middle Dutch haghe, Middle Low German hāge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ho/, [hoː]
- Rhymes: -oː
Noun
Ho f (plural Hoen)
Synonyms
Tagalog
Etymology
From Hokkien 何 (Hô) or 侯 (Hô͘).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈho/ [ˈho]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: Ho
Proper noun
Ho (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ho is the 730th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 12,696 individuals.