hou

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hou"

Languages (12)

Afrikaans • Arapaho • Dutch • Gobasi • Hawaiian • Hlai • Mandarin • Māori • Middle English • Old French • Samo • Slovak

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch houden, from Middle Dutch houden, from Old Dutch haldan, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦœu/

• Audio:

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Verb

hou (present hou, present participle houende, past participle gehou)

1. to hold
2. to keep

Derived terms

• hou van

Arapaho

Etymology

From Proto-Arapahoan *oim, from Proto-Algonquian *akohm-.

Noun

hou

1. blanket

References

• Conathan, Lisa (2006), “blanket hóu”, in English-Arapaho dictionary‎^[4], Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, archived from the original on 13 August 2006, page 6
• Cowell, Andrew with Moss, Alonzo Sr., C'Hair, William, C'Hair, Wayne, Arapahoe Immersion School, and elders of the Northern Arapaho Tribe (2012) [1983], “BLANKET hou”, in Dictionary of the Arapaho Language‎^[5], 4th edition, Ethete, WY: Northern Arapaho Tribe, page 33

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑu̯/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hou
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯
• Homophones: houw, Houw

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hout, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz.

Adjective

hou (not comparable)

1. (only in set phrases) friendly, of a favourable disposition

Usage notes

Found only in the set phrase hou en trouw.

Etymology 2

Verb

hou

1. inflection of houden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Gobasi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̃u/

Noun

họụ (Bibo)

1. water
2. river

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
• D. and C. Leroy, J. Rule, Gobosi Organised Phonology Data

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *foqou, from Proto-Central Pacific *vaqou, from Proto-Oceanic *paqoRu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *baqoRu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *baqəRu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəRu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəRuh. Cognates include Tahitian hou, Samoan fou and Tongan foʻou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhou̯/, [ˈhow]

Verb

hou

1. (stative) new (recently made or created)
2. (stative) recent, to repeat
3. (transitive) to thrust, jab, pierce

Adverb

hou

1. again
2. recently

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “hou”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *ɦuː (“I”), from Pre-Hlai *C-ɣuː (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /hou˥˧/

Pronoun

hou

1. (humble) I; me

   Synonym: dhes

Mandarin

Romanization

hou

1. nonstandard spelling of hōu
2. nonstandard spelling of hóu
3. nonstandard spelling of hǒu
4. nonstandard spelling of hòu

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Māori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *faqu, from Proto-Oceanic *paqu(s) (“to bind, to lash”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *paqu(s), from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *paqu(s). Cognates include Samoan fau, Tongan faʻu and Fijian vauca.

Verb

hou (passive houhia)

1. to bind or lash together

   Synonyms: rī, mire, mimire, ruku

Derived terms

• hohou

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *foqou, from Proto-Central Pacific *vaqou, from Proto-Oceanic *paqoRu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *baqoRu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *baqəRu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəRu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəRuh. Cognates include Tahitian hou, Samoan fou and Tongan foʻou.

Adjective

hou

1. alternative form of hōu (“new”)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *fohu (“to enter into, to pierce”). Cognates include Samoan fou and Tongan fohu.

Verb

hou (passive houa)

1. to move or force downwards
   1. to strike down, to peck etc

Derived terms

• houhou

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “hou”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, 5th edition, Wellington, N.Z.: Marcus F. Marks, pages 74-5
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “hou”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Middle English

Pronoun

hou

1. (Derbyshire, Ireland, Worcestershire) alternative form of yow

Old French

Noun

hou

1. alternative form of hoe (“hoe”)

Samo

Noun

họụ

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔv/, [ˈɦɔu̯]
• Rhymes: -ɔv

Interjection

hou

1. hey (exclamation)

   Synonym: hej

   1. exclamation for horses and people

      Alternative form: houže

2. (dialectal)

   Alternative form: hov

   1. expression for warning
   2. expression for sigh; exclamation made while sighing
   3. expression for response to call; exclamation response (in the sense of "I'm here")

Further reading=

• “hou”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026