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Mandarin
Alternative forms
Romanization
hōu (hou1, Zhuyin ㄏㄡ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呲
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齁
Maori
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *foqou, from Proto-Central Pacific *vaqou, from Proto-Oceanic *paqoʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.
Adjective
hōu
- new (recently made or created)
Derived terms
References
- “hōu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.