họ

Gun

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from Proto-Gbe *χʷle. Cognates with Fon xɔ̀, Saxwe Gbe xɔ̀, Adja xwlè, Ewe ƒle

Alternative forms

• xɔ̀ (Benin)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ̀/

Verb

họ̀ (Nigeria)

1. to buy

   Ùn ná họ̀ whé lọ́ ― I will buy the house

Etymology 2

Cognates with Fon xɔ̀, Saxwe Gbe xɔmɛ̀, Adja exɔ, Ewe xɔme

Alternative forms

• xɔ̀ (Benin)
• òhọ̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ̀/

Noun

họ̀ (plural họ̀ lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. room
2. house, hall

   Synonym: abò

   Hẹ̀ lọ́ zlọ́n bíọ́ họ̀ mẹ̀ / Xɛ̀ lɔ́ zrɔ́n bíɔ́ xɔ̀ mɛ̀ ― The bird flew and entered into the room

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 戶 (“family”, SV: hộ). Doublet of cửa and hộ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

họ • (户, 𢩜, 𣱆)

1. (onomastics) family name; surname

   Dân Đông Á dùng họ trước tên sau. Người Tây dùng tên trước họ sau.

   East Asians have their family names come first. Westerners do the opposite.

   Hai Bà Trưng họ gì?
   Họ Hai!

   What was the family name of the Two Ladies Trưng?
   Two!

2. extended family

   Synonyms: tộc, gia tộc, dòng tộc, dòng họ

3. (taxonomy) family

Derived terms

Related terms

• (Taxonomy) phân loại sinh học; vực (“domain”) / liên giới (“domain”), giới (“kingdom”), ngành (“phylum”), lớp (“class”), bộ (“order”), họ (“family”), chi (“genus”) / giống (“genus”) , loài (“species”) ^{(Category: vi:Taxonomy)}

Adjective

họ

1. (only in compounds) being a cousin

   anh/chị họ ― a male/female cousin who can be traced back to an ancestor who is/was an elder sibling to yours

   em họ ― a cousin who can be traced back to an ancestor who is/was a younger sibling to yours

Pronoun

họ

1. (regular usage in Northern Vietnam, formal in other dialects) they/them (used in formal situations or towards people whom the speaker feels neutral about)

   Synonym: bọn họ

Derived terms

• bọn họ

See also

• người ta
• (casual or disrespectful): chúng nó; bọn nớ; bầy quân; bọn nó; tụi nó
• (hostile): chúng; bọn chúng

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• wọ̀

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̀/

Verb

họ̀

1. (Igbomina, transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of wọ̀ (“to gouge or scoop out of something”)

   wọ́n ń họ ọmọ kòkó ― They were scooping out the seeds of the cocoa pod

Usage notes

• họ before a direct object

Derived terms

• ìhọ̀
• ahọ̀

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̄/

Verb

họ

1. (transitive) to scratch or itch (a body) with the hand or finger

   Synonym: yún

Derived terms

• ìhọ
• ahọ
• họra
• họmú

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̄/

Verb

họ

1. (intransitive) to flee, to run away

   Synonym: sá

Derived terms

• ìhọ
• ahọ
• họra
• họmú

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔ́/

Verb

họ́

1. to be in a very tight in space

Derived terms

• ìhọ́
• ahọ́ (“a tight space”)