hio

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See also: ĥio and hiʻo

Finnish

Verb

hio

  1. inflection of hioa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Verb

hio

  1. to blow

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien, specifically Zhangzhou Hokkien (hioⁿ, joss stick; incense).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhio̯/
  • Hyphenation: hio

Noun

hio (plural hio-hio)

  1. (Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism) joss stick; incense
    Synonyms: dupa, kemenyan, luban, setanggi

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

hio

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひお

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hiāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁i-eh₂-yé-ti, from *ǵʰeh₂- (to gape, be wide open). Cognates include Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō), Tocharian A śew, Tocharian B kāyā, Lithuanian žioti, Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ), Sanskrit विजिहीते (vijihīte), and Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, *ganōną (English yawn).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

hiō (present infinitive hiāre, perfect active hiāvī, supine hiātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to yawn, gape
  2. to stand open
  3. (of speech) to pause, connect badly
  4. (figuratively) to be amazed, gape in wonder
  5. to bawl out, utter, sing

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hiō, hiāre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285

Further reading

  • hio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Pronoun

hio

  1. Alternative form of he (they)

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hijō f (this, this one).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hīo f (accusative hīe, genitive hiere, dative hiere)

  1. she
  2. it (when the thing being referred to is feminine)

Descendants

  • Middle English: heo

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (this, this one). Akin to Old English hēo.

Pronoun

hiū f (accusative hiā, genitive hiāre, dative hiāre)

  1. she
  2. it (when the thing being referred to is feminine)

Declension

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: jo, ju
  • West Frisian: so, sy, se