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English
Noun
howe (plural howes)
- Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman houe.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
howe (plural howes)
- mattock, pickaxe.
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
howe
- Alternative form of hough (“hough, hock”)
Etymology 3
Noun
howe
- Alternative form of houve
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 好的 (hó--ê, “significant other; boyfriend; girlfriend; sweetheart; soulmate”, literally “the good one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoe/,
- Hyphenation: ho‧we
Noun
howe (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜒ) (Chinese Filipino)
- significant other; romantic partner; boyfriend; girlfriend; lover; sweetheart; soulmate
- Synonyms: kasintahan, karelasyon, siyota, jowa
Further reading
- Mae Coyiuto (2023) Chloe and the Kaishao Boys, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 15
- Erin Chupeco (2012) Charles Tan, editor, Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology, Maple Shade, New Jersey: Lethe Press, Inc., page 20
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe.
Pronunciation
Noun
howe
- hoe
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47