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Etymology 1
Possibly derived from Proto-Gbe *χʷle. Cognates with Fon xɔ̀, Saxwe Gbe xɔ̀, Adja xwlè, Ewe ƒle
Pronunciation
Verb
họ̀ (Nigeria)
- 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
Pronunciation
Noun
họ̀ (plural họ̀ lẹ́) (Nigeria)
- room
- house, hall
- Synonym: abò
- Hẹ̀ lọ́ zlọ́n bíọ́ họ̀ mẹ̀ / Xɛ̀ lɔ́ zrɔ́n bíɔ́ xɔ̀ mɛ̀ ― The bird flew and entered into the room
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Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 戶 (“family”, SV: hộ). Doublet of cửa and hộ.
Pronunciation
Noun
họ • (户, 𢩜, 𣱆)
- (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!
- extended family
- Synonyms: tộc, gia tộc, dòng tộc, dòng họ
- (taxonomy) family
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Adjective
họ
- (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
- (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
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See also
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
họ̀
- (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
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
họ
- (transitive) to scratch or itch (a body) with the hand or finger
- Synonym: yún
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Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
họ
- (intransitive) to flee, to run away
- Synonym: sá
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Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Verb
họ́
- to be in a very tight in space
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