kho

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See also: KHO, Kho, khó, khô, khŏ, khổ, kho͘, khò, khó͘, and khö

Translingual

Symbol

kho

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Khotanese.

French

Etymology

From Algerian Arabic خو (“brother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡzo/
  • Rhymes: -o
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Noun

kho m (plural khos)

  1. (slang) brother, bro
    Synonyms: khey, frère, frérot
    • 2002, “Ma définition”, in Temps mort, performed by Booba:
      C’est pousser comme une ortie parmi les roses / Et ils sont trop alors j’appelle mes khos les ronces
      It’s growing like a nettle among roses / And there’s too many of them so I call my brothers brambles

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of kho – see 科 (“sort; class; kind; law; regulation; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 科).

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Particle

kho

  1. indeed

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

kho • (𤋹 - 𪹜, 𧁷, 𤋼, 𤇌)

  1. to braise; to stew; to simmer
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 庫 (“warehouse, storehouse”, SV: khố).

Noun

kho • (𢉽 - 厙, 庫)

  1. a warehouse; storehouse; depot
  2. a depository; storage place
  3. (figurative) a great quantity; large amount
  4. (figurative) the treasury
Derived terms

White Hmong

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff. That said, perhaps borrowed from Chinese 救 (jiù, “to save, rescue”) and/or 固 (gù, “firm, solid, fixed”)?”

Verb

kho

  1. to heal
  2. to fix, arrange, repair
  3. to reforge or repair (metal knives, etc. that have been chipped or blunted)
Derived terms
  • kho mob (“to heal sickness, cure disease”)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Perhaps borrowed from Chinese 孤 (gū, “lonely”)?”

Adjective

kho

  1. lonely, melancholy, filled with longing and nostalgia, homesick
Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 98.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

Xhosa

Pronoun

-kho

  1. Combining stem of wena used with possessive concords.
  2. Combining stem of khona.

Zulu

Pronoun

-kho

  1. Combining stem of wena used with possessive concords.
  2. Combining stem of khona.
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