ho-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ho"

Choctaw

Prefix

ho- (before vowels oh-, imperative second-person plural)

  1. the subject of an imperative verb
    let you (all), do you (all), do ye
  2. (obsolete) used in place of ordinary pronominal suffixes in the communication between in-laws, especially a man and his mother-in-law
    I̱ mintilih. → Ho mintilih. (traditional spelling)
    I come with him.
Inflection
Choctaw Person Markers
class I class II class III class N imperative
+s+C+V+C/i+a/o+C+V+C+V+C+V
first-person singular initial -li sa- si- a̱- am- ak- n/a
medial -sa--sam-
paucal ī- il- pi- pi̱- pim- kī- kil-
plural hapi- hapi̱- hapim-
second-person singular is- ish- chi- chi̱- chim- chik- ∅
plural has- hash- hachi- hachi̱- hachim- hachik- ho-oh-
third-person ∅ ∅ i̱- im- ik-

Prefix

ho- (adjectival)

  1. forms plurals of adjectives
    ofi chito → ofi hochito
    big dog → big dogs

Hawaiian

Prefix

ho-

  1. (before an okina followed by long vowel) Synonym of hoʻo-

Prefix

ho-

  1. indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun denoting space or area

Derived terms

Volapük

Prefix

ho-

  1. Used to specify castrated male sex.

Derived terms
Volapük terms prefixed with ho-

Wiyot

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɑ-/

Preverb

ho-

  1. The indefinite article: a, an

References
  • Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 95
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