hoh

See also: Hoh, höh, and HOH

English

Interjection

hoh

  1. Alternative form of ho
    • 1900, Margaret Sidney, The Adventures of Joel Pepper
      "Hoh, hoh!" cried Ab'm, pointing a big fat finger at her, that might have been cleaner; "hear her now. An' she said her shoes warn't never goin' to wear out. Hoh, hoh!"

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hāben, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

Verb

hoh

  1. (Carcoforo) to have

References

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *jooj.

Noun

hoh

  1. crow

References
  • Church, Clarence; Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎ (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 17; 21

Old English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xoːx/, [hoːx]

Noun

hōh m

  1. The heel (rear of a foot)
    Synonym: hēla
Declension
Declension of hoh (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hōh hōs
accusative hōh hōs
genitive hōs hōna
dative hō hōm, hōum
Descendants

Etymology 2

Related to hōn (“to hang”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xoːx/, [hoːx]

Noun

hōh m

  1. promontory, cliff
Declension
Declension of hoh (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hōh hōs
accusative hōh hōs
genitive hōs hōna
dative hō hōm, hōum
Descendants

References

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (compare Old Dutch hōh, Old English hēah, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit कुच (kuca, “female breast”), Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча (kuča).

For more Germanic cognates, see Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

hōh

  1. high

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (compare Old High German hōh, Old English hēah, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit कुच (kuca, “female breast”), Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча (kuča).

For more Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

hōh

  1. high

Declension
Positive forms of hōh
Strong declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative hōh hōhe, hōha hōh hōha hōh hōh, hōha
accusative hōhan, hōhen hōha, hōhe hōha hōha hōh hōh, hōha
genitive hōhes, hōhas hōharo, hōhoro, hōhero hōhara, hōharo hōharo, hōhoro, hōhero hōhes, hōhas hōharo, hōhoro, hōhero
dative hōhumu, hōhum, hōhun, hōhun, hōhon, hōhen, hōhan hōhun, hōhon, hōhum hōharo, hōharu, hōhara hōhun, hōhon hōhumu, hōhum, hōhun, hōhun, hōhon, hōhen, hōhan hōhun, hōhon, hōhum
Weak declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative hōho, hōha hōhon, hōhun hōha, hōhe hōhon, hōhun, hōhan hōha, hōhe hōhon, hōhun
accusative hōhon, hōhan hōhon, hōhun hōhun, hōhon, hōhan hōhon, hōhun, hōhan hōha, hōhe hōhon, hōhun
genitive hōhen, hōhan hōhono, hōheno hōhun, hōhan, hōhen hōhono hōhen, hōhan hōhono, hōheno
dative hōhon, hōhen, hōhan hōhon, hōhun hōhun, hōhan hōhon, hōhun hōhon, hōhen, hōhan hōhon, hōhun


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: hôch, hô
    • German Low German: hooch, hoog
    • Plautdietsch: hüag, huag
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