hou

From Dutch houden, from Middle Dutch houden, from Old Dutch haldan, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

• IPA^(key): /ɦœu/

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hou (present hou, present participle houende, past participle gehou)

1. to hold
2. to keep

• hou van

hou

1. blanket

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑu̯/

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• Hyphenation: hou
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯
• Homophones: houw, Houw

From Middle Dutch hout, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz.

hou (not comparable)

1. (only in set phrases) friendly, of a favourable disposition

Found only in the set phrase hou en trouw.

hou

1. first-person singular present indicative of houden
2. imperative of houden

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̃u/

họụ (Bibo)

1. water
2. river

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
• D. and C. Leroy, J. Rule, Gobosi Organised Phonology Data

From Proto-Polynesian *foqou, from Proto-Central Pacific *vaqou, from Proto-Oceanic *paqoʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhou̯/, [ˈhow]

hou

1. (stative) new (recently made or created)
2. (stative) recent, to repeat
3. (transitive) to thrust, jab, pierce

hou

1. again
2. recently

• “hou” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

From Proto-Hlai *ɦuː (“I”), from Pre-Hlai *C-ɣuː (Norquest, 2015).

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /hou˥˧/

hou

1. (humble) I; me

   Synonym: dhes

hou

1. Nonstandard spelling of hōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hóu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǒu.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hòu.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• hōu

hou

1. new (recently made or created)

hou

1. Alternative form of yow

họụ

1. water

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67