oho

From Middle English o ho; o, ho; equivalent to o + ho.

oho

1. Expressing surprise or gloating realisation; aha.
   • 1880, Lucy Bethia Walford, Troublesome Daughters:

     "There is Kate, taking no heed of anybody; sensible old darling — she goes at her tea and cake — Oho! she has not touched them!"

   • 1914, Rupert Hughes, What Will People Say?:

     "Oho, my boy, that's the woman who keeps you here! Mrs. Neff hinted at it, but I wouldn't believe it till I had it from you."

   • 1988, Thomas Flanagan, The Tenants of Time:

     "Oho," he said, "a vile thing to say. It is. I am losing check upon my tongue, it is running free like a riderless horse. And I don't give a damn. I can say at last what I wanted for years to say, years of being politic and demure. No longer."

   • 1997, Bruce A Shuman, Beyond the library of the future:

     "Oho! Now I see where he's going with this, Frank thinks. Would have seen it earlier if I hadn't been so tired."

• Hoo, OOH, hoo, ooh

• IPA^(key): [ˈoho]
• Rhymes: -oho
• Hyphenation: o‧ho

oho

1. oho, aha

   Synonym: aha

Perhaps a variant of ho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoho/, [ˈo̞ɦo̞]
• Rhymes: -oho
• Syllabification^(key): o‧ho

oho

1. oops, whoops-a-daisy (acknowledgment of minor mistake)

   Synonyms: hups, hupsis, hupsista

2. wow, whoa, oh, ooh, ay, chihuahua (an indication of excitement or surprise)

   Synonyms: vau, vautsi, ahaa

• hoo

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.xɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔxɔ
• Syllabification: o‧ho

oho

1. oho!

• oho in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Possibly from the univerbation of oo +‎ ho.

• Hyphenation: o‧ho
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔohoʔ/, [ˈʔo.hoʔ]

ohò

1. (honorific) yes

   Synonym: opo

   Antonym: hindi ho

• Opo is used as an honorific towards elders, superiors, and even strangers, while oho is a slightly less formal honorific that can be used for intimate elders and superiors. However, the difference between the two has blurred in recent decades.

• mag-oho

• oo

oho

1. to kill

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.hʲo/
• Hyphenation: o‧ho

From Proto-Polynesian *qoho. Cognates include Hawaiian ō and Samoan oso.

oho

1. provisions; supplies

From Proto-Polynesian *qoso. Cognates include Tongan ʻoho and Samoan oso.

oho

1. jump

oho

1. (intransitive) to jump
2. (intransitive) to hop
3. (intransitive) to rush
4. (intransitive) to overflow
5. (intransitive) to interrupt
6. (intransitive, of celestial bodies) to rise
7. (intransitive, of emotions) to arise; to flare up

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 39

From Proto-Oceanic *(i-)ko with intrusive o, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

• IPA^(key): /oɣo/

oho

1. you (singular)

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

oho

1. gloating realisation