Kho - Wiktionary

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

Contents

• 1 Translingual
  • 1.1 Symbol
• 2 French
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Noun
• 3 Hokkien
• 4 Pali
  • 4.1 Alternative forms
  • 4.2 Particle
• 5 Vietnamese
  • 5.1 Pronunciation
  • 5.2 Etymology 1
    • 5.2.1 Verb
      • 5.2.1.1 Derived terms
  • 5.3 Etymology 2
    • 5.3.1 Noun
      • 5.3.1.1 Derived terms
• 6 White Hmong
  • 6.1 Pronunciation
  • 6.2 Etymology 1
    • 6.2.1 Verb
      • 6.2.1.1 Derived terms
  • 6.3 Etymology 2
    • 6.3.1 Adjective
      • 6.3.1.1 Derived terms
  • 6.4 References
• 7 Xhosa
  • 7.1 Pronoun
• 8 Zulu
  • 8.1 Pronoun

Translingual

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Symbol

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kho

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

French

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Etymology

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From Algerian Arabic خو (“brother”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /xo/, [χo]
• Rhymes: -o

• Audio:

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Noun

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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 roncesIt’s growing like a nettle among roses / And there’s too many of them so I call my brothers brambles

Hokkien

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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

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Alternative forms

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• 𑀔𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• खो (Devanagari script)
• খো (Bengali script)
• ඛො (Sinhalese script)
• ခေါ or ၶေႃ (Burmese script)
• โข (Thai script)
• ᨡᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຂ (Lao script)
• ខោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄮 (Chakma script)

Particle

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kho

1. indeed

Vietnamese

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Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:Kho (nấu ăn)Wikipedia vi

Pronunciation

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• (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɔ˧˧] ~ [xɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰɔ˧˧] ~ [xɔ˧˧]

Etymology 1

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Verb

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kho • (𤋹, 𪹜)

1. to braise; to stew; to simmer

Derived terms

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• bò kho
• chè kho
• chém to kho mặn
• chém to kho nhừ
• kho quẹt
• kho tộ
• thịt kho mắm ruốc
• thịt kho tàu
• vịt kho sả ớt

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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kho • (庫, 𢉽)

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

Derived terms

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• chủ kho
• kho bạc
• kho bãi
• kho quỹ
• kho tàng
• kho tàu
• nhà kho
• thủ kho
• tồn kho
• tổng kho

 

White Hmong

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /kʰɒ˧/

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff.[1] That said, perhaps borrowed from Chinese 救 (jiù, “to save, rescue”) and/or 固 (gù, “firm, solid, fixed”)?”

Verb

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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

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• kho mob (“to heal sickness, cure disease”)

 

Etymology 2

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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

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kho

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

Derived terms

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• kho siab (“lonely, depressed”)

 

References

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• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 98.

1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

Xhosa

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Pronoun

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-kho

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

Zulu

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Pronoun

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-kho

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