hou

See also: Hou, hōu, hóu, hǒu, and hòu

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch houden

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦœu/

Verb

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

  1. to hold
  2. to keep

Derived terms

Arapaho

Noun

hou

  1. blanket

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɑu̯/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

hou (not comparable)

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

Found only in the set phrase hou en trouw.

Etymology 2

Verb

hou

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

Gobasi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔ̃u/

Noun

họụ (Bibo)

  1. water
  2. river

References

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Verb

hou

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

Mandarin

Romanization

hou

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

Usage notes

  • 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.

Middle English

Pronoun

hou

  1. Alternative form of yow

References

Samo

Noun

họụ

  1. water

References

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