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sho

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See also: SHO, Sho, Shö, shō, Shō, sho', -sho, -shō, and shō-

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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sho (not comparable)

  1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sure.
    • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 97:
      “I sho am glad. You sho you all right? I thought sho you was dead this time.”
  2. (childish) Pronunciation spelling of so.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Japanese (shō).

Noun

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sho (plural shos)

  1. A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the sheng.
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Etymology 3

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Of modern scholarly coinage.

Noun

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sho (plural shos)

  1. A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.
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Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English sho, used to illustrate Bactrian ϸ (š). Also compare the archaic Greek character Ϻ (Ś).

Noun

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sho m or f (invariable)

  1. sho (Greek letter)

Japanese

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Romanization

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sho

  1. The hiragana syllable しょ (sho) or the katakana syllable ショ (sho) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sho

  1. shy

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sho

  1. hundred
Usage notes
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  • The term sho has to be preceded by another cardinal number in order to be used as a numeral. Note that the term for "hundred" is written as one word:
    dasho ((a) hundred)
    qøk sho (two hundred)

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Louisiana Creole

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Etymology

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Inherited from French chaud (hot).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sho

  1. hot

References

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  • Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
  • Thomas A. Klingler, If I Could Turn My Tongue Like that: The Creole of Pointe Coupee Parish

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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sho

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of sche

Etymology 2

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Noun

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sho (plural shos or shon)

  1. Alternative form of scho (shoe)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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sho

  1. Alternative form of schon (to shoe)
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Noun

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sho

  1. frost
    Tłʼéédą́ą́ʼ sho yiigaii jiní.
    It frosted last night, I hear.

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃo/ [ˈʃo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: sho

Interjection

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¡sho!

  1. (Guatemala, colloquial) shush!, hush!
  2. (Guatemala, colloquial) wow!, whoa!

Swazi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (say, quote).

Verb

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-sho

  1. to say

Inflection

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ćao.

Interjection

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sho

  1. (slang) hi

Usage notes

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  • Often in "Sho bre!" (Hi, bro!).
  • Usually pronounced identically to the native greeting tjo.

See also

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  • bre
  • hej (has a list of greetings and farewells)

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Zulu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (say, quote).

Verb

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-sho

  1. (intransitive) to say
  2. (intransitive) to mean

Inflection

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