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Choctaw

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Etymology 1

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Prefix

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ho- (before vowels oh-, imperative second-person plural)

  1. the subject of an imperative verb
    let you (all), do you (all), do ye
  2. (obsolete) used in place of ordinary pronominal suffixes in the communication between in-laws, especially a man and his mother-in-law
    I̱ mintilih. → Ho mintilih. (traditional spelling)
    I come with him.
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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ho- (adjectival)

  1. forms plurals of adjectives
    ofi chito → ofi hochito
    big dog → big dogs

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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ho-

  1. (before an okina followed by long vowel) Synonym of hoʻo-
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ho-

  1. indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun denoting space or area

Derived terms

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Volapük

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ho-

  1. Used to specify castrated male sex.

Derived terms

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Wiyot

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Pronunciation

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Preverb

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ho-

  1. The indefinite article: a, an

References

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  • Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 95