hoh

See also: Hoh, höh, and HOH

English

Interjection

hoh

1. Alternative form of ho
   • 1900, Margaret Sidney, The Adventures of Joel Pepper:

     "Hoh, hoh!" cried Ab'm, pointing a big fat finger at her, that might have been cleaner; "hear her now. An' she said her shoes warn't never goin' to wear out. Hoh, hoh!"

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• haa, ha, heen, hä, häbä, hè

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hāben, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

Verb

hoh

1. (Carcoforo) to have

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *jooj.

Noun

hoh

1. crow

References

• Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎^[1] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 17; 21

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

hōh

1. high

Inflection

Declension of hōh (a-stem contracted)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	hōh	hōh	hōh	hōa, hōe
accusative	hōn	hōa	hōh	hōa, hōe
genitive	hōs	hōro	hōs	hōro
dative	hōn, hōmo	hōro	hōn, hōmo	hōn
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	hōo	hōa	hōa	hōn
accusative	hōn	hōn	hōa	hōn
genitive	hōn	hōn	hōn	hōno
dative	hōn	hōn	hōn	hōn

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hôoch, hô
  • Dutch: hoog, hooge (archaic)
    • Afrikaans: hoog
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: hogo
    • Jersey Dutch: hôx
    • Negerhollands: hoog, hok
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: hug, oag

Further reading

• “hō I, hōg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz.

Alternative forms

• hō, hōg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoːx/, [hoːx]

Noun

hōh m

1. The heel (rear of a foot)

   Synonym: hēla

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hōh	hōs
accusative	hōh	hōs
genitive	hōs	hōna
dative	hō	hōm, hōum

Derived terms

• hōhsċanca

Related terms

• hēla
• hōhsinu

Descendants

• Middle English: hough, ho, hoche, hogh, hoȝ, hokke, hoo, houȝ, houe, howe, howghe, howh
  • English: hough, hoff, hock
  • Scots: hoch, houch
  • ⇒ Yola: houghany

Etymology 2

Related to hōn (“to hang”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoːx/, [hoːx]

Noun

hōh m

1. promontory, cliff

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hōh	hōs
accusative	hōh	hōs
genitive	hōs	hōna
dative	hō	hōm, hōum

Descendants

• Middle English: hough, ho, hogh, hoghe, how
  • English: heugh; hoe, hogh, hough, how
  • Scots: heuch

References

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hōh”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (compare Old Dutch hōh, Old English hēah, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit कुच (kuca, “female breast”), Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча (kuča).

For more Germanic cognates, see Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

hōh

1. high

Derived terms

• hōhī

Descendants

• Middle High German: hōch, hō
  • Alemannic German: hooch

    Walser: hoch, hòch

    Swabian: hauch

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: hoach, hòach (Sette Comuni)

    Mòcheno: heach

    Northern Bavarian: [hɔːu̯ɣ̊], (comparative) [ˈhɛi̯xɐ], (superlative) [ˈhɛi̯kst]

  • Central Franconian: huh, hiech, hieh (western Moselle Franconian)

    Hunsrik: hogh

    Luxembourgish: héich, héi

  • German: hoch
  • Rhine Franconian: houch, hauch, hoch, hok, houk, huch, huk

    Frankfurterisch: [hoːx], (comparative) [heːʒ̥æ̆], (superlative) [he(ː)kst]

    Pennsylvania German: hooch

  • Vilamovian: huch
  • Yiddish: הויך (hoykh)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (compare Old High German hōh, Old English hēah, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit कुच (kuca, “female breast”), Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча (kuča).

For more Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

hōh

1. high

Declension

Positive forms of hōh

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hōh	hōh	hōh	hōhe, hōha	hōha	hōh, hōha
accusative	hōhan, hōhen	hōha	hōh	hōha, hōhe	hōha	hōh, hōha
genitive	hōhes, hōhas	hōhara, hōharo	hōhes, hōhas	hōharo, hōhoro, hōhero	hōharo, hōhoro, hōhero	hōharo, hōhoro, hōhero
dative	hōhumu, hōhum, hōhun, hōhun, hōhon, hōhen, hōhan	hōharo, hōharu, hōhara	hōhumu, hōhum, hōhun, hōhun, hōhon, hōhen, hōhan	hōhun, hōhon, hōhum	hōhun, hōhon	hōhun, hōhon, hōhum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hōho, hōha	hōha, hōhe	hōha, hōhe	hōhon, hōhun	hōhon, hōhun, hōhan	hōhon, hōhun
accusative	hōhon, hōhan	hōhun, hōhon, hōhan	hōha, hōhe	hōhon, hōhun	hōhon, hōhun, hōhan	hōhon, hōhun
genitive	hōhen, hōhan	hōhun, hōhan, hōhen	hōhen, hōhan	hōhono, hōheno	hōhono	hōhono, hōheno
dative	hōhon, hōhen, hōhan	hōhun, hōhan	hōhon, hōhen, hōhan	hōhon, hōhun	hōhon, hōhun	hōhon, hōhun

Descendants

• Middle Low German: hôch, hô
  • German Low German: hooch, hoog
  • Plautdietsch: hüag, huag

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

Yurok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔh/

Verb

hoh

1. uninflected form of hohkuemek'