kho

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

Translingual

Symbol

kho

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

French

Etymology

From Algerian Arabic خو (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xo/, [χo]
• Rhymes: -o

• Audio:

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Noun

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 ronces

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

Hokkien

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

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

kho

1. indeed

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

kho • (𤋹, 𪹜)

1. to braise; to stew; to simmer

Derived terms

• 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

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

Noun

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

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

 

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɒ˧/

Etymology 1

Verb

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

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

 

Etymology 2

Adjective

kho

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

Derived terms

• kho siab (“lonely, depressed”)

 

References

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

Xhosa

Pronoun

-kho

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

Zulu

Pronoun

-kho

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