kohe

See also: kohë

Estonian

Etymology

From koht +‎ -e.

Adverb

kohe (not comparable)

1. at once, immediately, right away

   Mine kohe poodi! ― Go to the store at once!

2. right, in the immediate distance of

   Kuur on kohe selle puu taga. ― The barn is right behind that tree.

3. (figuratively) soon, in a minute

   Rahune maha, ma kohe tulen. ― Calm down, I'll be there soon. (literally, “I'm coming right away”, but this is most likely not the intention of the speaker)

Hawaiian

Noun

kohe

1. (anatomy) vagina

Karajá

Interjection

kohe

1. yes

Usage notes

• This term is used in both women's and men's speech.

References

• Michael Dunn, Gender determined dialect variation, in The Expression of Gender (edited by Greville G. Corbett)

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kofe (cognate with Rarotongan ko'e, Samoan ʻofe, Hawaiian ʻohe). Sense of tree comes from similarity of thick stems and leaflet bases to bamboo fronds displacing the original meaning.

Noun

kohe

1. Synonym of kohekohe
2. (archaic, obsolete) bamboo

   Synonym: inanga

Derived terms

• kohekohe (by reduplication)

References

• Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 155

Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *kofekofe “Melanthera biflora” due to its similar yellow flowers.

Noun

kohe

1. Passiflora tetrandra, a kind of passionfruit endemic to New Zealand.

   Synonyms: kōhia, kāhia

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “kohe”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 146
• “kohe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Warao

Noun

kohe

1. cloud