noho

See also: no-ho, nohō, Noho, NoHo, ʻǃnò̰ho, and нього

Cheyenne

Numeral

noho

  1. five

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnoɦo]
  • Rhymes: -oɦo
  • Hyphenation: no‧ho

Noun

noho

  1. vocative singular of noha

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nofo.[1][2] For sense of residing/dwelling, compare with also Malay duduk (“to sit” and “to live/reside”) and Tagalog luklok (“to sit” and “to take office/chair”).

Noun

noho

  1. seat
  2. chair, stool, pew
  3. throne
  4. saddle (of a horse)
  5. reign, session

Verb

noho

  1. (transitive) to sit
  2. (transitive) to reside, dwell, inhabit, occupy (land)
  3. (transitive) to reign

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “noho”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 268
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “nofo”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nofo.[1][2] For sense of residing/dwelling, compare within the same language family like Malay duduk (“to sit” and “to live/reside”) and diam (“to reside”) plus Tagalog luklok (“to sit” and “to take office/chair”); for sense of stillness, compare with Malay diam (“to be still, to keep quiet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoho/ [ˈnɔhɔ]

Verb

noho (passive nohoia)

  1. to sit
  2. (transitive) to reside, dwell
  3. (transitive) to reign
  4. to be still, to remain in one place

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 269-70
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “nofo”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “noho”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 259-60
  • “noho” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Moriori

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Māori noho

Verb

noho

  1. (verb) to stay, remain, settle, dwell, live, inhabit, reside, occupy, stop.
  2. (verb) remain - sometimes used before other nouns or verbs to indicate a state over a period of time.

Noun

noho

  1. (noun) living, occupying.

References

  • Shand, Alexander (1894), “The Moriori People of the Chatham Islands: Their Traditions and History”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society‎[2]

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nofo.

Verb

noho

  1. sit

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec nu̱ꞌu, Chayuco Mixtec noho, San Juan Colorado Mixtec nuhu, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec nūhun, Yosondúa Mixtec nuꞌun.

Noun

noho

  1. tooth

Derived terms

References

  • Reyes, Antonio de los (1593), Arte en lengua mixteca (in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 82
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