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): /ɡzo/
  • Rhymes: -o
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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

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of kho – see 科 (“sort; class; kind; law; regulation; etc.”).
(This term, kho, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 科).

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 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

Verb

kho • (𤋹 - 𪹜, 𧁷, 𤋼, 𤇌)

  1. to braise; to stew; to simmer
Derived terms
  • chè kho
  • chém to kho mặn
  • chém to kho nhừ
  • kho tộ

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kho • (𢉽 - 厙, 庫)

  1. a warehouse; storehouse; depot
  2. a depository; storage place
  3. (figurative) a great quantity; large amount
  4. (figurative) the treasury
Derived terms

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.
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