aho

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aho"

Languages (21)

Translingual

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Alorese • Basque • Cebuano • Finnish • Hawaiian • Hixkaryana • Ingrian • Italian • Japanese • Lamaholot • Malagasy • Maore Comorian • Māori • Navajo • Old English • Rapa Nui • Tagalog • Tokelauan • Tooro • Votic

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Ahom, from Assamese আহোম (ahüm).

Symbol

aho

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ahom.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ahom terms

Alorese

Etymology

Compare Lamaholot aho (“dog”).

Noun

aho

1. dog (animal)

References

• M. Klamer, A short grammar of Alorese, Austronesian, Languages of the world (2011, Lincom Europa, →ISBN)

Basque

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Basque *a(h)o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aho/ [a.ho] (Navarro-Lapurdian)
• IPA^(key): /ao/ [a.o] (Southern)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aho, -o (Navarro-Lapurdian)
• Rhymes: -ao, -o (Southern)
• Hyphenation: a‧ho

Noun

aho inan

1. mouth

Declension

Declension of aho (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	aho	ahoa	ahoak	ahook
ergative	ahok	ahoak	ahoek	ahook
dative	ahori	ahoari	ahoei	ahooi
genitive	ahoren	ahoaren	ahoen	ahoon
comitative	ahorekin	ahoarekin	ahoekin	ahookin
causative	ahorengatik	ahoarengatik	ahoengatik	ahoongatik
benefactive	ahorentzat	ahoarentzat	ahoentzat	ahoontzat
instrumental	ahoz	ahoaz	ahoez	ahootaz
inessive	ahotan	ahoan	ahoetan	ahootan
locative	ahotako	ahoko	ahoetako	ahootako
allative	ahotara	ahora	ahoetara	ahootara
terminative	ahotaraino	ahoraino	ahoetaraino	ahootaraino
directive	ahotarantz	ahorantz	ahoetarantz	ahootarantz
destinative	ahotarako	ahorako	ahoetarako	ahootarako
ablative	ahotatik	ahotik	ahoetatik	ahootatik
partitive	ahorik	—	—	—
prolative	ahotzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• ahobero (“indiscreet”)
• ahobide
• ahots (“voice”)

Further reading

• “aho”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “aho”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (Bohol) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈho/ [ʔaˈho]
• Hyphenation: a‧ho

Pronoun

ahó (Badlit spelling ᜀᜑᜓ)

1. (Bohol) eye dialect spelling of ako

See also

• ija

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aho, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (compare English ashes and Swedish aska).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑho/, [ˈɑ̝ɦo̞]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑho
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ho
• Hyphenation^(key): aho

Noun

aho

1. abandoned swidden; a grassy open or cleared space in a (former) forest cleared by slash-and-burn cultivation, but, due to the loss of nutrients, left uncultivated and to revert to forest

Declension

Inflection of aho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		aho	ahot
genitive		ahon	ahojen
partitive		ahoa	ahoja
illative		ahoon	ahoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aho	ahot
accusative	nom.	aho	ahot
	gen.	ahon
genitive		ahon	ahojen
partitive		ahoa	ahoja
inessive		ahossa	ahoissa
elative		ahosta	ahoista
illative		ahoon	ahoihin
adessive		aholla	ahoilla
ablative		aholta	ahoilta
allative		aholle	ahoille
essive		ahona	ahoina
translative		ahoksi	ahoiksi
abessive		ahotta	ahoitta
instructive		—	ahoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of aho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ahoni ahoni accusative nom. ahoni ahoni gen. ahoni genitive ahoni ahojeni partitive ahoani ahojani inessive ahossani ahoissani elative ahostani ahoistani illative ahooni ahoihini adessive ahollani ahoillani ablative aholtani ahoiltani allative aholleni ahoilleni essive ahonani ahoinani translative ahokseni ahoikseni abessive ahottani ahoittani instructive — — comitative — ahoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ahosi ahosi accusative nom. ahosi ahosi gen. ahosi genitive ahosi ahojesi partitive ahoasi ahojasi inessive ahossasi ahoissasi elative ahostasi ahoistasi illative ahoosi ahoihisi adessive ahollasi ahoillasi ablative aholtasi ahoiltasi allative ahollesi ahoillesi essive ahonasi ahoinasi translative ahoksesi ahoiksesi abessive ahottasi ahoittasi instructive — — comitative — ahoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ahomme ahomme accusative nom. ahomme ahomme gen. ahomme genitive ahomme ahojemme partitive ahoamme ahojamme inessive ahossamme ahoissamme elative ahostamme ahoistamme illative ahoomme ahoihimme adessive ahollamme ahoillamme ablative aholtamme ahoiltamme allative ahollemme ahoillemme essive ahonamme ahoinamme translative ahoksemme ahoiksemme abessive ahottamme ahoittamme instructive — — comitative — ahoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ahonne ahonne accusative nom. ahonne ahonne gen. ahonne genitive ahonne ahojenne partitive ahoanne ahojanne inessive ahossanne ahoissanne elative ahostanne ahoistanne illative ahoonne ahoihinne adessive ahollanne ahoillanne ablative aholtanne ahoiltanne allative ahollenne ahoillenne essive ahonanne ahoinanne translative ahoksenne ahoiksenne abessive ahottanne ahoittanne instructive — — comitative — ahoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ahonsa ahonsa accusative nom. ahonsa ahonsa gen. ahonsa genitive ahonsa ahojensa partitive ahoaan ahoansa ahojaan ahojansa inessive ahossaan ahossansa ahoissaan ahoissansa elative ahostaan ahostansa ahoistaan ahoistansa illative ahoonsa ahoihinsa adessive ahollaan ahollansa ahoillaan ahoillansa ablative aholtaan aholtansa ahoiltaan ahoiltansa allative aholleen ahollensa ahoilleen ahoillensa essive ahonaan ahonansa ahoinaan ahoinansa translative ahokseen ahoksensa ahoikseen ahoiksensa abessive ahottaan ahottansa ahoittaan ahoittansa instructive — — comitative — ahoineen ahoinensa

Derived terms

• Aho
• Ahokas
• Ahola
• Aholainen
• Ahonen

compounds

• Ahokangas
• aholeinikki
• ahomansikka
• Ahomäki
• Ahoniemi
• ahoniitty
• ahonoidanlukko
• ahopaju
• Ahopelto
• Ahoranta
• Ahosola
• ahosuolaheinä
• ahovahakas
• Ala-aho
• Antinaho
• Eteläaho
• Haapa-aho
• Halla-aho
• Hauta-aho
• Heinäaho
• Hilliaho
• Hosionaho
• Hämeenaho
• Isoaho
• Jaakonaho
• Jokiaho
• Junnonaho
• Kangasaho
• Kansanaho
• Keskiaho
• Kiviaho
• Koivuaho
• Korkea-aho
• Korkia-aho
• Korpiaho
• Kotiaho
• Käpyaho
• Lamminaho
• Leppiaho
• Leppäaho
• Lumiaho
• Luoma-aho
• Lähdeaho
• Mansikka-aho
• Matinaho
• Myllyaho
• Mäkiaho
• Mätäsaho
• Niemiaho
• Näreaho
• Ohra-aho
• Ojanaho
• Papinaho
• Peräaho
• Pikkuaho
• Pirttiaho
• Pitkäaho
• Pohjoisaho
• Puolakanaho
• Puronaho
• Pääaho
• Raja-aho
• Ranta-aho
• Riihiaho
• Rinta-aho
• Saariaho
• Sanaksenaho
• Sara-aho
• Sauna-aho
• Selkäinaho
• Siika-aho
• Simonaho
• Tapaninaho
• Ukonaho
• Viita-aho
• Vuolteenaho
• Vähäaho
• Väliaho
• Yliaho
• Yrttiaho

Further reading

• “aho”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ho/, [ˈɐ.ho]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *afo, from Proto-Central Pacific *yavo, from Proto-Oceanic *apon, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən. Cognates include Māori aho and Samoan afo.

Noun

aho

1. fishing line, cord

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aho

1. breath

Verb

aho

1. (intransitive) to breathe

Related terms

• kanaaho (“relief”)

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “aho”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, pages 7–8

Hixkaryana

Noun

aho

1. stool

Usage notes

• This term is naturally possessed (some references use the phrases "inalienably possessed" or "obligatorily possessed", though this is not entirely accurate), but can be made unpossessed by the application of the depossessive suffix -nano, hence r-aho-nɨ (“my stool”) becomes aho-nano (“stool”).

References

• Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN), page 170

Ingrian

Aho.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aho, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash”). Cognates include Finnish aho.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑho/, [ˈɑho̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑho/, [ˈɑɣ̥o̞ˑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑho/, [ˈɑho̞ˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑho
• Hyphenation: a‧ho

Noun

aho

1. glade (open area in a forest)
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 119:

     Kolhoznikat oltii kyntämääs ahhoa.

     The kolkhoz workers were ploughing the glade.

Declension

Declension of aho (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	aho	ahot
genitive	ahon	ahhoin, aholoin
partitive	ahhoa	ahoja, aholoja
illative	ahhoo	ahhoi, aholoihe
inessive	ahos	ahois, aholois
elative	ahost	ahoist, aholoist
allative	aholle	ahoille, aholoille
adessive	ahol	ahoil, aholoil
ablative	aholt	ahoilt, aholoilt
translative	ahoks	ahoiks, aholoiks
essive	ahonna, ahhoon	ahoinna, aholoinna, ahhoin, aholoin
exessive1)	ahont	ahoint, aholoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 4
• Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 16

Italian

Interjection

aho

1. alternative spelling of ahó

Japanese

Romanization

aho

1. Rōmaji transcription of あほ
2. Rōmaji transcription of アホ

Lamaholot

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

Noun

aho

1. dog (animal)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malagasy

Alternative forms

• izaho

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku. Compare Malay aku, Ma'anyan aku, Ngaju yakuʔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈahu/

Pronoun

àho (oblique ahy, clitic -ko)

1. I (personal pronoun)

See also

Malagasy personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative
singular	1st person	aho, izaho	ahy
	2nd person	ianao	anao
	3rd person	izy	antsy
plural	1st person	izahay (exclusive) isika (inclusive)	anay (exclusive) antsika (inclusive)
	2nd person	ianareo	anareo
	3rd person	izy ireo, zareo	azy ireo

Further reading

• aho in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Maore Comorian

Adjective

-aho (declinable)

1. your (second-person singular possessive adjective)

See also

Maore Comorian possessive adjectives

			singular	plural
1st person			-angu	-atru
2nd person			-aho	-anyu
3rd person			-ahe	-awo

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afo, from Proto-Central Pacific *yavo, from Proto-Oceanic *apon, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən. Cognates include Hawaiian aho and Samoan afo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaho/ [ˈɐhɔ]

Noun

aho

1. fishing line; string

Derived terms

• aho hīnātore
• aho horahora
• aho kōaro
• aho maitai
• Aho Matua
• aho ngaiaku
• aho poka
• aho ratarata
• aho tāhuhu
• aho tapu
• aho tātea
• aho tuaiwi
• aho whaikano
• herenga aho
• pūngao aho
• pūoko aho
• tātari aho
• tau aho

References

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “aho”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Navajo

Etymology

From Kiowa aho (“thank you”), and loaned to many other Native American languages during the 20th century because it was frequently heard at pow-wows and widely used in the Native American Church (NAC).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑ̀hò/

Interjection

aho

1. yes, I agree
2. amen (often exclaimed during prayers)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌxoː/, [ˈɑːˌhoː]

Verb

āhō

1. inflection of āhōn:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afo, from Proto-Oceanic *apon, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən.

Noun

aho

1. fishing line

References

• “aho”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ahos

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ālium

Latin allium

Spanish ajobor.

Tagalog aho

Borrowed from Spanish ajo, from Latin allium. Compare Cebuano ahos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaho/ [ˈʔaː.ho]
• Rhymes: -aho
• Syllabification: a‧ho

Noun

aho (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑᜓ)

1. garlic

   Synonym: bawang

Related terms

• ahete

See also

• alahilyos

Further reading

• “aho”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “aho”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina [Hispanicisms in Tagalog: dictionary of words of Spanish origin still used in this Philippine language], Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana [Office of Ibero-American Education], page 20

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.hʲo]
• Hyphenation: a‧ho

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaso. Cognates include Māori aho and Samoan aso.

Noun

aho

1. day, date
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[5], page 1:

     Talu mai nā aho o Maui, ma Tui Tokelau ko te laukelekele, te tai, ma te ea nae fakaolaola ai o matou tagata

     Ever since the days of Maui, and Tui Tokelau, the land, the sea, it was them that stimulated our people

Derived terms

• Aho Falaile
• Aho Gafua
• Aho Hā
• Aho Lua
• Aho Lulu
• Aho Tofi
• Aho Tōnai

Etymology 2

Te aho (2.1).

From Proto-Polynesian *qaso. Cognates include Tongan ʻaho and Samoan aso.

Noun

aho

1. oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[6], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 18

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /áːho/

Determiner

aho

1. class 16 medial demonstrative

See also

Tooro medial demonstratives

Noun class	non-copulative		copulative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1/2	ogu	abo	ngugwo	mbabo
3/4	ogu	egi, egyo	ngugwo	ngigyo
5/6	eri, eryo	ago	ndiryo	ngago
7/8	eki, ekyo	ebi, ebyo	nkikyo	mbibyo
9/10	eri, eryo	ezi, ezo	ngigyo	nzizo
11/10	oru		ndurwo
12/14	ako	obu	nkako	mbubwo
13	—	otu	—	ntutwo
14/6	obu	ago	mbubwo	ngago
15/6	oku		nkukwo
16	aho	—	mpaho	—
17	oku		—
18	omu

Adverb

aho

1. there; at that place; medial demonstrative adverb

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aho.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑho/, [ˈɑho]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑho/, [ˈɑho]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈɑho/, [ˈɑɦo]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈɑho/, [ˈɑɦo]
• Rhymes: -ɑho
• Hyphenation: a‧ho

Noun

aho

1. fallow
2. glade

Inflection

Declension of aho (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	aho	ahod
genitive	aho	ahojõ
partitive	ahhoa	ahoit
illative	ahho, ahosõ	ahoisõ
inessive	ahoz	ahoiz
elative	ahoss	ahoiss
allative	ahollõ	ahoillõ
adessive	aholl	ahoill
ablative	aholt	ahoilt
translative	ahossi	ahoissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “aho”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[7], 2nd edition, Tallinn