hou

From Dutch houden

• IPA^(key): /ɦœu/

hou (present hou, present participle houende, past participle gehou)

1. to hold
2. to keep

• hou van

hou

1. blanket

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑu̯/

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• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

From Middle Dutch hout, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz.

hou (not comparable)

1. (only in set phrases) friendly, of a favourable disposition

Found only in the set phrase hou en trouw.

hou

1. first-person singular present indicative of houden
2. imperative of houden

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̃u/

họụ (Bibo)

1. water
2. river

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
• D. and C. Leroy, J. Rule, Gobosi Organised Phonology Data

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

hou

1. (stative) new (recently made or created)
2. (stative) recent, to repeat
3. (transitive) to thrust, jab, pierce

From Proto-Hlai *ɦuː (“I; me”).

• (Standard Hlai) IPA^(key): /hou˥˧/

hou

1. (humble) I; me

   Synonym: dhes

hou

1. Nonstandard spelling of hōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hóu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǒu.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hòu.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

hou

1. Alternative form of yow

• “you, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 May 2018.

họụ

1. water

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67