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noho

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

Cheyenne

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Numeral

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noho

  1. five

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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noho

  1. vocative singular of noha

Anagrams

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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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

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noho

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

Verb

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noho

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

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “noho”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii 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 551–9

Māori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *nofo.[1][2]

For sense of “to reside”/“to dwell”, compare Tagalog luklok (“to sit, to take office/chair”) and Malay duduk (“to sit, to live/reside”), diam (“to reside”).

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Verb

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), “noho”, in 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 551–9

Further reading

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

Moriori

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognate with Māori noho

Verb

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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

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noho

  1. (noun) living, occupying.

References

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

Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *nofo.

Verb

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noho

  1. sit

Teposcolula Mixtec

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Etymology

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

Noun

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noho

  1. tooth

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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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