ihò
noun
/ī.hò/
uwò (alternative), uò (alternative, Ekiti)
Definitions
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hole
Related wordskòtòPossibly related wordsọ̀fìnnoun Wiktionary points at “ọ̀fìn”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ààfin”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ọ̀fìn” may be a word nobody has written up yet. ààfin palace
Etymology
From Proto-Yoruboid *á-wò or Proto-Yoruboid *ú-wò, cognate with Igala áwò. The transition from /w/ to /h/ in Standard Yoruba is systematic, with Central Yoruba and Southeast Yoruba dialects maintaining /w/ or deleting the /w/.
Possibly derived from
Each of these pages lists a word as built from it, spelled a little differently from this one — a different tone mark, or an underdot this word doesn't have.
Tone and underdots are what tell two Yorùbá words apart, so we can't say whether the other page meant this word and mistyped it, or meant a word that has no page here yet.
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hóverb
“hó” lists “ìhó” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “ìhó” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
hó
to boil
hó
to peel off the skin or bark of something
họ̀verb
“họ̀” lists “ìhọ̀” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “ìhọ̀” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
họ̀
alternative form of wọ̀ (“to gouge or scoop out of something”)
họverb
“họ” lists “ìhọ” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “ìhọ” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
họ
to scratch or itch (a body) with the hand or finger
họ
to flee, to run away
họ́verb
“họ́” lists “ìhọ́” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “ìhọ́” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
họ́
to be in a very tight space
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
burrow
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “iho”.
Reference:
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