hōu

See also: hou, Hou, hóu, hǒu, hòu, and ȟou

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• hou — nonstandard

Romanization

hōu (hou¹, Zhuyin ㄏㄡ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呲
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼸
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齁

Maori

Alternative forms

• hoou
• hou

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *foqou, from Proto-Central Pacific *vaqou, from Proto-Oceanic *paqoʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

Adjective

hōu

1. new (recently made or created)

Derived terms

• whakahōu

References

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