hoe

See also: Hoe, hoë, hö, hō'ē, hòe, and hoè

Symbol

hoe

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

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: hō, IPA^(key): /həʊ/
(US) enPR: hō, IPA^(key): /hoʊ/
(General Australian) enPR: hō, IPA^(key): /hoʉ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -əʊ
Homophone: ho

Etymology 1

From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Frankish *hauwā (compare Middle Dutch houwe), from Frankish *hauwan (“to hew”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to cut, hew”). More at hew.

Noun

hoe (plural hoes)

An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds.
- 2009, TRU TV, 28 March:
  It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe.

Derived terms

Translations

agricultural tool

Afrikaans: skoffelpik
Albanian: shat (sq) f, gërmues (sq)
Arabic: مِعْزَقة f (miʕzaqa)
Armenian: բրիչ (hy) (bričʻ)
Aromanian: sapã f
Assamese: কোৰ (kür)
Asturian: fesoria f
Avar: газа (gaza)
Azerbaijani: alaqkeş, toxa
Bashkir: тәпке (təpke), кәтмән (kətmən)
Basque: aitzur
Bats: თოჴ (toq)
Belarusian: маты́ка f (matýka)
Bikol Central: asadol
Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh: sangkul
Bulgarian: моти́ка (bg) f (motíka)
Catalan: aixada (ca)
Central Melanau: sakul
Chechen: цел (cel)
Cherokee: ᎦᎶᎪᏗ (galogodi)
Chichewa: khasu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鋤／锄 (zh) (chú)
Czech: motyka (cs) f
Danish: hakke c
Dutch: schoffel (nl) m, hak (nl) m
Egyptian:

(ḥnn m),

(ḫbsyt f),

(jknw m)
Esperanto: rastro (eo), sarkilo
Estonian: kõblas (et)
Finnish: kuokka (fi), yksiteräinen kuokka, yksipäinen kuokka
French: binette (fr) f, houe (fr) f
Friulian: sape f
Galician: aixada (gl) f, legón m, ligoña f, sacho (gl) m
Georgian: თოხი (ka) (toxi)
German: Hacke (de) f
Alemannic German: Grebel m
Greek: τσάπα (el) f (tsápa)
Ancient: σκαφεῖον n (skapheîon), ἐπισκαφεῖον n (episkapheîon), σκαλίς f (skalís)
Hebrew: מעדר (he) m (má'der)
Hungarian: kapa (hu)
Iban: changkol
Icelandic: hlújárn (is) n
Ido: bineto (io), hauo (io)
Ingrian: kookka
Ingush: цел (cel)
Irish: grafóg f
Italian: zappa (it) f
Japanese: 鍬 (ja) (くわ, kuwa)
Kashubian: hôk m
Kazakh: шот (şot), кетпен (ketpen)
Kikuyu: icembe
Kitembo: fuka
Korean: 괭이 (ko) (gwaeng'i)
Ladino: kavakadura
Latgalian: kapacs f
Latin: sarculum n, marra (la) f
Latvian: kaplis (lv) m
Laz: ბერგი (bergi), თოხი (toxi), ჩაფა (çapa)
Lezgi: къупу (q̄upu)
Lithuanian: kaplys m
Luxembourgish: Heel m
Macedonian: мотика (mk) f (motika)
Malay: cangkul (ms), pangkur, pacul (ms), cak (ms)
Malayalam: മൺവെട്ടി (ml) (maṇveṭṭi), തൂമ്പ (ml) (tūmpa), കൈക്കോട്ട് (kaikkōṭṭ‌)
Maltese: zappuna f, lexxuna f
Manchu: ᡥᠣᠮᡳᠨ (homin)
Maori: pāketu, hetiheti, tipitipi, karaone
Mazanderani: بلو (balu), فوکا (fokā)
Mingrelian: ბერგი (bergi), თოხი (toxi)
Mohawk: atshōkten
Mwani: jembe
Norman: houette f
Norwegian: hakke (no)
O'odham: sibiyo
Occitan: aissada (oc) f
Ossetian: къӕпи (k’æpi)
Ottoman Turkish: چاپه (çapa), كنند (kenend)
Pawnee: kátạreːrịwɩs
Persian: کج‌بیل (kaj-bil)
Piedmontese: sapa f
Plautdietsch: Weedhak f, Hak f
Polabian: ťüpål m
Polish: motyka (pl) f
Portuguese: enxada (pt) f, facholo m (Mozambique)
Quechua: lampa
Romanian: sapă (ro) f
Russian: тя́пка (ru) f (tjápka), моты́га (ru) f (motýga)
Rwanda-Rundi: isuka (Rundi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мотика f

Roman: motika (sh) f
Slovak: motyka f
Slovene: motika (sl) f
Southern Altai: кертме (kertme)
Spanish: azada (es) f, azadón (es) m, lampa (es) f
Svan: ბე̄რგ (bērg)
Swahili: jembe (sw)
Swedish: hacka (sv) c
Tagalog: asada, asarol
Tai Dam: chóp
Thai: จอบ (th) (jɔ̀ɔp)
Tumbuka: jembe
Turkish: çapa (tr)
Turkmen: kätmen
Udi: тохи (toχi)
Ukrainian: моти́ка f (motýka)
Uzbek: motiga (uz)
Venetan: sapa (vec) f
Vietnamese: cuốc (vi)
Welsh: hof f, chwynnogl f
West Coast Bajau: sangkul
Yiddish: גראָבאײַזן n (grobayzn)
Yucatec Maya: tuhnkuy
Yuchi: hafɛ
Zhuang: gvak
Zuni: waba’’ananne

Verb

hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)

(transitive, intransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
to hoe the earth in a garden

Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.

I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden.
(transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
to hoe corn

Derived terms

Translations

to use the gardening tool

Afrikaans: skoffel
Albanian: gërmoj (sq)
Aromanian: sãrcljedz, prãshescu
Atayal: pazih
Bulgarian: прекопавам (bg) (prekopavam)
Danish: hakke
Dutch: schoffelen (nl)
Estonian: kõplama
Finnish: kuokkia (fi)
French: houer (fr)
Galician: sachar (gl), cavar (gl)
Georgian: თოხავს (toxavs), მოთოხავს (motoxavs)
German: hacken (de)
Greek: τσαπίζω (el) (tsapízo)
Ancient: σκάλλω (skállō), σκάπτω (skáptō)
Hungarian: kapál (hu)
Ido: hauagar (io)
Ingrian: kookkia
Italian: zappare (it)
Latin: sariō
Maltese: agħżaq
Maori: pāpako, hetiheti, whakapāpako
Ottoman Turkish: چاپه‌لمق (çapalamak)
Piedmontese: sapé
Portuguese: enxadar
Quechua: lampay
Romanian: prăși (ro), săpa (ro)
Russian: моты́жить (ru) (motýžitʹ), разрыхля́ть (ru) (razryxljátʹ)
Rwanda-Rundi: kurima (Rundi)
Serbo-Croatian: kopati motikom
Slovak: kopať, okopávať
Spanish: azadonar, cavar (es)
Tarifit: ariyzim m
Turkish: çapalamak (tr)
Venetan: sapar (vec)

Etymology 2

From non-rhotic whore.

Alternative forms

ho

Noun

hoe (plural hoes)

(slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
- 1973, “Spoon”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod:
  Then we split to the Cafe Black Rose / To party with some hoes
- 1994, 0:00 from the start, in Juicy‎ (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:
  Fuck all you hoes.
  Get a grip, motherfucker.
- 2002, Eithne Quinn, Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap‎:
  […] this chapter […] will […] explore why pimp (and hoe) characters, with their dramatic staging of gendered and occupational relations […] have taken such hold of the black youth imagination
- 2003, Dan Harrington, The Good Eye‎:
  At school they had been among the only couples that had not done “it” at the Pimp & Hoe parties that popped up occasionally at the dorm
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hoe.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:prostitute

Derived terms

Verb

hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)

(US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”).
- 2003, Da’rel the Relentless One, M. T. Pimp‎:
  Pimpin’ came so naturally to MT when he and his sisters played pimp and hoe games that one of his sisters wanted to hoe for him when they grew up.

Etymology 3

From Middle English hough, hogh, from Old English hōh.

Alternative forms

hough

Noun

hoe (plural hoes)

A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.

Usage notes

Now used only in place names, such as Plymouth Hoe and Samphire Hoe.

Etymology 4

Cognate with Dutch haai (“shark”), qv.

Noun

hoe (plural hoes)

(Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.

Anagrams

HEO, Heo

Etymology

From Dutch hoe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɦu/
Audio: (file)

Adverb

hoe

how

Related terms

hoekom

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xoe/

Noun

hoe

water

References

Robert Lee Litteral, Features in Anggor Discourse (1980), page 38

Noun

hoe

friend

References

Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoe, from Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɦu/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: hoe
Rhymes: -u

Adverb

hoe

how

Derived terms

Descendants

Berbice Creole Dutch: ho
Jersey Dutch: hû
Negerhollands: hoe, ho, hue

Conjunction

hoe

(hoe ... hoe, hoe ... des te) the ... the, forms a parallel comparative
Synonym: des te

Hoe meer hoe beter! ― The more the better!

Hoe eerder hoe beter! ― The sooner the better!

Verb

hoe

inflection of hokea:

Particle

hoe

yes, indeed

Usage notes

There is no real equivalent of an antonym to yes in Garo. When denoting negative sentences, attach the suffix -ja to the main verb.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fohe, from Proto-Central Pacific *voce, from Proto-Oceanic *pose, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *boʀse, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay (“canoe paddle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈho.e/, [ˈho.we]

Noun

hoe

oar
paddle

Verb

hoe

to row
to paddle

Derived terms

hoʻohoe

References

Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hoe”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

For pronunciation and definitions of hoe – see 花 (“flower; blossom; florid; flowery; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 花).

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fohe, from Proto-Central Pacific *voce, from Proto-Oceanic *pose, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *boʀse, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay (“canoe paddle”).

Noun

hoe

oar
paddle

Verb

hoe

to row
to paddle

Derived terms

hoea

References

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

Etymology

From Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.

Adverb

hoe

how, in what way/manner
how, to what degree

Alternative forms

woe (eastern)

Descendants

Dutch: hoe
Limburgish: woe

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hoe

Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hoe

Alternative form of he (“they”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /huːə/

Noun

hoe f (definite singular hoa, indefinite plural hoer, definite plural hoene)

Alternative form of ho

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, probably from or related to Frankish *hauwan (“to chop”).

Noun

hoe oblique singular, f (oblique plural hoes, nominative singular hoe, nominative plural hoes)

hoe (tool)

Etymology

Probably from Norn høg or Middle Norwegian haa. Ultimately from Old Norse hár

Noun

hoe (plural hoes)

The piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwɛ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hwɛ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [wɛ˧˧]

Adjective

hoe • (暉, 槐)

reddish; carroty
khóc nhiều mắt đỏ hoe ― to cry so much that the eyes become reddish

tóc hoe hoe ― reddish hair

Derived terms

đỏ hoe

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from English ho (“a stop; a halt”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /hoːɨ̯/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /hɔi̯/

Noun

hoe f (plural hoeau, not mutable)

pause, break, rest
Synonyms: egwyl, gosteg, saib, seibiant

References

[1]
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hoe”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Etymology

From Old Frisian hū, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hu/

Adverb

hoe

how (interrogative)

Derived terms

hoe't

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