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See also: Howe

English

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Noun

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howe (plural howes)

  1. Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman houe.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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howe (plural howes)

  1. mattock, pickaxe.
Descendants
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  • English: hoe
  • Yola: howe
References
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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howe

  1. Alternative form of hough (hough, hock)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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howe

  1. Alternative form of houve

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 好的 (hó--ê, significant other; boyfriend; girlfriend; sweetheart; soulmate, literally the good one).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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howe (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜒ) (Chinese Filipino)

  1. significant other; romantic partner; boyfriend; girlfriend; lover; sweetheart; soulmate
    Synonyms: kasintahan, karelasyon, siyota, jowa

Further reading

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  • Mae Coyiuto (2023) Chloe and the Kaishao Boys[1], New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 15
  • Erin Chupeco (2012) Charles Tan, editor, Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology[2], Maple Shade, New Jersey: Lethe Press, Inc., page 20

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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howe

  1. hoe

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47