noho

noho

1. five

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoɦo]
• Rhymes: -oɦo
• Hyphenation: no‧ho

noho

1. vocative singular of noha

• ohon

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”).

noho

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

noho

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

• hoʻonoho (causative)
• nohona (“residence; way of life”)

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”).

noho (passive nohoia)

1. to sit
2. (transitive) to reside, dwell
3. (transitive) to reign
4. to be still, to remain in one place

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

noho

1. sit

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

noho

1. tooth

• Reyes, Antonio de los (1593) Arte en lengua mixteca (in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 82