hao

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hao"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Hakö.

Symbol

hao

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hakö terms

English

Etymology

From Vietnamese hào.

Noun

hao (plural hao)

1. (historical) A former currency unit of Vietnam, worth one tenth of a dong.

Anagrams

• AHO, HOA, Hoa, OHA, hoa, ǂHõã

Apatani

Noun

hao

1. north

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu. Cognates include Indonesian kau and Hawaiian ʻoe.

Pronoun

hao

1. thou, thee, you (singular)

Usage notes

• hao is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb, while un is used as a subject of a transitive verb.

  Kao malangu hao? ― Are you sick?

  Kao chumocho hao esta? ― Did you eat already?

• In a transitive clause with an indefinite object, hao can also be used as a subject.

  Kao manaitai hao lepblo? ― Did you read a book?

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns

	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
hu-type pronouns
1st person	hu	ta	in
2nd person	un	en
3rd person	ha	ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
1st person	yoʼ	hit	ham
2nd person	hao	hamyo
3rd person	gueʼ	siha
emphatic pronouns
1st person	guahu	hita	hami
2nd person	hagu	hamyo
3rd person	guiya	siha

References

• Donald M. Topping (1973), Chamorro Reference Grammar‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.