howe

See also: Howe

English

Noun

howe (plural howes)

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

Anagrams

• WeHo

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman howe. Attested from ca. 1380.

Alternative forms

• houwe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔu̯(ə)/

Noun

howe

1. mattock, pickaxe.

Descendants

• English: hoe
• Yola: howe

References

• “houe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

howe

1. alternative form of hough (“hough, hock”)

Etymology 3

Noun

howe

1. alternative form of houve

Old French

Noun

howe (Anglo-Norman)

1. alternative form of hoe (“hoe”)

References

• “hoe1”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ho-we

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhoe/ [ˈhoː.ɛ]
• Rhymes: -oe
• Syllabification: ho‧we

Noun

howe (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜒ) (Chinese Filipino, colloquial)

1. significant other; romantic partner; boyfriend; girlfriend; lover; sweetheart; soulmate

   Synonyms: kasintahan, karelasyon, siyota, jowa

Further reading

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

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həʊ/

Noun

howe

1. hoe

References

• 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