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

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman houe.

Alternative forms

• houwe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔu̯(ə)/

Noun

howe (plural howes)

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

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)

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^[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

Etymology

From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huː/
• Homophone: how

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