soho

See also: Soho, SoHo, SOHO, and sōhō

English

Etymology

so +‎ ho!

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /səʊˈhəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Interjection

soho

  1. (obsolete) ho; halloo; a word used in calling from a distant place.
    • c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      Proteus: Run, boy, run, run, and seek him out.
      Launce: Soho, soho!
      Proteus: What seest thou?
      Launce: Him we go to find […]
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
      He then began to beat about, in the same language and in the same manner as if he had been beating for a hare; and at last cried out, "Soho! Puss is not far off. Here's her form, upon my soul; I believe I may cry stole away."

Anagrams

Solon

Noun

soho

  1. temple (body part)

References
  • Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with West Makian sufu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈso.ho/

Noun

soho (Jawi سوهو)

  1. pig

References
  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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