different between shh vs sho

English

Alternative forms

• sh
• shhh
• ssh

Etymology

From hush. Likely imitative of a non-verbal utterance. Compare Scots whisht (“hush!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/

Interjection

shh

1. Requesting silence.

Synonyms

• hush, shush

Translations

Noun

shh (plural shhs or shhes)

1. An utterance of shh.

Verb

shh (third-person singular simple present shhs or shhes, present participle shhing, simple past and past participle shhed)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To utter shh.

References

• sh, int., in Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• H.S.H., HHS, HSH

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?/
• Homophone: show
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Adverb

sho (not comparable)

1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sure.
2. (childish) Pronunciation spelling of so.

Etymology 2

From Japanese ? (sh?).

Noun

sho (plural shos)

1. A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the sheng.

Translations

Etymology 3

Of modern scholarly coinage.

Noun

sho (plural shos)

1. A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase ?, lowercase ?.

Translations

Anagrams

• HOS, Hos., OHS, OHs, Osh, Soh, hos, ohs, osh, soh

Italian

Etymology

From English sho, used to illustrate Bactrian ? (š). Also compare the archaic Greek character ? (?).

Noun

sho m or f (invariable)

1. sho (Greek letter)

Japanese

Romanization

sho

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Lashi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?/

Adjective

sho

1. shy

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o??/

Noun

sho

1. hundred

Usage notes

• The term sho has to be preceded by another cardinal number in order to be used as a numeral. Note that the term for "hundred" is written as one word:

  dasho (“(a) hundred”)

  qøk sho (“two hundred”)

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sho

1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of sche

Etymology 2

From Old English sc?h.

Alternative forms

• shoo, scho, schoo, sso, sco, shogh, shou?, showe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?/, /??u?x/

Noun

sho (plural shos or shon)

2. A shoe (an article of footwear)
3. A horseshoe or similar device for other animals.
4. A piece of metal fortifying the edge of a wooden spade.

Related terms

• hors sho
• shon

Descendants

• English: shoe
• Scots: shae

References

• “sh??, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.

Etymology 3

Verb

sho

1. Alternative form of shon (“to shoe”)

Navajo

Noun

sho

1. frost

Alternative forms

• shoh

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-t??o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-t?? (“say, quote”).

Verb

-sho

1. to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-t??o, derived from Proto-Bantu *-t?? (“say, quote”).

Verb

-sho

1. (intransitive) to say
2. (intransitive) to mean

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• -sholo (applicative)
• -shiso (causative)
• -shoyisho (diminutive)
• -shisiso (intensive)
• -shoko (neuter-passive)
• -shiwo (passive)
• -shono (reciprocal)

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “sho”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “sho”