soho - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

so +‎ ho!

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /səʊˈhəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Interjection[edit]

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[edit]

• oh so, oohs, shoo

Solon[edit]

Noun[edit]

soho

1. temple (body part)

References[edit]

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

Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with West Makian sufu.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.ho/

Noun[edit]

soho (Jawi سوهو‎)

1. pig

References[edit]

• 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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