Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US, dialectal)What?, pardon?

  2. A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.

Examples

41460 sentences
  1. I can imagine how you felt.

    Можу собі уявити, що ти відчував. — deniko

    ruМогу представить, как ты себя чувствовал. — sharptoothed

    deIch kann mir vorstellen, wie du dich gefühlt hast. — Dirk80

  2. Please explain how to get there.

    Будьте ласкаві, поясніть, як туди добратися. — Ahha

    ruОбъясните, пожалуйста, как туда добраться. — tirpitz

    deBitte erklären Sie, wie man dorthin gelangt. — mayabe

  3. Who taught you how to dance?

    Хто вас навчив танцювати? — brambury

    ruКто научил вас танцевать? — marafon

    deWer hat dir das Tanzen beigebracht? — Wolf

  4. This is how I made it.

    Ось так я це зробив. — deniko

    ruВот как я сделал это. — oxioxigen

    deSo habe ich das gemacht. — Esperantostern

  5. This is how we do it.

    Це робиться ось так. — deniko

    deSo machen wir das. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō,

From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō, from Proto-Germanic *hwō (“through what, how”), from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift.

From a Siouan language; compare Lakota háu. Alternatively from Wyandot haau.

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