▪ I. Ho, n.4
(həʊ)
[Native name, said to be a contraction of horo man.]
a. One of the principal dialects of central India, belonging to the Kolarian group. b. One who speaks this language. Also attrib. or as adj.
| 1840 S. R. Tickell in Jrnl. Asiat. Soc. IX. ii. 997 The Ho language has no written character. 1860 F. Mason Burmah (ed. 2) 131 These Moondas now call themselves Hos. 1871 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) II. 589/2 A Ho bridegroom buys his bride. 1905 P. Wagner tr. Nottrott's Gram. Kol-Language 4 The dialect of the Larka-Kols or Hos. 1906 G. A. Grierson Linguistic Surv. India IV. 116. 1908 H. H. Risley People of India 94 The Hos of Singhbhum. 1926 Encycl. Brit. XV. 891/2 The Hos, who are closely akin to the Mundas, also inhabit the Chota Nagpur division; in 1901 they numbered 386,000. |
▪ II. Ho, n.5
(həʊ)
[Native name, = a heap of dried peas.]
Name of a tribe of the Ewe people living near the town of Ho in former Togoland, now part of Ghana.
| 1890 J. Frazer Golden Bough I. v. 265 The Ho tribe of German Togoland. |