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Sho

//ʃəʊ// adj, adv, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of super-high-output. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of sure. Southern-US, alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling

    "“I sho am glad. You sho you all right? I thought sho you was dead this time.”"

  2. 2
    Pronunciation spelling of so. alt-of, childish, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Shö, a Kuki-Chin language/dialect group alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sheng.

    "The arrangement of pipes symbolizes the folded wings of the mythical phoenix, whose cry the shō's sound is said to represent."

  2. 2
    A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 笙 (shō).

Etymology 2

Of modern scholarly coinage. From its Bactrian pronunciation /ʃ/, and the final omricon (ο) found at the end of almost all Bactrian words.

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