ho / how / haw
/xo/, /xow/, /xaw/
1. yes, all right
- ho alaydı — yes, that is so
- ho, aŋıladım — yes, I have understood
- ho, kerti aytasa — yes, you are right
- ho, tüz aytasa — yes, you speak truly
- ho, sen aythan bolsun — all right, let it be as you say
- ho derge — to say yes, to agree
- ho demezge — not to agree, to object
- ho degen juwab — an answer of yes
- ho deb juwab berdi — he answered by saying yes
- sen aythanŋa men ho tülme — I do not say yes to what you said
- nege da ho deb tururğa — to say yes to everything
2. not at all, nothing of the sort, hardly — This reading is mostly heard in the exclamations ho birda and ho saŋa.
- ho bir da — nothing of the sort
- ho senŋe! — nothing of the sort!
- alırsa ho! — as if you'll get it!
- kellikmise? ho bir da — will you come? hardly
- ho bir da, kelmegendi — nothing of the sort, he did not come
- ho bir da, unamaydı — not at all, he does not agree
3. hup, a call for driving cows on
- ho deb qıçırdı — he called out hup
- ho deb iynekleni sürdü — he drove the cows on, calling hup
- iyneklege ho derge — to call hup to the cows