Finnish

Verb

hio

1. Indicative present connegative form of hioa.
2. Second person singular imperative present form of hioa.
3. Second person singular imperative present connegative form of hioa.

Anagrams

• hoi, iho, ohi

Japanese

Romanization

hio

1. rōmaji reading of ひお

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hiāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁i-eh₂- ‎(“to gape, be wide open”). Cognates include Ancient Greek χάσκω ‎(kháskō), Tocharian A śew, Tocharian B kāyā, Lithuanian žioti, Russian зия́ть ‎(zijátʹ), Sanskrit विजिहीते ‎(vijihīte), and Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, *ganōną (English yawn)^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhi.oː/

Verb

hiō ‎(present infinitive hiāre, perfect active hiāvī); first conjugation, no passive

1. I yawn, gape.
2. I stand open.
3. (of speech) I pause, connect badly.
4. (figuratively) I am amazed, gape in wonder.
5. I bawl out, utter, sing.

Inflection

Derived terms

• hiantia
• hiascō
• hiātus
• hisco

References

• hio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill