шо

See also: што, що, and Appendix:Variations of "so"

Chechen

Etymology

Akin to Bats შო (šo) and Ingush шу (šu).

Noun

шо • (šo) ?

1. year

Ingush

Alternative forms

• шу (šu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *šu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃu/

Pronoun

шо • (šo)

1. you (plural)

Declension

Ingush personal pronouns
Singular	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Nominative	со (so)	хьо (ḥʳo)	из (iz)
Genitive	са (sa)	хьа (ḥʳa)	цун (cun)
Dative	со̄на (soona)	хьо̄на (ḥʳoona)	цунна (cunna)
Ergative	а̄з (aaz)	ӏа (ˀa)	цо̄ (coo)
Allative	со̄га (sooga)	хьо̄га (ḥʳooga)	цунга (cunga)
Ablative	со̄гара (soogara)	хьо̄гара (ḥʳoogara)	цунгара (cungara)
Instrumental	со̄ца (sooca)	хьо̄ца (ḥʳooca)	цунца (cunca)
Lative	сох (sox)	хьох (ḥʳox)	цунах (cunax)
Comparative	сол (sol)	хьол (ḥʳol)	цул (cul)
Plural	1st person (excl)	2nd person	3rd person
Nominative	тхо (txo)	шо (šo)	уж (už)
Genitive	тха (txa)	шун (šun)	ца̄р (caar)
Dative	тхо̄на (txoona)	шоана (šoana)	ца̄рна (caarna)
Ergative	оаха (oaxa)	оаш (oaš)	ца̄ра (caara)
Allative	тхо̄га (txooga)	шуга (šuga)	ца̄рга (caarga)
Ablative	тхо̄гара (txoogara)	шугара (šugara)	ца̄ргара (caargara)
Instrumental	тхо̄ца (txooca)	шуца (šuca)	ца̄рца (caarca)
Lative	тхох (txox)	шух (šux)	ца̄рех (caarex)
Comparative	тхол (txol)	шул (šul)	ца̄рел (caarel)
Plural	1st person (incl)
Nominative	вай (vaj)
Genitive	вай (vaj)
Dative	вайна (vajna)
Ergative	вай (vaj)
Allative	вайга (vajga)
Ablative	вайгара (vajgara)
Instrumental	вайца (vajca)
Lative	вайх (vajx)
Comparative	вайл (vajl)
An exclusive form is a form that excludes the person being addressed. An inclusive form is a form that includes the person being addressed.

References

• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “шо”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 554
• Bekova, A. I., Dudarov, U. B., Ilijeva, F. M., Malʹsagova, L. D., Tarijeva, L. U. (2009) “шо”, in Ingušsko-russkij slovarʹ, Nalchik: Ingušskij NII GN, page 35

Macedonian

Etymology

Conversational form of што (što).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɔ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: шо
• Rhymes: -ɔ

Pronoun

шо • (šo)

1. (colloquial) what, alternative form of што (što)

   Synonym: (dialectal) шчо (ščo)

   Шо збо́руваш? ― Šo zbóruvaš? ― What are you saying?

   Шо? ― Šo? ― What?

Russian

Alternative forms

• чё (čo), чо (čo) — other areas

Etymology

Distorted form of что (što), possibly influenced by Ukrainian що (ščo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂo]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

шо • (šo)

1. (colloquial, nonstandard, proscribed, Ukraine, Southern Russia) what, alternative form of что (što)

   Шо ты говори́шь?

   Šo ty govoríšʹ?

   What are you saying?

Ukrainian

Etymology

Conversational form of що (ščo). Compare Macedonian шо (šo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɔ]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

шо • (šo)

1. (colloquial) what, alternative form of що (ščo)

Derived terms

• шо́кати (šókaty)

References

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “шо”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina