sho

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   nonstandard pronunciation spelling of sure, shore, or so

   They pulled the skiff up along the sho before nightfall.

2. 2
   noun

   a Japanese free-reed mouth organ made from a cluster of bamboo pipes

   The musician sustained luminous chords on the sho.

3. 3
   noun

   the letter Ϸ or ϸ formerly used for the sh sound in Bactrian writing

   The Bactrian alphabet added sho to represent a sound absent from Greek.

The dialect spelling represents pronunciations of shore, sure, or so. The instrument name is borrowed from Japanese shō, itself related to Chinese sheng. The Bactrian letter name is a modern scholarly formation based on its sound and Greek-style letter naming.

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