[haʊ], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- in what way or manner; by what means
(e.g: how does it work?)

- used to ask about the condition or quality of something
(e.g: how was your holiday?)

- used to ask about the extent or degree of something
(e.g: how old are you?)

- the way in which; that
(e.g: she told us how she had lived out of a suitcase for a week)


Phrases:
- and how!
- here's how!
- how about
- how are you going?
- how do you do?
- how do?
- how many
- how much
- how now?
- how so?
- how's that?
- the how and why

Origin:
Old English hū, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoe, also to who and what

[haʊ], (Interjection)

Definitions:
- a greeting attributed to Indigenous people of North America (used in humorous imitation and now likely to be regarded as offensive)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century: perhaps from Sioux háo or Omaha hou