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English

Etymology 1

Adverb

ao (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of amongst/among/and others.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese あお (ao).

Noun

ao (uncountable)

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Wikipedia
  1. grue ("blue or green", considered one color)

Anagrams

Anuta

Etymology

Borrowed from Tikopia ao.

Noun

ao

  1. day (period of 24 hours)
  2. day (period between sunrise and sunset)

References

Aromanian

Adverb

ao

  1. Alternative form of aoa

Synonyms

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔa:w, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaawʔ (“upper garment”). Cognates include Vietnamese áo, Khmer អាវ (aau), Muong ảo.

Pronunciation

Noun

ao

  1. shirt

Borôro

Pronunciation

Noun

ao

  1. hair

Carabayo

Etymology

Compare Yuri ato (“father”).

Noun

ao

  1. father

References

  • Seifart and Echeverri, Evidence for the Identification of Carabayo, the Language of an Uncontacted People of the Colombian Amazon, as Belonging to the Tikuna–Yurí Linguistic Family, PLoS ONE 9(4) (2014)

Estonian

Noun

ao

  1. genitive singular of agu

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + masculine definite article o (“the”).

Pronunciation

Contraction

ao m (feminine á, masculine plural aos, feminine plural ás)

  1. Contraction of a o (“to the, towards the”).

Guaraní

Noun

ao

  1. clothes

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw (compare Tagalog araw).

Noun

ao

  1. light
  2. daylight
  3. day
  4. dawn

Etymology 2

Noun

ao

  1. world
  3. earth

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic (compare Maori ao).

Noun

ao

  1. cloud

Italian

Interjection

ao

  1. Alternative spelling of ahó

Japanese

Romanization

ao

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あお

Lavukaleve

Verb

ao

  1. (intransitive) go in, enter

Mandarin

Romanization

ao

  1. Nonstandard spelling of āo.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of áo.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎo.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of ào.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maore Comorian

Adjective

-ao (declinable)

  1. Alternative form of -awo (“their”)

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalejaw (compare Tagalog araw).

Noun

ao

  1. daytime

Etymology 2

Noun

ao

  1. world

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic (compare Hawaiian ao).

Noun

ao

  1. cloud
Derived terms

References

  • “ao” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
  • Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 14-5

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

ao

  1. clothing, clothes

Minanibai

Noun

ao

  1. water

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ao

Contraction

ao (feminine à, masculine plural aos, feminine plural às)

  2. Contraction of a o (“to the (masculine singular)”).

Quotations

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ao (“to scoop up”). Cognates include Tokelauan ao and Maori ao.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.o/
  • Hyphenation: a‧o

Verb

ao

  1. (transitive) to serve (food)

References

  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 395

Samoan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Tagalog araw).

Noun

ao

  1. day

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic (compare Hawaiian ao).

Noun

ao

  1. cloud

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

-ao (declinable)

  1. their (third-person plural animate possessive adjective)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -ao
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) wao wao
m-mi class(III/IV) wao yao
ji-ma class(V/VI) lao yao
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) chao vyao
n class(IX/X) yao zao
u class(XI) wao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pao
ku class(XVII) kwao
mu class(XVIII) mwao

See also

Swahili possessive adjectives
singular plural
1st person -angu -etu
2nd person -ako -enu
3rd person -ake -ao (animate) / -ake (inanimate)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Interjection

ao (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜂ) (Bataan, informal)

  1. yes (said for emotional emphasis)
    Synonym: oo nga
    Antonym: hindi

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

ao

  1. planks for a canoe

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaho. Cognates include Hawaiian ao and Samoan ao.

Noun

ao

  1. daylight
  2. daytime

Verb

ao

  1. (intransitive) to be daylight

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qao. Cognates include Hawaiian ao and Samoan ao.

Noun

ao

  1. cloud

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *ao. Cognates include Maori ao and Samoan ao.

Verb

ao

  1. (transitive) to gather

Etymology 4

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao. Cognates include Maori ao and Samoan ao.

Verb

ao

  1. (intransitive) to be good at gathering food

Etymology 5

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao (“authority”). Cognates include Tahitian ao (“heaven”) and Samoan ao (“chief”).

Noun

ao

  1. head, chief

Etymology 6

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ao

  1. (transitive) to shape (wood)

Etymology 7

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ao. Cognates include Tahitian ao and Tuvaluan ao.

Noun

ao

  1. A grossly misformed coconut without any flesh or juice inside.
Synonyms

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 2

Tongan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic (compare Hawaiian ao).

Noun

ao

  1. cloud
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ao

  1. headdress
  2. front of an island

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 澳 (“bay, inlet”, SV: áo). Compare Thai อ่าว (àao), Khmer អាវ (ʼaaw).

Noun

(classifier cái) ao • (㘭, 坳, 泑, 𪵲, 𬇚)

  1. pond
    • Nguyễn Khuyến, "Thu điếu (Autumn Fishing)"
      Ao thu lạnh lẽo; nuớc trong veo;
      Một chiếc thuyền câu bé tẻo teo;
      The cold autumn pond; the clear water;
      A tiny, itsy-bitsy, fishing boat;
    • 1686 Matsuo Bashō, Haru no Hi, "No. 41"; 2007 Vietnamese translation by Nhật Chiêu; English translation by Reginald Horace Blyth
      Ao cũ, con ếch nhảy vào, vang tiếng nước xao.
      The old pond; A frog jumps in — The sound of the water.
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ao • (呦)

  1. to measure roughly, to measure approximately
Derived terms
Derived terms

Further reading

Yoruba

Aó

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

aó

  1. (Ekiti) Ekiti form of awó (“guinea fowl; (in particular) Western crested guineafowl”)
    Synonyms: ẹtù, etù

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala àwó, Olukumi awó, Itsekiri éwó, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *à-wó, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *à-wó

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

àó

  1. (Ekiti) slap
    Synonyms: ìfọ́tí, àbàtàó, àbàrá, ìgbátí
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ao

  1. (Ekiti) Alternative form of awo (“secret, that which is secretive”)
    Synonyms: àṣírí, ohun ìkọ̀kọ̀
  2. (Ekiti) Alternative form of awo (“cult, sect; especially pertaining to Ifa or the Ifa oracle”)
  3. (Ekiti) Alternative form of awo (“the worship of Ifá”)
  4. (Ekiti) Alternative form of awo (“priest of Ifá or Ọrúnmìlà”)
    Synonyms: babaláo, aláo, ọlị́fá
  5. (Ekiti, by extension) Alternative form of awo (“respected member of a guild; especially one of musicians and dramatists”)
  6. (Ekiti) a prefix in given names and surnames used by Ifa priests and their descendants
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 4

Compare with Ifè àwò

Pronunciation

Noun

ào

  1. (Ekiti) Ekiti form of àwo (“plate”)
    Synonyms: tánganran, aféfe

Etymology 5

From a- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ò (“to look”)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

aò

  1. (Ekiti) Ekiti form of awò (“lens”)
    Synonym: aò-ojú
Derived terms
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