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See also: APO, apo-, āpō, and Apo

English

Adjective

apo (not comparable)

  1. (biochemistry, of a protein) In an inactive, unbound state
    • 2009 January 30, Robert B. Best, Gerhard Hummer, “BIOCHEMISTRY: Unfolding the Secrets of Calmodulin”, in Science‎:
      In this scenario, unbound proteins are predominantly in the ligand-free ("apo") structure.

Noun

apo (plural apos)

  1. (biochemistry) Short for apolipoprotein.

See also

Anagrams

Bahnar

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔmpəw, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mp(ɔ)ʔ (“to dream”); cognate with Halang hơpô, Koho mpao, Semai mpo, Pacoh apo/mpo, Old Mon 'ampo' (modern Mon လ္ပံ (kəpɔˀ)), Central Nicobarese enfūa.

Pronunciation

Verb

apo 

  1. to dream

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Spanish sapo, with simplification of los sapos to los apos. Alternatively, both words might have the same Pre-Roman origin.

Noun

apo anim

  1. toad
Declension
Declension of apo (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive apo apoa apoak
ergative apok apoak apoek
dative apori apoari apoei
genitive aporen apoaren apoen
comitative aporekin apoarekin apoekin
causative aporengatik apoarengatik apoengatik
benefactive aporentzat apoarentzat apoentzat
instrumental apoz apoaz apoez
inessive aporengan apoarengan apoengan
locative — — —
allative aporengana apoarengana apoengana
terminative aporenganaino apoarenganaino apoenganaino
directive aporenganantz apoarenganantz apoenganantz
destinative aporenganako apoarenganako apoenganako
ablative aporengandik apoarengandik apoengandik
partitive aporik — —
prolative apotzat — —
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

apo inan

  1. hoof
Declension
Declension of apo (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive apo apoa apoak
ergative apok apoak apoek
dative apori apoari apoei
genitive aporen apoaren apoen
comitative aporekin apoarekin apoekin
causative aporengatik apoarengatik apoengatik
benefactive aporentzat apoarentzat apoentzat
instrumental apoz apoaz apoez
inessive apotan apoan apoetan
locative apotako apoko apoetako
allative apotara apora apoetara
terminative apotaraino aporaino apoetaraino
directive apotarantz aporantz apoetarantz
destinative apotarako aporako apoetarako
ablative apotatik apotik apoetatik
partitive aporik — —
prolative apotzat — —

Further reading

  • "apo" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “apo” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧po
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔapoʔ/,

Noun

apò

  1. grandparent
  2. goblin
    Synonym: duwende

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧po
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈpo/,

Noun

apó

  1. grandchild

Verb

apó

  1. to have a grandchild or grandchildren

East Futuna

Etymology

From English apple.

Noun

apo

  1. (Alo) apple

Synonyms

References

  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Noun

apo

  1. grandchild

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Noun

apó

  1. grandchild

Noun

ápò

  1. grandfather

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Noun

apo

  1. grandchild

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧po
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈpo/,

Noun

apó

  1. (usually endearing, familiar) grandparent
  2. (usually endearing, familiar) master; mistress
  3. sir; madam
  4. grandchild

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

apo (plural apo-apo, first-person possessive apoku, second-person possessive apomu, third-person possessive aponya)

  1. flat-topped hills

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.po/
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Hyphenation: à‧po

Preposition

apo

  1. Alternative form of appo

Anagrams

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Noun

apo

  1. grandchild

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *apô; compare Apalaí apo, Trió apë, Wayana apë, Waiwai apo, Akawaio apö, Pemon apue, Ye'kwana ajö, Yao (South America) iapelly.

Pronunciation

  • (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key):
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key):

Noun

apo (possessed apory)

  1. arm

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 232
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “apo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 91; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 92

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Noun

apo

  1. grandchild

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *apō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to get, grab; to join”). Cognate with apex, Hittite 𒄩𒀊 (ḫapp-, “to join, attach”), Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten”).

The term is only attested in another form than the participle in the work of the grammarian Sextus Pompeius Festus and in the Etymologiae of Saint Isidore of Seville.

Pronunciation

Verb

apō (present infinitive apere, perfect active apī, supine aptum); third conjugation

  1. to fasten; attach, connect; join, bind
    • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.15.1:
      linguam autem dēbēre aiunt non esse līberam nec vagam, sed vinclīs de pectore īmō ac dē corde aptīs movērī et quasi gubernārī.
      They say that the tongue should not be free and wandering, but that it should be moved and, so to say, steered by cords attached to the deep chest and heart.
    • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 17, line 9:
      Apex, quod est sacerdotum īnsigne, dictus est ab eō, quod comprehendere antīquī vinculō apere dīcēbant. Unde aptus est, quī conventienter alicui iūnctus est.
      The apex, which is the ensign of the Flamen, is called so because of the fact that in, the old language, tying with a rope was called apere. Whence aptus is something which is conventiently joined to something.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of apō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present apō apis apit apimus apitis apunt
imperfect apēbam apēbās apēbat apēbāmus apēbātis apēbant
future apam apēs apet apēmus apētis apent
perfect apī apistī apit apimus apistis apērunt,
apēre
pluperfect aperam aperās aperat aperāmus aperātis aperant
future perfect aperō aperis aperit aperimus aperitis aperint
passive present apor aperis,
apere 		apitur apimur apiminī apuntur
imperfect apēbar apēbāris,
apēbāre 		apēbātur apēbāmur apēbāminī apēbantur
future apar apēris,
apēre 		apētur apēmur apēminī apentur
perfect aptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect aptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect aptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present apam apās apat apāmus apātis apant
imperfect aperem aperēs aperet aperēmus aperētis aperent
perfect aperim aperīs aperit aperīmus aperītis aperint
pluperfect apissem apissēs apisset apissēmus apissētis apissent
passive present apar apāris,
apāre 		apātur apāmur apāminī apantur
imperfect aperer aperēris,
aperēre 		aperētur aperēmur aperēminī aperentur
perfect aptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect aptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ape — — apite —
future — apitō apitō — apitōte apuntō
passive present — apere — — apiminī —
future — apitor apitor — — apuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives apere apisse aptūrum esse apī aptum esse aptum īrī
participles apēns — aptūrus — aptus apendus,
apundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
apendī apendō apendum apendō aptum aptū

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • “apo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • apo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “apīscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *apō, see also Old English apa, Old High German affo, Old Norse api.

Noun

apo m

  1. ape

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: āpe
    • Low German: Ape
    • German Low German: Aap
    • Plautdietsch: Op

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”). Compare Kapampangan apu, Malayalam അപ്പൂപ്പൻ (appūppaṉ, “grandfather”), and Hokkien 阿婆 (a-pô, “paternal grandmother”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔaˈpo/, (noun:grandchild)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔapoʔ/, (noun:grandparent; master)
  • Rhymes: (noun:grandchild) -o, (noun:grandparent; master) -apoʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧po

Noun

apó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)

  1. grandchild

Derived terms

Noun

apò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)

  1. grandparent
    Synonyms: (male) lolo, (female) lola, (dialectal) nuno
  2. ancestor
    Synonyms: nuno, ninuno, kanuno-nunuan
  3. master
    Synonyms: amo, panginoon
  4. boss; chief
    Synonyms: puno, hepe

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “apo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “apo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*apu”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 303

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Noun

apó

  1. grandchild

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

Noun

apo

  1. grandchild

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ákpó

Pronunciation

Noun

apó

  1. quiver
    ikú ọdẹ ń bẹ nínú apó ― What will be the death of the hunter is lurking inside the quiver
Derived terms
  • Aníkúlápó (“A Yoruba name meaning, One who has death in their quiver”)

Etymology 2

Àpò

Pronunciation

Noun

àpò

  1. The tree Cola acuminata, the kola nut comes from this plant

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

àpò

  1. pocket, pouch, bag, pod
  2. two hundred naira
Derived terms
Wikious
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