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English
Noun
o-
A blood type that has no antigens . It lacks the A , B and Rh factors on the blood cells. It is the universal donor for blood and can give blood to any blood type, but can only receive O- blood.
Prefix
o-
( organic chemistry ) ortho-
See also
Basque
Prefix
o-
Combining form of ogi ( “ bread ” )
Usage notes
If the following element of the compound starts with /b/ or /ɡ/ , these are devoiced to /p/ and /k/ respectively.
If the following element starts with a vowel, /s̺/ or /s̻/ , the combining form ot- is used instead.
Bavarian
å- ( East Central Bavarian )
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ana , from Proto-Germanic *ana . Compare German an- , Dutch aan- , English on- .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /oː/ ( West Central Bavarian )
Prefix
o-
Separable verb prefix that indicates a direction, goal, destination and a contact made therein.
o- + schraufn ( “ to screw ” ) → oschraufn ( “ to screw on ” )
o- + greifn ( “ to grab, seize ” ) → ogreifn ( “ to touch, handle ” )
o- + brenna ( “ to burn ” ) → obrenna ( “ to scorch ” )
Derived terms
Cayuga
Prefix
o-
noun prefix
References
Frances Froman, Alfred J. Keye, Lottie Keye, Carrie Dyck (2002 ) English-Cayuga/Cayuga-English Dictionary , University of Toronto, page 705
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi . See o .
Prefix
o-
around , all around
a complete action, a perfective verb
something else
Derived terms
Further reading
o-/ob(e)- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině , 2017
Japanese
Romanization
o-
Rōmaji transcription of お
Lakota
Prefix
o-
Forms nouns from some verbs.
o- + wótA ( “ to eat ” ) → owóte ( “ dining room ” )
o- + yuŋkÁ ( “ to lie, recline ” ) → oyúŋke ( “ a bed ” )
Mohawk
Etymology
io- with loss of initial glide
Prefix
o-
noun prefix
her ( in kinship terms )
Northern Ndebele
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Prefix
o-
Second-person singular relative concord.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Prefix
o-
Class 1 relative concord.
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Prefix
o-
Class 3 relative concord.
Ojibwe
Prefix
o-
A prefix denoting the third person
Usage notes
o- is the unmarked form, and appears before stems that begin with a consonant. It may be omitted in many contexts.
See also
Preverb
o-
go somewhere to do something, go over there to
Mii go imaa ziigigamideg, mii imaa o- gondaabiiginag zhingobaandag. If it boiled over, I dipped the bough in the kettle.
References
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b)- .
Pronunciation
Prefix
o-
appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en- , be- , make
o- + pozdny → opóździć
around
o- + kropić → okropić
prefix indicating a perfective verb
o- + soczyć → osoczyć
Derived terms
Descendants
Onondaga
Prefix
o-
noun prefix
References
Hanni Woodbury (2018 ) A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language , University of Toronto, page 284
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish o- . Doublet of ob- .
Pronunciation
Prefix
o-
prefix indicating a perfective verb
o- + słabnąć → osłabnąć
affects verb meaning in various ways
o- + strzec → ostrzec
appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en- , be- , make
Synonym: u-
o- + trzeźwy → otrzeźwić
around
Synonym: ob-
o- + winąć → owinąć
down
Synonym: z-
o- + suwać → osuwać
o- + puścić → opuścić
Derived terms
Further reading
o- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Seneca
Prefix
o-
noun prefix
References
Wallace Chafe (2014 ) A Grammar of the Seneca Language , University of California Press, page 86
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *o(b)- . Prefixed form of the preposition o .
Pronunciation
Prefix
o-
Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
(no change in meaning)
o- + čístiti ( “ to clean ” ) → očístiti ( “ to clean ” )
around , past , avoiding
o- + čŕtati ( “ to draw ” ) → očŕtati ( “ to outline ” )
o- + īti ( “ to go ” ) → obíti ( “ to go around, to bypass ” )
to stay , to remain
o- + sedẹ́ti ( “ to sit ” ) → obsedẹ́ti ( “ to stay sitting ” )
Derived terms
Southern Ndebele
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Prefix
o-
Second-person singular relative concord.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Prefix
o-
Class 1 relative concord.
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Prefix
o-
Class 3 relative concord.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ō- , from Old Norse ú- , ó- , from Proto-Germanic *un- , from the Proto-Indo-European *n̥- whence also Greek α- ( a- ) and English un- .
Pronunciation
Prefix
o-
Added to adjectives to yield their opposites ; un-
Added to nouns to mean lack or being without
Derived terms
Taos
Pronunciation
Prefix
o-
( transitive ) First person singular subject + third person duoplural object.
( transitive ) Second person singular subject + third person singular object.
Ternate
Etymology
Cognate with Tehit w- ( “ third-person singular masculine prefix ” ) .
Pronoun
o- (Jawi ؤ- )
( masculine ) third-person singular clitic , he
See also
Ternate personal pronouns
independent
subject proclitic
possessive
Informal
Formal
1st person singular
ngori
fangare m , fajaru f
to
ri
2nd person singular
ngana
ngoni , jou ngoni
no
ni
3rd person singular
una m , mina f
o m , mo f , i nh
i m , mi f , ma nh
1st person plural inclusive
ngone
fo
na , nga
1st person plural exclusive
ngomi
fangare ngomi m , fajaru ngomi f , fara ngomi 1
mi
mi , mia
2nd person plural
ngoni
ni
na , nia
3rd person plural
ana h , ena nh
i h, nh , yo h, † , ya nh, †
na h , nga h , ma nh
unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
1 - for mixed-gender groups
† - archaic
References
Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890 ) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate , E.J. Brill
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 ) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh
Tooro
( before -a- or -e- in the subjunctive mood ) w-
( before vowels in other cases ) oy-
Pronunciation
Prefix
o-
you ; 2nd person singular subject concord
o- + -kora ( “ to do ” ) → okora ( “ you do ” )
See also
References
Kaji, Shigeki (2007 ) A Rutooro Vocabulary , Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN , page 413
Volapük
Prefix
o-
denotes future tense in verbs and adverbs
o- + penob ( “ I write. ” ) → openob ( “ I will write. ” )
o- + adelo ( “ today ” ) → odelo ( “ tomorrow ” )
Welsh
Pronunciation
Prefix
o-
Soft mutation of go- .
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Xhosa
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Prefix
o-
Second-person singular relative concord.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Prefix
o-
Class 1 relative concord.
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Prefix
o-
Class 3 relative concord.
Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
ALIV
o-
Brazilian standard
o-
New Tribes
o-
Pronunciation
Prefix
o-
allomorph of öt- ( detransitivizing prefix )
allomorph of ö- ( second-person prefix ) used for stems that begin with a consonant and have a first vowel o or u
Inflection
Ye'kwana personal markers
pronoun
noun possessor/ series II verb argument
postposition object
series I verb argument
transitive patient
intransitive patient-like
intransitive agent-like
transitive agent
first person
ewü
y- , ∅- , ü- , u- 1
w- , wi-
first person dual inclusive
küwü
k- , kü- , ku- , ki-
k- , kii- , ki- 1
second person
amödö
ö- , öy- /ödh- , o- , oy- /odh- , a- , ay- /adh-
m- , mi-
first person dual exclusive
nña
y- /dh- , ch- , ∅- , i- 1
chö-
∅-
n- , ni-
third person
tüwü
n- , ni-
distant past third person
—
kün- , kun- , kin- , ken- , küm- , kum- , kim- , kini-
coreferential/reflexive
—
t- , tü- , tu- , ti- , te-
—
reciprocal
—
—
öö-
With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable.
series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person
mön- , man- , mon- , möm- , möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person
k- , kü- , ku- , ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or … any person X > third person
see person X in the chart above
Zulu
Etymology 1
From a- ( “ relative ” ) + u- ( “ second person singular ” ) .
Prefix
ṓ-
Second-person singular relative concord.
Etymology 2
From a- ( “ relative ” ) + u- ( “ class 1 ” ) .
Prefix
ṓ-
Class 1 relative concord.
Etymology 3
From a- ( “ augment ” ) + bo- ( “ class 2a ” ) .
Prefix
ô-
Class 2a noun prefix.
Etymology 4
From a- ( “ relative ” ) + u- ( “ class 3 ” ) .
Prefix
ṓ-
Class 3 relative concord.
References
C. M. Doke , B. W. Vilakazi (1972 ) “o-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary , →ISBN : “o- ”
C. M. Doke , B. W. Vilakazi (1972 ) “o-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary , →ISBN : “o- (8) ”
C. M. Doke , B. W. Vilakazi (1972 ) “o-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary , →ISBN : “o- (3) ”
C. M. Doke , B. W. Vilakazi (1972 ) “o-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary , →ISBN : “o- ”