odo

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo odo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.doː/
  • Hyphenation: odo

Noun

odo m (plural odo's)

  1. (chiefly Suriname) An African Surinamese proverb.

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Etymology

From Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, song). Compare English, Italian and French ode, German Ode, Yiddish אָדע (ode), Polish oda, Russian о́да (óda).

Pronunciation

Noun

odo (accusative singular odon, plural odoj, accusative plural odojn)

  1. ode

Descendants

  • Ido: odo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto odoEnglish odeFrench odeGerman OdeItalian odeRussian о́да (óda)Spanish oda.

Pronunciation

Noun

odo (plural odi)

  1. ode

Igala

Noun

òdò

  1. settlement

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

odo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of udire

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from an earlier edo, a cognate of Old Norse eða and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau), from Proto-Germanic *efþau or Proto-Germanic *ehþau.

Adverb

ōdo

  1. possibly, about, perhaps

References

  1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Slovak

Pronunciation

Preposition

odo (+ genitive)

  1. from
  2. of

Further reading

  • odo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

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

Noun

odo

  1. proverb, saying

Descendants

West Makian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate ara, Tidore ora.

Pronunciation

Noun

odo

  1. the moon

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

odo

  1. (intransitive) to jump
Conjugation
Conjugation of odo (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toodo moodo aodo
2nd person noodo foodo
3rd person inanimate iodo doodo
animate
imperative noodo, odo foodo, odo

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Yoruba numbers (edit)
0 1  → [a], [b] 10  → 
    Cardinal: òdo
    Counting: òdo, oódo
òdo

Probable cognate with Igala òfo (zero) and related to òfo (empty, nothing, loss)

Pronunciation

Numeral

òdo

  1. zero
    Òdo ni wọ́n gbá nínú ìdánwó yẹn.
    They got a zero on that test.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • olódo (a dunce, a stupid person, one who receives poor grades)

Etymology 2

Àwọn òdo

A very old term no longer used except in a few dialects, compare with Igala òkò, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ò-kò

Pronunciation

Noun

òdo

  1. (rare) pig
    Synonym: ẹlẹ́dẹ̀
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting Fabunmi, M. A., Àyájọ́ Ohùn Ifẹ̀ Ibadan, number LDC2008L03, 1972, Nigeria: Onibon-oje Press & Book Industries Ltd, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Ọmọ yọyọ ni ti òdo
      Numerous children are a feature of the pig (incantation)

Etymology 3

Odò Ọya

Pronunciation

Noun

odò

  1. river
    Synonyms: ẹri, omi
    Odò Ọya ni òdo t'ó tóbi jùlọ ní Ìwọ Oòrùn Áfíríkà.
    The Niger River is the biggest river in West Africa.
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Ẹ̀mí àbàtà níí módòó ṣàn; ọláa baba níí mú ọmọọ́ yan.
      Just as the liveliness of the marshy land ensures the flowing of the river; so a father's good reputation makes a child feel proud (proverb admonishing good behavior)
  2. lower or inner part
    Fáwẹ̀lì odò
    Low vowel
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Mo fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà sí odò inú mi.
      I kept the matter deep inside me.
  3. south
    Synonyms: gúúsù, àwúsẹ̀
    Antonyms: àríwá, òkè, àwúsí
Derived terms

Etymology 4

odò

Pronunciation

Noun

odò

  1. Mansonia altissima (Bété, mansonia, or African black walnut)

Etymology 5

odo in the center

Pronunciation

Noun

odo

  1. core of a syllable
    Odo sílébù
    Syllable rhyme/nucleus

Etymology 6

odo

Pronunciation

Noun

odo

  1. Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (white yam, West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame)

Etymology 7

odó

Cognate with Igbo odō and Edo odó, equivalent to o- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to pound)

Pronunciation

Noun

odó

  1. pounding mortar
    Synonym: ọ̀ị́ṣẹ́
    Níbo ni àwọn odó tí a máa ń lò láti gún iyán?.
    Where are the pounding mortars that we use to pound yam?
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Wọ́n ń gún iyán nínú odó.
      They were pounding pounded yam food in a pounding mortar.
Derived terms

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (December 19, 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, issue LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN

Zazaki

Pronoun

odo

  1. yours