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English

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Etymology 1

Representation of a long-o sound.

Noun

oo (plural oos)

  1. (obsolete) (Ω, ω) The Greek letter omega.
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Etymology 2

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From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, resembling its call.

Pronunciation

Noun

oo (plural oos)

  1. Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct.
    • 1898, Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen:
      On this visit I made careful inquiries as to the success of Mr. Gay's efforts to raise the "Oo" bird on this island.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 161:
      Several years earlier, she had arranged to bring three pairs of the rapidly vanishing ʻōʻō bird from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i, hoping they would form a new colony.
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 3

See ooh.

Pronunciation

Interjection

oo

  1. Alternative form of ooh

See also

Cebuano

Interjection

oo

  1. yes
    Antonym: dili

Chickasaw

Verb

oo (stative, irregular)

  1. to be (something)

Usage notes

  • It replaces the use of ya in sentences where a Class II subject marker cannot be used. It never takes any subject markers.
  • It cannot be used alone and must always be used with verb endings such as -tok, -taam, -a'chi, etc.
  • For the future tense, a'chi can be used as a standalone word rather than a suffix completely replacing the use of a verb and having the meaning "will be". Similarly, a'ni, "might be" could possibly work in a similar fashion, replacing the presence of an explicit verb as well, although it is not normally used in sentences expressing being something.
  • The prefix hoo- is never used with any forms of the verb "to be" (ya, oo, a'chi).
  • To ask questions such as "Is it a/an....", see the entries for the noun suffixes -to̠ (used after consonants) and -hto̠ (used after vowels).

Synonyms

Estonian

Noun

oo (genitive , partitive )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin ō.

Noun

oo

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
Declension

Inflected forms are often substituted with corresponding form of o-kirjain (letter o)

Inflection of oo (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative oo oot
genitive oon oiden
oitten
partitive oota oita
illative oohon oihin
singular plural
nominative oo oot
accusative nom. oo oot
gen. oon
genitive oon oiden
oitten
partitive oota oita
inessive oossa oissa
elative oosta oista
illative oohon oihin
adessive oolla oilla
ablative oolta oilta
allative oolle oille
essive oona oina
translative ooksi oiksi
abessive ootta oitta
instructive oin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of oo (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ooni ooni
accusative nom. ooni ooni
gen. ooni
genitive ooni oideni
oitteni
partitive ootani oitani
inessive oossani oissani
elative oostani oistani
illative oohoni oihini
adessive oollani oillani
ablative ooltani oiltani
allative oolleni oilleni
essive oonani oinani
translative ookseni oikseni
abessive oottani oittani
instructive
comitative oineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative oosi oosi
accusative nom. oosi oosi
gen. oosi
genitive oosi oidesi
oittesi
partitive ootasi oitasi
inessive oossasi oissasi
elative oostasi oistasi
illative oohosi oihisi
adessive oollasi oillasi
ablative ooltasi oiltasi
allative oollesi oillesi
essive oonasi oinasi
translative ooksesi oiksesi
abessive oottasi oittasi
instructive
comitative oinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative oomme oomme
accusative nom. oomme oomme
gen. oomme
genitive oomme oidemme
oittemme
partitive ootamme oitamme
inessive oossamme oissamme
elative oostamme oistamme
illative oohomme oihimme
adessive oollamme oillamme
ablative ooltamme oiltamme
allative oollemme oillemme
essive oonamme oinamme
translative ooksemme oiksemme
abessive oottamme oittamme
instructive
comitative oinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative oonne oonne
accusative nom. oonne oonne
gen. oonne
genitive oonne oidenne
oittenne
partitive ootanne oitanne
inessive oossanne oissanne
elative oostanne oistanne
illative oohonne oihinne
adessive oollanne oillanne
ablative ooltanne oiltanne
allative oollenne oillenne
essive oonanne oinanne
translative ooksenne oiksenne
abessive oottanne oittanne
instructive
comitative oinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative oonsa oonsa
accusative nom. oonsa oonsa
gen. oonsa
genitive oonsa oidensa
oittensa
partitive ootaan
ootansa
oitaan
oitansa
inessive oossaan
oossansa
oissaan
oissansa
elative oostaan
oostansa
oistaan
oistansa
illative oohonsa oihinsa
adessive oollaan
oollansa
oillaan
oillansa
ablative ooltaan
ooltansa
oiltaan
oiltansa
allative oolleen
oollensa
oilleen
oillensa
essive oonaan
oonansa
oinaan
oinansa
translative ookseen
ooksensa
oikseen
oiksensa
abessive oottaan
oottansa
oittaan
oittansa
instructive
comitative oineen
oinensa

Etymology 2

Verb

oo

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) inflection of olla:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular imperative connegative
    Mä oon sitten ruma! — Etkä oo!
    I'm so-o ugly! — No, you are not!
    Oo nyt vähän aikaa paikallas!
    Be still for a moment, will you!
Alternative forms

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Verb

oo

  1. inflection of olla:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish , from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

oo (emphatic uss)

  1. you (singular, informal)

Middle English

Middle English numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  → [a], [b] 10  → 
    Cardinal: oon, oo
    Ordinal: first
    Adverbial: ene, enes, ones
    Multiplier: sengle
    Distributive: sengle

Etymology 1

An apocopic form of oon; compare an.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Numeral

oo

  1. one
    • c. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe's Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 11:1:
      Forſoþe þe erþe was of oo lip, and of þe ſame wordis.
      Truly the earth was of one tongue, and of the same words.
Descendants
  • Scots: ae
  • Yola: o, o'

Pronoun

oo

  1. (rare) one
Descendants

Adjective

oo

  1. (rare) first

References

Etymology 2

A rendering of Ancient Greek (ô, interjection).

Particle

oo

  1. Alternative form of O.

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto o and Nüpode Huitoto o.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

oo

  1. you

Declension

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 201
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 157

Ojibwe

Particle

oo

  1. oh!
    "Oo, yay," ikido, "azhigwa onjigaawan iniw mitigoon."
    "Oh, my," she said, "those trees are running now."

References

Scots

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English wull.

Alternative forms

Noun

oo (plural oos or oose)

  1. wool
  2. (in the plural) fluff

Etymology 2

Pronoun

oo

  1. Alternative form of we

References

Somali

Conjunction

oo

  1. that
  2. and (in verb and adjective constructions)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həqə (yes; expression of agreement).[1] Compare Hanunoo ho, Palawan Batak ee, Cebuano oo, Hiligaynon hoo, and Tausug huun.

Pronunciation

Interjection

oo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)

  1. (informal) yes
    Synonym: (Bataan) ao
    Antonym: hindi
Usage notes
  • The term opo and oho is used instead as an honorific when talking to elders, superiors, or even strangers to show politeness.
  • The relaxed pronunciation can also be used to denote that the listener is still listening or is still interested in what the speaker is saying. (backchanneling cue)
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

(Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)

  1. (colloquial) feces; excrement; dung
    Synonyms: tae, (formal, euphemistic) dumi, (slang) jebs, (slang) ebak, (childish) pupu, (of fowl) ipot
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

(Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)

  1. Obsolete form of uo.

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*heqe”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

  • oo at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • oo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tlingit

Pronunciation

Letter

oo (upper case Oo)

  1. (US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: ù

See also

Võro

Noun

oo (genitive , partitive )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yami

Noun

oo

  1. (anatomy) head

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

òò

  1. (Ekiti) business, trade
    Synonym: ajé

Etymology 2

From Proto-Yoruba *-wó, from Proto-Edekiri *-wó, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *-ɓó. Compare with Ifè wówo, Itsekiri , Olukumi , Ede Nago wo, and Igala wójì.

Alternative forms

  • wúwo (Standard Yoruba)
  • wówo (Oǹdó, Owé, and Ìjẹ̀bú)
  • (Eastern Àkókó)

Pronunciation

Verb

óo

  1. (Ekiti) to be heavy
    Synonym: rìn (Ikale)
    erù í mọ̀ óo
    This load is certainly heavy
Derived terms