oo

English

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oo

Wikipedia

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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Moho

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Moho (genus)

Wikipedia

From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, resembling its call.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.oʊ/

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

• moho, hoohoo

Translations

Etymology 3

See ooh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uː/

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

• ya

Estonian

Noun

oo (genitive , partitive )

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː/,
• Rhymes: -oː
• Syllabification^(key): oo

Etymology 1

From Latin ō.

Noun

oo

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

Declension

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

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

• ole (standard)

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈoː/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈoː/,
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: oo

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 tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/, /uː/

Pronoun

oo (emphatic uss)

1. you (singular, informal)

Middle English

Etymology 1

An apocopic form of oon; compare an.

Alternative forms

• ho, o
• a (Early Middle English, Northern)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔː/
• (early) IPA^(key): /ɑː/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /aː/

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

• Scots: ae

Adjective

oo

1. (rare) first

References

• “ō̆, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

A rendering of Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection).

Particle

oo

1. Alternative form of O.

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto o and Nüpode Huitoto o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: oo

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

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/oo-pc-disc

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Etymology 1

From Old English wull.

Noun

oo (plural oos or oose)

1. wool
2. (in the plural) fluff

Etymology 2

From we; of Old English origin.

Pronoun

oo (personal pronoun, non-emphatic)

1. (South Scots) we
2. (South Scots) us

Somali

Conjunction

oo

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həqə (“yes; expression of agreement”). Compare Palawan Batak ee, Cebuano oo and Hiligaynon hoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔoʔo/,

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuʔo/, (dialectal)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔəʔə/, (relaxed)
• Hyphenation: o‧o

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)

Alternative forms

• huo — Rizal

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔoʔoʔ/,
• Hyphenation: o‧o

Noun

oò (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)

1. (colloquial) feces; excrement; dung

   Synonyms: tae, (formal, euphemistic) dumi, (slang) jebs, (slang) ebak, (childish) pupu, (of fowl) ipot

Derived terms

• umoo

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔoˈʔoʔ/,
• Hyphenation: o‧o

Noun

oô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)

1. Obsolete form of uo.

References

Further reading

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

Võro

Noun

oo (genitive , partitive )

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yami

Noun

oo

1. (anatomy) head

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• òwò

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /òò/

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 wó, Olukumi wó, Ede Nago wo, and Igala wójì.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /óō/

Verb

óo

1. (Ekiti) to be heavy

   Synonym: rìn (Ikale)

   erù í mọ̀ óo

   This load is certainly heavy

Derived terms

• ùóo (“state of heaviness”)