opo

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opo (plural opos)

1. The calabash or bottle gourd.

   Synonyms: opo squash, calabash, bottle gourd

Back-formation from -op- + -o.

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• Rhymes: -opo
• Hyphenation: o‧po

opo (accusative singular opon, plural opoj, accusative plural opojn)

1. tuple

• skipo (“crew”)
• taĉmento (“detachment”)
• teamo (“team”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈopo/,
• Rhymes: -opo
• Hyphenation^(key): opo

opo (informal)

1. Clipping of oppilaanohjaaja.
2. Clipping of opinto-ohjaaja.

• “opo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

opo

1. winnowing basket

opo

1. Nonstandard spelling of apa. Romanization of ꦲꦥ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

opo

1. four

Tagalog phrasebook

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• oopo — obsolete
• upo — rare

Univerbation of oo +‎ po.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔopoʔ/
• Rhymes: -opoʔ
• Syllabification: o‧po

opò (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓ)

1. (honorific) yes

   Synonym: oho

   Antonym: hindi po

• In standard Tagalog, opo is used as an honorific towards elders, superiors, and even strangers, while oho is a slightly less formal honorific that can be used for intimate elders and superiors. However, the difference between the two has blurred in recent decades. In other dialects, there is no difference between the two at all and can be interchanged with one another.

• oo

• “opo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 554: “Siſeñor) Oopo (pc) ꝑa prinçipales: totoo yaon? oopoco, es verdad aquello? ſi ſeñor mio, duo dic.”

• õpo

From earlier õpo, from Proto-Finnic *hëpo.

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opo

1. (Kattila) horse

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• opõn

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Compare Nupe èkpó

• IPA^(key): /ò.k͡pó/

òpó

1. (architecture) pillar; column
2. pole
3. (astronomy) orbit
4. (figuratively) pillar; backbone; nucleus

   Íńtánẹ́ẹ̀tì jẹ́ òpó kan pàtàkì nínú ìbánisọ̀rọ̀ òde òní. ― The internet is an important pillar of modern-day communication.

• òpómúléró (“pillar”)
• òpójẹ̀ (“blood vessel”)
• ojú òpó (“orbit”)
• òpó ìlà (“column”)

Compare Nupe ekpó

• IPA^(key): /ō.k͡pó/

opó

1. widow

• ìṣúpó (“levirate marriage; widow inheritance”)