owo

Translingual

Alternative forms

• OwO
• 0w0

Pronunciation

• English:
  • IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.woʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊwəʊ
• Norwegian:
  • IPA^(key): /¹uːʋu/
• Polish:
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.wɔ/, /ˈɔ.vɔ/

Symbol

owo

1. An emoticon representing an innocent, cutesy surprised face with a cat-like smile.

Usage notes

• The emoticon experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 and 2019 in connection with the furry fandom; either sincerely (but jokingly) by furries themselves, or with irony in the context of teasing of furries.

Related terms

• uwu
• :3
• -_-

Ogea

Noun

owo

1. arm

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔvɔ
• Syllabification: o‧wo

Pronoun

owo

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ów

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Olukumi ẹ́ghó, Nupe ewó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho see Yoruba dialectal forms for other cognates. Proposed to be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó, and perhaps a doublet of hóró and wóró

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.wó/

Noun

owó

1. money, cash
2. cowrie

   Synonym: ẹyọ-owó

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• òò (Ekiti)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.wò/

Noun

òwò

1. business, trade, commerce

   Synonyms: káràkátà, ajé

   lára òwò ni owó wá ― It is from business that money comes

2. commercial enterprise

Derived terms