pó

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Gokana

Noun

pó

  1. wing

References

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of pó – see 保 (“to raise; to rear; to keep; to maintain; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 保).
For pronunciation and definitions of pó – see 寶 (“treasure; riches; valuables; precious thing; to treasure; to cherish; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 寶).

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese pau.

Noun

pó

  1. stick

Kaingang

Pronunciation

Noun

pó

  1. stone

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • po (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *po.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɨ/, /pɛ/, (dated) /pʊ/

Preposition

pó

  1. after (in pursuit of, seeking)
  2. after (subsequently; following in time; later than)
    Pó jatšach se zmakajomy. ― We meet after Easter.
  3. throughout
    Smej pó Bramborskej drogowałej. ― We (two) hiked throughout Brandenburg.
  4. along (by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to)
    Droga źo pó rěce. ― The road goes along the river.

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pó”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pó”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Mandarin

Romanization

pó (po2, Zhuyin ㄆㄛˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘙
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚤
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婆
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫇
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泇
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 番
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皤
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緇 / 缁
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 績 / 绩
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔢
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄱

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *pɔh (“to beat, to hit rice”), with extension to "to kill", which then became its dominant meaning. Cognate with Proto-Katuic *pɔh (“to beat”) (whence Pacoh púh).

The cognate form of Vietnamese giết (“to kill”) is presumably replaced by this word. Due to the absence of lenition in Muong lects, the reflex of that etymon would be phonetically identical to Muong chít (“to die”).

Pronunciation

Verb

pó

  1. (Mường Bi) to beat; to hit
  2. (Mường Bi, to extension) to kill

References

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎, Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní po.

Noun

pó (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mbó)

  1. hand
    • 1618, Cristóvão Valente, “Do nome ſantifsimo de IESV”, in Antônio de Araújo, compiler, Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Cantigas na lingoa pera os mininos da Sancta Doctrina (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck:
      Nde morerecoâr xerî
      Nde poguîrêpe xenonga
      Nde raquîpoêra rupî
      Toçô xeanga yepi,
      Tecô catû mono onga.
      [Nde morerekoar xe ri / Nde pó gûyrype xe nonga / Nde rakypûera rupi / T'osó xe 'anga îepi, / Tekokatu mono'onga.]
      Be thou my guardian putting thy hands on me. Through your footprints, may my soul always go collecting virtues.
Descendants
  • Nheengatu: pú

Etymology 2

Noun

pó (possessable)

  1. fibre (piece of textile or cloth)
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Çuja cousa ser como quer .s. da 1.ª maneira”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 87; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      Poquîgâ.
      [Poky'a.]
      Dirty fiber.
Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese poo, from Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus n, from Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Compare Galician po, Spanish polvo.

Pronunciation

Noun

pó m (plural pós)

  1. powder
    leite em pó ― powdered milk
  2. dust (fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects)
    A velha mesa estava coberta de pó.
    The old table was covered with dust.
  3. (slang) cocaine

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: po

Umotína

Noun

pó

  1. river
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