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See also: Repo and řepo

English

Etymology

Clippings.

Pronunciation

Noun

repo (countable and uncountable, plural repos)

  1. (informal) Clipping of repossession. Most commonly of a vehicle, house or condominium.
    Can you do a repo tommorrow? It's an SUV in Springfield.
  2. (informal) Clipping of repositioning.
    That cruise ship starts its repo tomorrorow; it's going to the Caribbean for the winter.
  3. (countable, finance, informal) A repurchase agreement: a type of derivative which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate.
  4. (countable, computing, informal) Clipping of repository (storage location for files).
    Hyponym: monorepo

Derived terms

Verb

repo (third-person singular simple present repos, present participle repoing, simple past and past participle repoed)

  1. (transitive, informal) repossess
    I had my car repoed when I became unable to keep up the payments.

Further reading

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English repost. Equivalent to English re- +‎ po (post).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiː²² pʰou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

repo

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to repost

Esperanto

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Etymology

Ultimately from English rap, likely influenced by Russian рэп (rɛp) and to differentiate from rapo (turnip).

Pronunciation

Noun

repo (accusative singular repon, plural repoj, accusative plural repojn)

  1. (music) a rap; an instance of rapping
  2. (music, uncountable) Clipping of repmuziko (rap music)

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *repä (compare Erzya ривезь (ŕiveź)), borrowed from early Indo-Iranian (compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *HlawpaHćás, Sanskrit लोपि (lopi), Persian روباه (rubâh);[1] Germanic terms like Swedish räv are probably parallel borrowings from Indo-Iranian).

Pronunciation

Noun

repo (poetic)

  1. (archaic, literary) fox, Vulpes vulpes
    • 2003, “Ketun joululaulu [Fox's Christmas Carol]”, performed by Lauluyhtye Rajaton, lyrics from Kanteletar:
      Niin repo etehen juoksi; repo rukka, raukka poika. Sie oot kengältä kepiä; sekä liukas liikunnalta.
      Thus ran the fox forward; poor fox, wretched boy. You have light shoes; and quick movements.

Declension

Inflection of repo (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation)
nominative repo revot
genitive revon repojen
partitive repoa repoja
illative repoon repoihin
singular plural
nominative repo revot
accusative nom. repo revot
gen. revon
genitive revon repojen
partitive repoa repoja
inessive revossa revoissa
elative revosta revoista
illative repoon repoihin
adessive revolla revoilla
ablative revolta revoilta
allative revolle revoille
essive repona repoina
translative revoksi revoiksi
abessive revotta revoitta
instructive revoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of repo (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative reponi reponi
accusative nom. reponi reponi
gen. reponi
genitive reponi repojeni
partitive repoani repojani
inessive revossani revoissani
elative revostani revoistani
illative repooni repoihini
adessive revollani revoillani
ablative revoltani revoiltani
allative revolleni revoilleni
essive reponani repoinani
translative revokseni revoikseni
abessive revottani revoittani
instructive
comitative repoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative reposi reposi
accusative nom. reposi reposi
gen. reposi
genitive reposi repojesi
partitive repoasi repojasi
inessive revossasi revoissasi
elative revostasi revoistasi
illative repoosi repoihisi
adessive revollasi revoillasi
ablative revoltasi revoiltasi
allative revollesi revoillesi
essive reponasi repoinasi
translative revoksesi revoiksesi
abessive revottasi revoittasi
instructive
comitative repoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative repomme repomme
accusative nom. repomme repomme
gen. repomme
genitive repomme repojemme
partitive repoamme repojamme
inessive revossamme revoissamme
elative revostamme revoistamme
illative repoomme repoihimme
adessive revollamme revoillamme
ablative revoltamme revoiltamme
allative revollemme revoillemme
essive reponamme repoinamme
translative revoksemme revoiksemme
abessive revottamme revoittamme
instructive
comitative repoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative reponne reponne
accusative nom. reponne reponne
gen. reponne
genitive reponne repojenne
partitive repoanne repojanne
inessive revossanne revoissanne
elative revostanne revoistanne
illative repoonne repoihinne
adessive revollanne revoillanne
ablative revoltanne revoiltanne
allative revollenne revoillenne
essive reponanne repoinanne
translative revoksenne revoiksenne
abessive revottanne revoittanne
instructive
comitative repoinenne

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “repo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French repos (rest).

Pronunciation

Noun

repo

  1. rest

Ingrian

Repo.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi, from Proto-Uralic *repä. Cognates include Finnish repo and Estonian rebu.

Pronunciation

Noun

repo

  1. fox
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19:
      Repo i kana. Repo repi kanan.
      A fox and a hen. The fox snatches the hen.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 41:
      Tere repo, mitä siä tääl issut?
      Hello fox, why are you sitting here?
    • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      — Se ono repo, — sannoo.
      — That is a fox, — he said.

Declension

Declension of repo (type 4/koivu, p-v gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative repo revot
genitive revon reppoin, repoloin
partitive reppoa repoja, repoloja
illative reppoo reppoi, repoloihe
inessive revos revois, repolois
elative revost revoist, repoloist
allative revolle revoille, repoloille
adessive revol revoil, repoloil
ablative revolt revoilt, repoloilt
translative revoks revoiks, repoloiks
essive reponna, reppoon repoinna, repoloinna, reppoin, repoloin
exessive1) repont repoint, repoloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “ребо”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 471

Karelian

Regional variants of repo
North Karelian
(Viena)
repo
South Karelian
(Tver)
rebo

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi. Cognates include Finnish repo and Veps reboi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrepo/
  • Hyphenation: re‧po

Noun

repo (genitive revon, partitive repuo)

  1. (North Karelian) fox

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of repo (type 1/tyttö, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative repo revot
genitive revon repojen
partitive repuo repoja
illative repoh repoloih
inessive revošša repoloissa
elative revošta repoloista
adessive revolla repoloilla
ablative revolta repoloilta
translative revokši repoloiksi
essive repona repoloina
comitative repoloineh
abessive revotta repoloitta
Possessive forms of repo
1st person reponi
2nd person repoš
3rd person repoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “repo”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- (to creep).[1] Compare with Latin serpō, as well as Latvian rãpât, râpt, Middle High German reben (to move, stir), rebe (offshoot, bud), Persian رفتن (raftan, to go).

Pronunciation

Verb

rēpō (present infinitive rēpere, perfect active rēpsī, supine rēptum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to creep, crawl

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rēpō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rēpō rēpis rēpit rēpimus rēpitis rēpunt
imperfect rēpēbam rēpēbās rēpēbat rēpēbāmus rēpēbātis rēpēbant
future rēpam rēpēs rēpet rēpēmus rēpētis rēpent
perfect rēpsī rēpsistī rēpsit rēpsimus rēpsistis rēpsērunt,
rēpsēre
pluperfect rēpseram rēpserās rēpserat rēpserāmus rēpserātis rēpserant
future perfect rēpserō rēpseris rēpserit rēpserimus rēpseritis rēpserint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rēpam rēpās rēpat rēpāmus rēpātis rēpant
imperfect rēperem rēperēs rēperet rēperēmus rēperētis rēperent
perfect rēpserim rēpserīs rēpserit rēpserīmus rēpserītis rēpserint
pluperfect rēpsissem rēpsissēs rēpsisset rēpsissēmus rēpsissētis rēpsissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rēpe rēpite
future rēpitō rēpitō rēpitōte rēpuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives rēpere rēpsisse rēptūrum esse
participles rēpēns rēptūrus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
rēpendī rēpendō rēpendum rēpendō rēptum rēptū

Derived terms

References

  • repo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • repo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • repo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520

Maori

Noun

repo

  1. swamp

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rě̀pa.

Pronunciation

Noun

repo f

  1. turnip

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

repo (Cyrillic spelling репо)

  1. vocative singular of repa

Spanish

Noun

repo m (plural repos)

  1. a bush, Rhaphithamnus spinosus

Further reading

Tahitian

Noun

repo

  1. soil

Adjective

repo

  1. dirty

References

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi.

Pronunciation

Noun

repo

  1. fox

Inflection

Declension of repo (type II/võrkko, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative repo revod
genitive revo repojõ, repoi
partitive reppoa repoitõ, repoi
illative repposõ, reppo repoisõ
inessive revoz repoiz
elative revossõ repoissõ
allative revolõ repoilõ
adessive revollõ repoillõ
ablative revoltõ repoiltõ
translative revossi repoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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