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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
uo
- bird
Cebuano
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Verb
uo
- (childish) to defecate
Noun
uo
- (childish) excrement
- (childish) a piece of excrement
Japanese
Romanization
uo
- Rōmaji transcription of うお
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈʔoʔ/,
- Hyphenation: u‧o
Noun
uô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)
- (obsolete) name of the Baybayin letter ᜂ, corresponding to "u" or "o"
See also
Further reading
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- 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 448: “O) [Oo (pc)] letra deſtos tagalos .|. ooyaon .|. ᜂ en la.c. dije tenian eſtos tres diptongos aquel de. ie, y elle de. o v. no por que las eſcriuan diphtongadas ſino q̃ al pronunciarlas las equibocan y no [vſan] dellas mas de como ſuena mejor, el terçero de. ay.”
Teanu
Etymology
From Proto-Vanikoro *uvə, from Proto-Oceanic *qupi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi.
Pronunciation
Noun
uo
- yam (Dioscorea alata)
References
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qura, from Proto-Austronesian *qudaŋ (“shrimp, crayfish, lobster”) (compare Fijian ura, Malay udang).
Pronunciation
Noun
uo
- lobster