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Translingual
Symbol
vo
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Volapük.
English
Noun
vo
- Obsolete form of voe (“sea inlet”).
c. 1600, John H. Ballantyne, Brian Smith, Shetland Documents, 1580-1611, published 1994, page 68:2 marks land in Garth on the south side of the Vo
See also
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German von (“from”), from Old High German fon, fona (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *afanē, *fanē, *funē (“from”), compound of *afa (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“from, off”)) + *ana (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on”)). Cognate with German von, Old Saxon fana, fan (“from”), Dutch van (“from; of”), Old Frisian fon (“from”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
vo (+ dative)
- from
- Se san vo Wien nåch Minga gfoan. ― They travelled from Vienna to Munich.
- Mia san vo Minga. ― We are from Munich.
- Des håb i vo meiner Muader kriagt. ― I got that from my mother.
- of, belonging to
- Des is des Auto vo meim Opa. ― This is the car of my grampa.
- by (with passive voice)
- Unter d'Wochn werd da Kloane vo da Oma betreut. ― During the week, the little one is looked after by the grandma.
- about, of (a topic)
- Vo wås red ma jetz eigentle? ― What are we actually talking about now?
- on, with (a resource)
- Vo wejchan Gäid soi i lebn? ― What money should I live on?
Usage notes
- (from): English “from” is generally expressed by means of vo, but alternatively and regionally aus is sometimes used with words for settlements and territories (like Lånd, Stådt, Duaf, as well as geographical names), probably by influence of Standard German. One uses vo when both the places “from which” and “to which” are given: Der Zug då foaht vo Wien nåch Minga. – “This train goes from Vienna to Munich.” If the further direction is not given, aus might be used: Der Zug då kimmt aus Wien. – “This train is coming from Vienna.”, instead of Der Zug då kimmt vo Wien.
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German von, from Old High German fon (“from”). Cognate with German von.
Preposition
vo
- (Luserna, + dative) from, of
- Bar soin vo dar Tetsch. ― We're from Tezza.
References
Cornish
Pronunciation
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): /ˈvoː/
vo
- Soft mutation of bo.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
vo (accusative singular vo-on, plural vo-oj, accusative plural vo-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo
Fala
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbo/
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: vo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese voz, from Latin vōcem, singular accusative of vōx.
Noun
vo f (plural (Valverdeñu) vocis or (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) vodis)
- voice
Etymology 2
Verb
vo
- (Lagarteiru) first-person singular present indicative of dil
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French vaut (“is worth”).
Pronunciation
Verb
vo
- To be worth
Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
vo
- (literary or regional) first-person singular present indicative of andare
- Synonym: vado
References
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
vo
- Rōmaji transcription of ゔぉ
- Rōmaji transcription of を゙
- Rōmaji transcription of ヴォ
- Rōmaji transcription of ヺ
Mandarin
Romanization
vo
- Nonstandard spelling of vō.
Usage notes
- 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. In the case of V, it is defined as ㄪㄝ, using the otherwise-obsolete initial ㄪ (vō /v/). This is one of the only instances of the letter being used in standard Pinyin.
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Noun
vo
- Alternative form of fo
Pali
Alternative scripts
- 𑀯𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- वो (Devanagari script)
- ৰো (Bengali script)
- වො (Sinhalese script)
- ဝေါ or ဝေႃ (Burmese script)
- โว (Thai script)
- ᩅᩮᩤ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂວ (Lao script)
- វោ (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄮 (Chakma script)
Etymology
From Sanskrit वः (vaḥ).
Pronoun
vo
- accusative/genitive/dative/instrumental plural of tvaṃ (“you”)
c. 50 BC, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Khandha-Vagga, Khanda-Saṃyuttaṃ; republished as M. Leon Freer, editor, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Part III: Khandha-Vagga, London: Pali Text Society, 1890, XXII (Book 1), Section 1 Mulapaññāsa, Chapter 1 Nakulapitā-Vaggo Pathamo, Sutta 7 Upādāparitassanā, page 15:upādāparitassanaṃ ca vo bhikkhave dessissāmi anupādā-aparitassanaṃ ca- Mendicants, I will teach you how grasping leads to anxiety, and how not grasping leads to freedom from anxiety.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
vȏ m (Cyrillic spelling во̑)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) ox
Declension
References
- “vo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slavomolisano
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian vo.
Pronunciation
Noun
vo m
- ox
Declension
declension of vo (anim series-2b masc cons-stem)
References
- Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).
Slovak
Pronunciation
Preposition
vo
- Alternative form of v
Further reading
- “vo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Talysh
Noun
vo
- wind
Vietnamese
- (North Central Vietnamese) bo
Pronunciation
Verb
vo • (于)
- to wash (uncooked rice), especially with a grabbing motion
- vo gạo ― to wash uncooked rice
- to make into a ball with a grabbing motion
- Synonym: vò
Nó vo tờ giấy quăng sọt rác rồi.- He crumpled the sheet into a ball and threw it into the trash can.
Derived terms
Yola
Pronoun
vo
- Alternative form of fho
1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 3:Vo no own caars fadere betides- Whom no one cares what betides,
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131