awo
Fula
Alternative forms
- awnordu (Maroua dialect)
Noun
awo ngo (Garoua dialect)
References
- Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)[1] (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023
Gothic
Romanization
awō
- romanization of 𐌰𐍅𐍉
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Tolaki [Term?].
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈawo/ [ˈa.wo]
- Rhymes: -awo
- Syllabification: a‧wo
Noun
awo (plural awo-awo)
- (dialectal) stepson, stepdaughter
Further reading
- “awo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Maore Comorian
Alternative forms
Adjective
-awo (declinable)
- their (third-person plural possessive adjective)
See also
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | -angu | -atru | ||
| 2nd person | -aho | -anyu | ||
| 3rd person | -ahe | -awo | ||
Old English
Adverb
āwo
Old Polish
Etymology
Univerbation of a + wo.[1] First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
Particle
awo
- here!
- 1930 [c. 1455], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[2], 22, 11:
- On otpowyedzal: awo gesm (adsum)
- [On otpowiedział: awo jeśm (adsum)]
Descendants
- Middle Polish: awo
References
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awo, awoż”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 75
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “awo”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish awo. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + wo.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈa.vɔ/
Particle
awo
- (Middle Polish) here!
- (Middle Polish) expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps
Conjunction
awo
- (Middle Polish) here, thus, so
- (Middle Polish) then, in that case
Derived terms
particle
- awoż
References
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awo, awoż”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 75
Further reading
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “awo”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “awo”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “awo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- awo in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Sranan Tongo
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /awo/, [a̠wʊ̞], [ɑ̟wɔ̝]
Noun
awo
- great-grandparent, ancestor, forebear
- 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary][3], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:
- mi pikin kali mi grangmamma "hem awò" : so srefi a kali mi grangtatta "hem awò" tu.
- My child calls my grandmother "their great-grandparent"; likewise, they call my grandfather "their great-grandparent", too.
- c. 1885, Johannes King, “Skrekiboekoe”, in Jan Voorhoeve, Ursy M. Lichtveld, editors, Suriname: Spiegel der vaderlandse kooplieden[4], Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, published 1980, →ISBN, pages 108, 110:
- En ala dem ouloetem gran avoo vo wi ben de Afrikan ningre na ningre kondre. Na janda dem ouroetem bakra go bai dem avoo vo wi potti na ini sipi tjari koti habra da bigi soutoe watra, en dem tjari dem kom doro dia na foto Paramaribo.
- [Èn ala den owruten granawo fu wi ben de Afrikan nengre na nengrekondre. Na yanda den owruten bakra go bai den awo fu wi poti na ini sipi tyari koti abra a bigi sowtu watra èn den tyari den kon doro dya na foto Paramaribo]
- And all our forefathers of the olden days were African negroes from negro-country. It was over there that the whites of old went and bought our forefathers and put them in ships to take them across the big salt water, and brought them here to the city of Paramaribo.
- 1994, Albert Helman, Adyosi / Afscheid[5], Nijmegen: Stichting Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, page 64:
- Stanfaste, Stanfaste, na fas' fa y' e gro / mi kondre mu libi: net' lek' mi awo
- Globe amaranth, globe amaranth, the way you grow is / how my country should thrive: just like my ancestors
Derived terms
- awodia
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.wo/
Verb
awo
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tiawo | miawo | aawo | |
| 2nd person | niawo | fiawo | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | iawo | diawo | |
| animate | maawo | |||
| imperative | —, awo | —, awo | ||
Alternative forms
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[6], Pacific linguistics
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[7], Pacific linguistics
Ye'kwana
| ALIV | awo |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | awo |
| New Tribes | awo |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aβo]
Verb
awo
Derived terms
References
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 315
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “w-awō-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[8], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
Yoruba
Etymology 1
See Ede Idaca ao, Itsekiri ẹwo
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.wō/
Noun
awo
- mystery, secret
- Synonyms: àṣírí, ohun ìkọ̀kọ̀
- (by extension) occult, cult, sect
- (by extension) Ifá, oracle
- (by extension) babalawo, a priest of Ifa or the divinity Ọ̀rúnmìlà
- Synonyms: babaláwo, onífá, ọlọ́rúnmìlà, aláwo, aṣawo
- (by extension) a respected or elder member of a guild or society of artists
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate with Ede Idaca aó, Igala áwó
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.wó/
Noun
awó
- guinea fowl
- Synonym: ẹtù
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.wō/
Noun
àwo