popo

popo (plural popos or popo)

1. (colloquial) Alternative spelling of po-po.

Borrowed from English po-po.

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popo m (plural popo's or popo)

1. (slang) synonym of politie (“police”)
   • 2015, Ryan Gattis, Zes dagen, Singel Uitgeverijen, →ISBN, page 19:

     We denken allemaal hetzelfde: dat is geen politie. De popo klopt niet aan. Die beukt de deur in. Die komt schreeuwend binnen met een schijnwerper en het geweer in de aanslag.

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   • 2020, Kiley Reid, Zo'n leuke leeftijd, Prometheus, →ISBN, page 91:

     Maar toen de politie arriveerde had niet iedereen tijdig kunnen vluchten. Na kreten van 'O shit! De popo! De popo!' waren Robbies vrienden over een hek gesprongen en hadden zich rennend over de heuvels in veiligheid gebracht.

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   • 2022, Nora Roberts, Nachtwerk: Harry Booth staat op het punt het meest waardevolle te verliezen dat hij ooit heeft gehad - het hart van de liefde van zijn leven, Meulenhoff Boekerij, →ISBN, page 132:

     Te veel nachtwerk op dezelfde locatie gaf de popo, zoals Sebastien de politie noemde, te veel aanleiding om te snuffelen.

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2. (slang) synonym of politieagent (“police officer”)
   • 2012, Natasza Tardio, Moordvrienden, Overamstel Uitgevers, →ISBN, page 64:

     Niet moeilijk, want veel kans om wat te zeggen gaven die popo me niet. De ene na de andere vraag werd op me afgevuurd. Waarom hebben jullie Daniël Bootsma vermoord? Waarom ben je niet naar de politie gegaan als je onschuldig bent?

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• The plural form only applies to the "police officer" sense.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopo/
• Rhymes: -opo
• Hyphenation: po‧po

popo (accusative singular popon, plural popoj, accusative plural popojn)

1. pop (especially in the sense of pop music)

From Swedish poppa (plural poppor).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopo/, [ˈpo̞po̞]
• Rhymes: -opo
• Syllabification^(key): po‧po
• Hyphenation^(key): po‧po

popo (childish)

1. shoe

• → Ingrian: popo

• “popo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

From pot.

• IPA^(key): /po.po/

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popo m (plural popos)

1. potty
2. poop (excrement)

Borrowed from English pope, French pope, German Pope, Italian pope, Russian поп (pop), Spanish pope.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopo/

popo (plural popi)

1. (Orthodoxy) priest, (village) pope

Borrowed from Finnish popo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpopo/, [ˈpo̞po̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpopo/, [ˈpo̞b̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -opo
• Hyphenation: po‧po

popo

1. (childish) synonym of kenkä (“shoe”)

Declension of popo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	popo	popot
genitive	popon	poppoin, popoloin
partitive	poppoa	popoja, popoloja
illative	poppoo	poppoi, popoloihe
inessive	popos	popois, popolois
elative	popost	popoist, popoloist
allative	popolle	popoille, popoloille
adessive	popol	popoil, popoloil
ablative	popolt	popoilt, popoloilt
translative	popoks	popoiks, popoloiks
essive	poponna, poppoon	popoinna, popoloinna, poppoin, popoloin
exessive1)	popont	popoint, popoloint
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.

Childspeak. Compare English boo-boo

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpopo/, [ˈpo̞po̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpopo/, [ˈpo̞b̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -opo
• Hyphenation: po‧po

popo

1. (childish) synonym of täi (“louse”)

Declension of popo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	popo	popot
genitive	popon	poppoin, popoloin
partitive	poppoa	popoja, popoloja
illative	poppoo	poppoi, popoloihe
inessive	popos	popois, popolois
elative	popost	popoist, popoloist
allative	popolle	popoille, popoloille
adessive	popol	popoil, popoloil
ablative	popolt	popoilt, popoloilt
translative	popoks	popoiks, popoloiks
essive	poponna, poppoon	popoinna, popoloinna, poppoin, popoloin
exessive1)	popont	popoint, popoloint
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.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 418

From Sinitic 婆婆 (pópo, “grandmother”). Doublet of nene’.

• Hyphenation: po‧po

popo

1. (Sino-Kangeanic) grandmother (both paternal and maternal)

• hapopo (“cousin”)

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲɔːbʲɔ], (enunciated) [pʲɔ pʲɔ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲɛwpʲɛw/
• Bender phonemes: {pewpew}

popo

1. sweep; brush off

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopo/ [ˈpo.po]
• Rhymes: -opo
• Syllabification: po‧po

popo m (plural popos)

1. (childish) poo; poop

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popo class IX (plural popo class X)

1. bat (flying mammal)
2. (figuratively) a traitor

popo

1. pawpaw
2. female's breast

• (pawpaw): papaya

Borrowed from French popo (“potty, poop”).

• Hyphenation: po‧po

popo (definite accusative popoyu, plural popolar)

1. (slang, childish) buttocks, bottom

   Popom acıyor.

   My bottom hurts.

• “popo”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “popo”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

• òpópó

From an ideophonic sense.

• IPA^(key): /k͡pó.k͡pó/

pópó

1. street, alleyway, junction

   Synonyms: ọ̀nà, títì, òpópónà

• Ìwọ Pópó
• òpópónà (“street”)