uzo

• IPA^(key): /ˈuzo/

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• Hyphenation: uz‧o

uzo (accusative singular uzon, plural uzoj, accusative plural uzojn)

1. use

• uzado

uzo (plural uzi)

1. use

• uzado

From ú- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ zó (“to dance”). Compare with Yoruba ujó, ijó, uzó, Igala ídó,. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ú-jó, *í-jó from Proto-Edekiri *ú-jó, *í-jó.

• IPA^(key): /ú.zó/

úzó

1. dance; the act of dancing
2. music

• ẹnúzó (“musician”)

Inherited from Old Spanish uço, from Latin ōstium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈuθo/ [ˈu.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈuso/ [ˈu.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -uso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: u‧zo

uzo m (plural uzos)

1. (obsolete) door, shutter

   Synonyms: puerta, postigo

   • 1200, anonymous author, Cantar del mio Cid:

     Vio puertas vacías y uzos sin candados, alcándaras vacías y sin pieles y sin mantos, y sin halcones y sin azores mudados.

     He saw empty doors and shutters without locks, empty clotheslines with neither pelts or cloaks, nor falcons or molting goshawks.

“uzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024.