zuo
Farefare
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zúó/
Noun
zuo
- Variant of zuugo (“head”)
Lutuv
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *yaan, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ya-n
Noun
zuo
Mandarin
Romanization
zuo (zuo5 / zuo0, Zhuyin ˙ㄗㄨㄛ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咗
zuo
- nonstandard spelling of zuō
- nonstandard spelling of zuó
- nonstandard spelling of zuǒ
- nonstandard spelling of zuò
Usage notes
- 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
Adverb
zuo
Middle High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German zuo, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō.
Preposition
zuo (+ dative)
Descendants
- Cimbrian: zo
- East Central German: zu
- German: zu
- Luxembourgish: zou, zu
- Vilamovian: cy
- Yiddish: צו (tsu)
References
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “zuo”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō, whence also Old English tō.
Preposition
zuo (+ dative)
- to
- ca. 825 ,Tatian, Diatessaron, translation, Chapter 3,
- Quad thō Maria zi themo engile...
- Then Marie said to the angel...
- ca. 825 ,Tatian, Diatessaron, translation, Chapter 3,
Descendants
- Middle High German: zuo
Swahili
Pronunciation
- (Kimvita) IPA(key): /ˈzu.ɔ/
Noun
zuo
References
- Stigand, Chauncey Hugh (1915) A grammar of dialectic changes in the Kiswahili language[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 36
Volapük
Etymology
Adverb
zuo
- (conjunctive) in addition