awo
Fula edit
Alternative forms edit
- awnordu (Maroua dialect)
Noun edit
awo ngo (Garoua dialect)
References edit
- Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)[3] (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
awō
- Romanization of 𐌰𐍅𐍉
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
awo (plural awo-awo, first-person possessive awoku, second-person possessive awomu, third-person possessive awonya)
Further reading edit
- “awo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Maore Comorian edit
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
-awo (declinable)
- their (third-person plural possessive adjective)
See also edit
Old Polish edit
Etymology edit
Univerbation of a + wo.[1] First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
awo
- here!
- 1930 [Fifteenth century], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[4], 22, 11:
- On otpowyedzal: awo gesm (adsum)
- [On otpowiedział: awo jeśm (adsum)]
Descendants edit
- Middle Polish: awo
References edit
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awo, awoż”, in Słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 75
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “awo”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish awo. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + wo.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈa.vɔ/
Particle edit
awo
- (Middle Polish) here!
- (Middle Polish) expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps
Conjunction edit
awo
- (Middle Polish) here, thus, so
- (Middle Polish) then, in that case
Derived terms edit
particle
References edit
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awo, awoż”, in Słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 75
Further reading edit
- 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[5]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “awo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[6]
- awo in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Sranan Tongo edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
awo
- great-grandparent, ancestor, forebear
- 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary][7]:
- 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[8], 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.
- 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[9], 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 edit
West Makian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
awo
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of awo (stative verb) | ||||
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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 edit
References edit
Ye'kwana edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
awo
- (intransitive) to swell, to inflate
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “”, in 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[12], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
See Ede Idaca ao, Itsekiri ẹwo
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Ede Idaca aó, Igala áwó
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
awó
- guinea fowl
- Synonym: ẹtù
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àwo