o'o

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oo"

Nias

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʔo/

Noun

o'o (mutated form go'o)

1. kunai (species of grass, Imperata cylindrica)

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 165.

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *oʔo (“meat”), from Proto-Tupian.

Cognate with Guaraní so'o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈʔɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: o‧'o

Noun

o'o (IIa class pluriform, absolute to'o, R1 ro'o, R2 so'o) (possessable)

1. meat; flesh (muscle tissue of an animal)
2. pulp (edible part of a fruit)
3. body

   Synonym: eté

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “o'o”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 360, column 2