uo
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Etymology edit
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uo
Cebuano edit
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- Hyphenation: u‧o
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uo
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uo
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uo
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Noun edit
uô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[1] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 448: “O) [Oo (pc)] letra deſtos tagalos .|. ooyaon .|. ᜂ en la.c. dije tenian eſtos tres diptongos aquel de. ie, y elle de. o v. no por que las eſcriuan diphtongadas ſino q̃ al pronunciarlas las equibocan y no [vſan] dellas mas de como ſuena mejor, el terçero de. ay.”
Teanu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vanikoro *uvə, from Proto-Oceanic *qupi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi.
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uo
References edit
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry uo.
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry uo.
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Tongan edit
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From Proto-Polynesian *qura, from Proto-Austronesian *qudaŋ (“shrimp, crayfish, lobster”) (compare Fijian ura, Malay udang).
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uo