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Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Modified form of አ (ʾ).
Letter edit
ኦ (ʾo)
- A symbol of the Ge'ez abugida, transliterated as ʾo.
Ge'ez edit
Etymology 1 edit
The etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon. Compare with Syriac ܐܘّ (ʔō, “o, oh”). Perhaps borrowed from Greek ὦ (ô), either directly or through Syriac ܐܘّ.
Interjection edit
ኦ • (ʾo)
- Interjection expressing pain, threat, wonder, or admiration
- The vocative marker, which may stand alone from, be prefixed, or suffixed to one or more words in an exclamation.
References edit
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ኦ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ʾo I”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1b
Etymology 2 edit
Rendering of Greek ὦ (ô).
References edit
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ኦ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ʾo II”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1b