avo
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
avo (plural avos)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
avo (plural avos)
- (informal, Australia, South Africa) Clipping of avocado.
- 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand, page 68:
- Given the challenges of trying to propagate avocados, one might wonder why we don't simply get hold of seeds and/or nursery starts and go that route – especially since avos tend to grow somewhat 'true to seed.'
Anagrams edit
Coastal Kadazan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habəl (“weave cloth”).
Verb edit
avo
- to weave
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)
- grandfather
- Mia avo estas la patro de mia patro. ― My grandfather is the father of my father.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) old man
- 2009, “Fek al Esperanto! [Fuck Esperanto!]”, in Fek al Esperanto![1], performed by La Pafklik:
- Mi parolas pri merda lingvo
Elpensita de stulta avo- I'm talking about a shitty language
Thought up by a stupid old man
- I'm talking about a shitty language
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Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avo
Declension edit
Inflection of avo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | avo | avot | ||
genitive | avon | avojen | ||
partitive | avoa | avoja | ||
illative | avoon | avoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | avo | avot | ||
accusative | nom. | avo | avot | |
gen. | avon | |||
genitive | avon | avojen | ||
partitive | avoa | avoja | ||
inessive | avossa | avoissa | ||
elative | avosta | avoista | ||
illative | avoon | avoihin | ||
adessive | avolla | avoilla | ||
ablative | avolta | avoilta | ||
allative | avolle | avoille | ||
essive | avona | avoina | ||
translative | avoksi | avoiksi | ||
abessive | avotta | avoitta | ||
instructive | — | avoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “avo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avo (plural avi)
Derived terms edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑʋo̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑʋo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑʋo
- Hyphenation: a‧vo
Noun edit
avo
- (in compounds) openness
Declension edit
Declension of avo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | avo | avot |
genitive | avon | avvoin, avoloin |
partitive | avvoa | avoja, avoloja |
illative | avvoo | avvoi, avoloihe |
inessive | avos | avois, avolois |
elative | avost | avoist, avoloist |
allative | avolle | avoille, avoloille |
adessive | avol | avoil, avoloil |
ablative | avolt | avoilt, avoloilt |
translative | avoks | avoiks, avoloiks |
essive | avonna, avvoon | avoinna, avoloinna, avvoin, avoloin |
exessive1) | avont | avoint, avoloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 24
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)
- ancestor, forefather
- Synonyms: antenato, ascendente
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Anagrams edit
Ivatan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Yami avo.
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avo
Latin edit
Noun edit
avō
Malagasy edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.
Adjective edit
avo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From the ending of [oit]avo.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avo m (plural avos)
- one of fractions/equal parts of a unit divided in more than 10 equal parts
- Doze avos de 240 são 20.
- A twelfth of 240 is 20.
- Três quinze avos = 3⁄15.
- Three fifteenths = 3⁄15
References edit
- ^ “avo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “avo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Yami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Ivatan avo.
Noun edit
avo