avo
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
avo (plural avos)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
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.'
- 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand (page 68)
AnagramsEdit
Coastal KadazanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habəl (“weave cloth”).
VerbEdit
avo
- to weave
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avo
DeclensionEdit
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 | |
instructive | — | avoin | |
abessive | avotta | avoitta | |
comitative | — | avoineen |
Possessive forms of avo (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | avoni | avomme |
2nd person | avosi | avonne |
3rd person | avonsa |
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avo (plural avi)
Derived termsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)
- ancestor, forefather
- Synonyms: antenato, ascendente
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
IvatanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Yami avo.
NounEdit
avo
LatinEdit
NounEdit
avō
MalagasyEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.
AdjectiveEdit
avo
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the ending of [oit]avo.[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -avu
- Hyphenation: a‧vo
NounEdit
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
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “avo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- ^ “avo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
YamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Ivatan avo.
NounEdit
avo