fao

See also: FAO and fa'o

Translingual

Symbol

fao

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Faroese.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Faroese terms

English

Preposition

fao

1. Abbreviation of for the attention of. Used on an address or label, specifies an individual to whom the document should be delivered, usually put on when the address is of an organisation.

Anagrams

• Foa, OFA, oaf, of a

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfao/
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: fa‧o

Noun

fao (accusative singular faon, plural faoj, accusative plural faojn)

1. pho (Vietnamese soup with a beef base)

   Kiun vi preferus manĝi: fao aŭ rameno?

   Which would you prefer to eat: pho or ramen?

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *faqo (compare with Hawaiian hao (“iron, horn”), Maori whao (“chisel, nail”), Tuamotuan pao), from Proto-Oceanic *paqot (compare with Fijian ivako (“nail”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət (“chisel”) (compare with Malay pahat, Tagalog paet)

Noun

fao

1. tip, point
2. scissors

Further reading

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “fao” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfa.o]

Verb

fao

1. (transitive) to pull out

Conjugation

Conjugation of fao

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofao	fofao	mifao
2nd person		nofao	nifao
3rd person	masculine	ofao	ifao yofao (archaic)
	feminine	mofao
	neuter	ifao

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Venetan

Verb

fao

1. first-person singular present indicative of far

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸa.o/

Noun

fao

1. a father

Usage notes

The term fao is used for referring to a father, whereas the term baba is used for addressing one's father.

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics