Wiktionary

lo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lo"

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.

InterjectionEdit

lo

  1. (archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
    • c. 1610-11, Shakespeare, William, The Tempest‎[1], act III, scene ii:
      Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.
    • 1925, Brewitt-Taylor, Charles Henry, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original by Luo Guanzhong:
      Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 588:
      "Tambi will be here in..." He computed carefully. "... in exactly twenty seconds." And, lo, Tambi appeared at that very moment.
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Variant of low.

AdjectiveEdit

lo (not comparable)

  1. Informal spelling of low.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

ContractionEdit

lo

  1. (colloquial) hello ('lo; see hallo)

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illud, neuter of ille.

ArticleEdit

lo n sg (masculine el, feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

  1. (definite) the

PronounEdit

lo

  1. it (third-person singular neuter direct pronoun)

BasqueEdit

NounEdit

lo

  1. sleep

Derived termsEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille.

PronounEdit

lo (enclitic, contracted 'l, proclitic el, contracted proclitic l')

  1. him (direct object)

DeclensionEdit

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 		3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin illum, from ille.

ArticleEdit

lo m (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) the (definite article)
    Synonym: el (standard)

Further readingEdit

ChickasawEdit

PronounEdit

lo

  1. I

ChineseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lo

  1. (neologism, mostly in compounds) Lolita fashion
    lo娘  ―  lo niáng  ―  a girl who regularly dresses in lolita fashion

Derived termsEdit

CornishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Brythonic *lluɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *lēgā. Cognate with Welsh llwy, Breton loa (Vannes dialect loé, lui).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lo f (plural loyow)

  1. spoon

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lo (accusative singular lo-on, plural lo-oj, accusative plural lo-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

See alsoEdit

GalicianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See o. Compare Portuguese lo.

PronounEdit

lo m sg (feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)

  1. Alternative form of o (“the”, masculine singular)
Usage notesEdit

The l- forms of article are compulsorily used after the preposition por and adverb u. It is optional when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, after unstressed pronouns nos, vos and lles (when they are enclitc) of ambos, entrambos, todos, tras and copulative conjunction (e mais and tonic pronouns vós and nós followed by a numerical precision).

Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

lo m (accusative)

  1. Alternative form of o (“him”)
Usage notesEdit

The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word.

Related termsEdit

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Back-formation from co (“this”), to (“that”), based on la (“the”), ol (“it”).[1]

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

lo

  1. referring to a previous sentence or phrase, i.e. a fact rather than an object; it, the
    Il esas mortinta de tri monati, e vu ne savas lo!
    He's been dead for three months, and you didn't know it (that he's been dead for three months)!

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Progreso, VI, 238

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Hokkien 汝 (lú).

PronounEdit

lo

  1. (Jakarta, slang) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours
    Oke, kalau lo baper, yuk cabut.[1] ― OK, if you are sensitive, let's go!

SynonymsEdit

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 2018, Yuni Astuti, Saipeh Baper, CV Jejak (Jejak Publisher) (→ISBN), page 53:

Further readingEdit

InterlinguaEdit

PronounEdit

lo

  1. it, that (direct object)
    Tu lo audi? – Do you hear it?

Related termsEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From a Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, illud, the accusative singular of ille, by dropping il- and -m. [1]

ArticleEdit

Italian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine il
lo/l' 		i
gli
feminine  la/l' le

lo m sg (plural gli)

  1. The form of il that is used before the so-called impure consonants, that is, s+consonant (impure s), gn, pn, ps, x or z; before a vowel it becomes l'; the
    l’osso ― the bone
    lo stato ― the state
    lo zio ― the uncle

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin illum, the accusative singular of ille.

Alternative formsEdit

PronounEdit

lo m sg (plural li, female la)

  1. (accusative) him
    Lo conosci? ― Do you know him?
  2. (accusative) it, this or that thing
    Synonym: ciò
    Quando te lo diedi. ― When I gave it to you.
See alsoEdit
Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Conjunctive Disjunctive Locative Partitive
Singular first — io mi, m', -mi me me —
second — tu ti, t', -ti te te
third m lui si2, s', -si lo, l', -lo gli, -gli glie, se2 lui, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f lei, Lei1 la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1, sé
Plural first — noi ci, c', -ci ce noi —
second — voi, Voi4 vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 ve voi, Voi4
third m loro, Loro1 si, s', -si li, Li1, -li, -Li1 gli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1		 glie, se loro, Loro1, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1 Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2 Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3 Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4 Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 123

LaboyaEdit

VerbEdit

lo

  1. to go
    Synonyms: kako, attu

ReferencesEdit

  • Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “lo”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 60

LashiEdit

VerbEdit

lo

  1. come

ReferencesEdit

LuxembourgishEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

lo

  1. Alternative form of elo

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

lo (Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄛ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 咯

Usage notesEdit

  • Almost all syllables transliterated from Chinese speech contain one of four diacritics indicating tone. This is one of the few syllables in the Chinese language that is transcribed only in a toneless form.
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *lō, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.

NounEdit

lô f or n

  1. clearing in a forest

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Dutch: lo (obsolete outside toponyms)

Further readingEdit

  • “loo”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “loo”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page loo

NeapolitanEdit

PronounEdit

lo

  1. Alternative form of 'o

Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

lo n (definite singular loet, uncountable)

  1. lint

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

lo

  1. past of le

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse ló, lóa.

NounEdit

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

  1. any of various birds of the family Charadriidae, the plovers and dotterels
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

lo

  1. past of le

ReferencesEdit

NovialEdit

PronounEdit

lo (genitive lon, plural los)

  1. he; him

Related termsEdit

OccitanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • lou (Mistralian)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan lo, from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum.

ArticleEdit

lo (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)

  1. the; masculine singular definite article

Usage notesEdit

  • In the Provençal dialect, the masculine and feminine plural is lei.

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum; compare Old Occitan lo.

ArticleEdit

lo

  1. (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of le; masculine singular oblique definite article

PronounEdit

lo

  1. (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of le; masculine singular object pronoun

Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum; compare Old French lo.

ArticleEdit

lo (feminine la)

  1. the; masculine singular definite article

DescendantsEdit

  • Occitan: lo

PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese logo ("soon") and Spanish luego ("soon, later").

VerbEdit

lo

Indicates the future tense of a verb.

  1. shall
  2. will

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

See o.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

lo

  1. Alternative form of o (third-person masculine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary
    Contá-lo (contar) ― To tell it.
    Contámo-lo (contamos) ― We told it.
    Fi-lo (fiz) ― I did it.

Coordinate termsEdit

  • no (following a nasal vowel), o (following an oral vowel)

See alsoEdit

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct object) 		Dative
(indirect object) 		Prepositional Prepositional
with com 		Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no) 		a
(la, na) 		lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil) 		a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos) 		as
(las, nas) 		lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lad

EtymologyEdit

From Latin lātus.

AdjectiveEdit

lo m (feminine singular loa, masculine plural los, feminine plural loas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) wide, broad

SynonymsEdit

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
  • (Puter, Vallader) larg

SilesianEdit

PrepositionEdit

lo

  1. by, at, on
  2. to
  3. for

Southern NdebeleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronounEdit

lo

  1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronounEdit

lo

  1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From a Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu. Masculine pronoun from Latin illum, singular masculine accusative of ille. Neuter article and pronoun form from Latin illud, neuter of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

lo

  1. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the
    lo pobre
    the poorness (about)
    the poor (thing about)
    that (which is) poor (about)

PronounEdit

lo

  1. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)
    lo veo
    I see it
  2. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that
    lo es
    so it is

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo/la5 ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

SwahiliEdit

InterjectionEdit

lo

  1. oh!

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lo c

  1. a lynx
    Synonym: lodjur

DeclensionEdit

Declension of lo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lo lon loar loarna
Genitive los lons loars loarnas

Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English law.

NounEdit

lo

  1. law

VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 慮 (“be concerned,worry about”; SV: lự).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

lo • (𢗼, 𢥈)

  1. to bother, to worry, to attend to

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

WelshEdit

NounEdit

lo m

  1. Soft mutation of llo.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llo lo unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

NounEdit

lo m

  1. Soft mutation of glo.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
glo lo nglo unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

WestrobothnianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse ló f. Cognate with Norwegian lo f, luv m, Old English wlōh f. Related to Old Norse lagðr m (“tuft of wool or hair”).

NounEdit

lo n

  1. fluff
  2. dust (of tissues)
  3. fringe of cloth and other textiles

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Low German lōt, from Proto-Germanic *laudą.

NounEdit

lo n

  1. plummet

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse lófi, láfi (“threshing barn”). Cognate with Norwegian låve, Swedish loge.

NounEdit

lo m

  1. threshing barn
Derived termsEdit

XhosaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronounEdit

lo

  1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronounEdit

lo

  1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 3Edit

PronounEdit

-lo

  1. Combining stem of lona.

ZouEdit

NounEdit

lo

  1. basket

ReferencesEdit

ZuluEdit

Etymology 1Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

lo

  1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.
InflectionEdit
Stem -ló
Full form ló
Locative kulo
Full form ló
Locative kulo
Copulative yilo
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 walo owalo
Class 2 balo abalo
Class 3 walo owalo
Class 4 yalo eyalo
Class 5 lalo elalo
Class 6 alo awalo
Class 7 salo esalo
Class 8 zalo ezalo
Class 9 yalo eyalo
Class 10 zalo ezalo
Class 11 lwalo olwalo
Class 14 balo obalo
Class 15 kwalo okwalo
Class 17 kwalo okwalo

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

lo

  1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.
InflectionEdit
Stem -ló
Full form ló
Locative kulo
Full form ló
Locative kulo
Copulative yilo
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 walo owalo
Class 2 balo abalo
Class 3 walo owalo
Class 4 yalo eyalo
Class 5 lalo elalo
Class 6 alo awalo
Class 7 salo esalo
Class 8 zalo ezalo
Class 9 yalo eyalo
Class 10 zalo ezalo
Class 11 lwalo olwalo
Class 14 balo obalo
Class 15 kwalo okwalo
Class 17 kwalo okwalo

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

lo

  1. Combining stem of lona.

ReferencesEdit

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