lo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lo"

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /loʊ/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophones: low, Lowe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

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).
   • 1925, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translated by Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor:

     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.

ContractionEdit

lo

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

TranslationsEdit

look, see, behold

• Czech: hle, ejhle (cs), ajta
• Dutch: aanschouw (nl)
• Esperanto: jen (eo)
• Finnish: katso (fi)
• French: voici (fr), voilà (fr)
• German: sieh (de), guck (de)
• Greek: ιδού (el) (idoú)

  Ancient: ἰδού (idoú)

• Hungarian: íme (hu)
• Icelandic: sjá (is)
• Ido: yen (io)

• Italian: ecco (it)
• Japanese: ほら (hora)
• Latin: ecce
• Latvian: lūk, āre, re (lv)
• Polish: oto (pl), ot (pl)
• Portuguese: ó (pt)
• Russian: вот (ru) (vot), смотри́ (ru) (smotrí), глянь (ru) (gljanʹ), гляди́ (ru) (gljadí)
• Serbo-Croatian: evo (sh)
• Spanish: ve (es), ved (es), vea (es), veamos (es), vean (es)
• Swedish: skåda (sv), si (sv)
• Turkish: işte (tr)

Related termsEdit

• lo and behold

Etymology 2Edit

Variant of low.

AdjectiveEdit

lo (not comparable)

1. Informal spelling of low.

Derived termsEdit

• lo-cal
• lo-tech

Related termsEdit

• hi
• mid

AnagramsEdit

• -ol, OL, Ol., ol, ol'

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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)

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BasqueEdit

NounEdit

lo

1. sleep

Derived itemsEdit

• lo egin 'sleep' (verb)
• logela 'bedroom'

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -o

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-.

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ChickasawEdit

PronounEdit

lo

1. I

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CornishEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [loː]

NounEdit

lo f (plural loyow)

1. spoon

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EsperantoEdit

NounEdit

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

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

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GalicianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See o. Compare Portuguese lo.

PronounEdit

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

1. Mutated form of o. (the)

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

• la
• o

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

lo m (accusative)

1. Mutated 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

• la
• no
• o

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IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lo/, /lɔ/

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

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InterlinguaEdit

PronounEdit

lo

1. it, that (direct object)

   Tu lo audi? – Do you hear it?

Related termsEdit

• illo

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ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -o

ArticleEdit

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

lo m sg (plural gli)

1. (the form of il that is used before the so-called impure consonants, that is, s+consonant, gn, pn, ps, x or z; before a vowel it becomes l’) the

   l’osso ― the bone

   lo stato ― the state

   lo zoo ― the zoo

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin illum, from ille.

PronounEdit

lo m sg (plural li)

1. him

   Lo conosci? ― Do you know him?

2. this or that thing, it

   quando te lo diedi ― when I gave it to you

SynonymsEdit

• (this): ciò

ReferencesEdit

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LojbanEdit

CmavoEdit

lo (article)

1. an article which converts a selbri into a sumti by "returning" an instance of the x₁ sumti of the following word, which would otherwise function as a selbri; unlike "le", this word does not add a connotation of definiteness (i.e., it would not translate to English as "the")

   ro lo mlatu cu nelci lo ladru

   All cats like milk.

Usage notesEdit

• A sumti phrase begun with lo ends with the elidable terminator ku unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator is elided).
• The article lo behaves in a rather epsilon operator-like fashion. For example, let K be a predicate standing for the Lojban selbri klama, and let P be a predicate standing for the selbri prenu, then the Lojban sentence "lo prenu cu klama" could be expressed symbolically as $K(\epsilon x\,P(x))$, where $\epsilon x\,P(x)$ stands for "lo prenu".
• In a phrase such as "lo ci prenu" (where ci acts as an "inner quantifier"), the selbri which follows it may or may not "distribute" with respect to it, so that the "three people" may or may not be interpreted as acting as a concerted group, or so-called "mass". To be more precise, if the group acts concertedly, precede lo with lu'o, or equivalently, replace lo with loi. If the group does not act concertedly, but is instead "innocent" (the selbri "distributes" with respect to it), then use lo'i instead of loi.
  • A rule of thumb might be to avoid using inner quantifiers with lo altogether, just as in English it would wrong to say "*a three dogs". On the other hand, "a set of three dogs" would translate as "lo'i ci gerku", and "a group of three dogs (act as a team to) surround a man" would be "loi ci gerku cu sruri lo nanmu".
• In a phrase such as "ci lo prenu" (where ci acts as an "outer quantifier"), the selbri which follows it does "distribute" with respect to it, so that the selbri applies to each one of the three individuals, separately.

Related termsEdit

• la
• le
• loi
• lo'i
• lo'e

ReferencesEdit

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LuxembourgishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /loː/

AdverbEdit

lo

1. Alternative form of elo

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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.

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Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

lô f, n

1. clearing in a forest

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived termsEdit

• lôon

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: lo (obsolete outside toponyms)

Further readingEdit

• “loo”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “loo”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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NeapolitanEdit

PronounEdit

lo

1. Alternative form of 'o

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

lo n (definite singular loet, uncountable)

1. lint

Derived termsEdit

• loe

VerbEdit

lo

1. past tense of le

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /luː/

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse ló, lóa.

NounEdit

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

1. any of variuos birds of the family Charadriidae, the plovers and dotterels

Derived termsEdit

• heilo

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

lo

1. past tense of le

ReferencesEdit

• “lo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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NovialEdit

PronounEdit

lo (genitive lon, plural los)

1. he; him

Related termsEdit

• la
• le

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OccitanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• lou (Mistralian)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Provençal 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

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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Old ProvençalEdit

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

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

See o.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu/
• Hyphenation: lo

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 him.

   Contamo-lo (contamos) ― We told him.

   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)	Oblique		Oblique 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)

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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

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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; it, that

   lo es

   it is

See alsoEdit

Spanish personal pronouns

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí1
	plural	masc.		nosotros	nos		nosotros
		fem.		nosotras			nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti1
		voseo		vos			vos
		formal2		usted	le	lo/la3	usted
	plural	familiar4	masc.	vosotros	os		vosotros
			fem.	vosotras			vosotras
		formal/general2		ustedes	les	los/las3	ustedes
third person	singular	masc.		él	le	lo	él
		fem.		ella		la	ella
		neut.		ello5		lo/la3	ello
	plural	masc.		ellos	les	los	ellos
		fem.		ellas		las	ellas
	sing. & pl.	reflexive		—	se		sí1

• 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.
  
• 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")

¹ Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively

² Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity

³ Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to

⁴ Used only in Spain

⁵ Used only in rare circumstances

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SwahiliEdit

InterjectionEdit

lo

1. oh!

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• audio

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NounEdit

lo c

1. a lynx

DeclensionEdit

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

Related termsEdit

• lodjur
• lounge

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [l̪ɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɔ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [l̻ʲɔ˧˥]

VerbEdit

lo (𢗼, 𢥈)

1. to bother, to worry, to attend to

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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.

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XhosaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronounEdit

lo

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

lo

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

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ZuluEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ló/

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ló/

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

Non-lemma forms.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lo/

PronounEdit

lo

1. Combining stem of lona.

ReferencesEdit

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “lo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ISBN 0 85494 027 8: “lo (3-8)”