English

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Noun

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o-

  1. A blood type that has no antigens. It lacks the A, B and Rh factors on the blood cells. It is the universal donor for blood and can give blood to any blood type, but can only receive O- blood.

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o-

  1. (organic chemistry) ortho-

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Basque

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Alternative forms

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Combining form of ogi (bread)

Usage notes

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  • If the following element of the compound starts with /b/ or /ɡ/, these are devoiced to /p/ and /k/ respectively.
  • If the following element starts with a vowel, /s̺/ or /s̻/, the combining form ot- is used instead.

Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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  • å- (East Central Bavarian)

Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana. Compare German an-, Dutch aan-, English on-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oː/ (West Central Bavarian)

Prefix

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o-

  1. Separable verb prefix that indicates a direction, goal, destination and a contact made therein.
    o- + ‎schraufn (to screw) → ‎oschraufn (to screw on)
    o- + ‎greifn (to grab, seize) → ‎ogreifn (to touch, handle)
    o- + ‎brenna (to burn) → ‎obrenna (to scorch)

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Cayuga

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Prefix

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o-

  1. noun prefix

References

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Frances Froman, Alfred J. Keye, Lottie Keye, Carrie Dyck (2002) English-Cayuga/Cayuga-English Dictionary, University of Toronto, page 705

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See o.

Prefix

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o-

  1. around, all around
  2. a complete action, a perfective verb
  3. something else

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • o-/ob(e)- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Japanese

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Romanization

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o-

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

Lakota

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Forms nouns from some verbs; verbal noun modifier; ‘place where...’.
  1. o- + ‎wótA (to eat) → ‎owóte (dining room)
    o- + ‎yuŋká (to lie, recline) → ‎oyúŋke (a bed)

Mohawk

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Etymology

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io- with loss of initial glide

Prefix

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o-

  1. noun prefix
  2. her (in kinship terms)

Northern Ndebele

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Etymology 1

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

Prefix

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o-

  1. Second-person singular relative concord.

Etymology 2

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Class 1 relative concord.

Etymology 3

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

Prefix

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o-

  1. Class 3 relative concord.

Ojibwe

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Prefix

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o-

  1. A prefix denoting the third person

Usage notes

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o- is the unmarked form, and appears before stems that begin with a consonant. It may be omitted in many contexts.

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Preverb

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o-

  1. go somewhere to do something, go over there to
    Mii go imaa ziigigamideg, mii imaa o-gondaabiiginag zhingobaandag.
    If it boiled over, I dipped the bough in the kettle.

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Old Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b)-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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o-

  1. appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
    o- + ‎pozdny → ‎opóździć
  2. around
    o- + ‎kropić → ‎okropić
  3. prefix indicating a perfective verb
    o- + ‎soczyć → ‎osoczyć

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Polish: o-

Onondaga

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Prefix

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o-

  1. noun prefix

References

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  • Hanni Woodbury (2018) A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language, University of Toronto, page 284

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish o-. Doublet of ob-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes:
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
  • Homophones: o, -o, -o-

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o-

  1. prefix indicating a perfective verb
    o- + ‎słabnąć → ‎osłabnąć
  2. affects verb meaning in various ways
    o- + ‎strzec → ‎ostrzec
  3. appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
    Synonym: u-
    o- + ‎trzeźwy → ‎otrzeźwić
  4. around
    Synonym: ob-
    o- + ‎winąć → ‎owinąć
  5. down
    Synonym: z-
    o- + ‎suwać → ‎osuwać
    o- + ‎puścić → ‎opuścić

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • o- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Seneca

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Prefix

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o-

  1. noun prefix

References

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  • Wallace Chafe (2014) A Grammar of the Seneca Language, University of California Press, page 86

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *o(b)-. Prefixed form of the preposition o.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
    1. (no change in meaning)
      o- + ‎čístiti (to clean) → ‎očístiti (to clean)
    2. around, past, avoiding
      o- + ‎čŕtati (to draw) → ‎očŕtati (to outline)
      o- + ‎īti (to go) → ‎obíti (to go around, to bypass)
    3. to stay, to remain
      o- + ‎sedẹ́ti (to sit) → ‎obsedẹ́ti (to stay sitting)

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Southern Ndebele

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Etymology 1

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Second-person singular relative concord.

Etymology 2

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Class 1 relative concord.

Etymology 3

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Class 3 relative concord.

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish ō-, from Old Norse ú-, ó-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from the Proto-Indo-European *n̥- whence also Greek α- (a-) and English un-.

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o-

  1. Added to adjectives to yield their opposites; un-
  2. Added to nouns to mean lack or being without

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Taos

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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o-

  1. (transitive) First person singular subject + third person duoplural object.
  2. (transitive) Second person singular subject + third person singular object.

Ternate

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Etymology

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Cognate with Tehit w- (third-person singular masculine prefix).

Pronoun

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o- (Jawi ؤ-)

  1. (masculine) third-person singular clitic, he

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Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
informal formal
singular 1st person ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
plural 1st person inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif,
fara ngomi1
mi mi, mia
2nd person ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person anah, enanh ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † nah, ngah, manh
  • unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
  • m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
  • 1 - for mixed-gender groups
  • † - archaic

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tooro

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Alternative forms

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  • (before -a- or -e- in the subjunctive mood) w-
  • (before vowels in other cases) oy-

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o-

  1. you; 2nd person singular subject concord
    o- + ‎-kora (to do) → ‎okora (you do)

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References

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  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 413

Volapük

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Prefix

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o-

  1. denotes future tense in verbs and adverbs
    o- + ‎penob (I write.) → ‎openob (I will write.)
    o- + ‎adelo (today) → ‎odelo (tomorrow)

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Soft mutation of go-.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of go-
radical soft nasal aspirate
go- o- ngo- unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Xhosa

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Etymology 1

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

Prefix

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o-

  1. Second-person singular relative concord.

Etymology 2

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Class 1 relative concord.

Etymology 3

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Prefix

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o-

  1. Class 3 relative concord.

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV o-
Brazilian standard o-
New Tribes o-

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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o-

  1. allomorph of öt- (detransitivizing prefix)
  2. allomorph of ö- (second-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant and have a first vowel o or u

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Zulu

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Etymology 1

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From a- (relative) +‎ u- (second person singular).

Prefix

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ṓ-

  1. Second-person singular relative concord.

Etymology 2

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From a- (relative) +‎ u- (class 1).

Prefix

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ṓ-

  1. Class 1 relative concord.

Etymology 3

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From a- (augment) +‎ bo- (class 2a).

Prefix

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ô-

  1. Class 2a noun prefix.

Etymology 4

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From a- (relative) +‎ u- (class 3).

Prefix

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ṓ-

  1. Class 3 relative concord.

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