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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sranan Tongo odo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.doː/
  • Hyphenation: odo

Noun

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odo m (plural odo's)

  1. (chiefly Suriname) an African Surinamese proverb

Esperanto

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Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, song). Compare English, Italian and French ode, German Ode, Yiddish אָדע (ode), Polish oda, Russian о́да (óda).

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odo (accusative singular odon, plural odoj, accusative plural odojn)

  1. ode

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  • Ido: odo

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Borrowed from Esperanto odoEnglish odeFrench odeGerman OdeItalian odeRussian о́да (óda)Spanish oda.

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odo (plural odi)

  1. ode

Igala

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Noun

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òdò

  1. settlement

Italian

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Verb

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odo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of udire

Old High German

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Possibly from an earlier edo, a cognate of Old Norse eða and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau), from Proto-Germanic *efþau or Proto-Germanic *ehþau.

Adverb

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ōdo

  1. possibly, about, perhaps

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  1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Slovak

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Preposition

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odo (+ genitive)

  1. Alternative form of od

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  • odo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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

Noun

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odo

  1. proverb, saying

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West Makian

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Ternate ara, Tidore ora.

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Noun

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odo

  1. the moon

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Verb

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odo

  1. (intransitive) to jump
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Conjugation of odo (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toodo moodo aodo
2nd person noodo foodo
3rd person inanimate iodo doodo
animate
imperative noodo, odo foodo, odo

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

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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0 1  → [a], [b] 10  → 
    Cardinal: òdo
    Counting: òdo, oódo
 
òdo

Probable cognate with Igala òfo (zero) and related to òfo (empty, nothing, loss)

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òdo

  1. zero
    Òdo ni wọ́n gbá nínú ìdánwó yẹn.
    They got a zero on that test.
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  • olódo (a dunce, a stupid person, one who receives poor grades)

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Àwọn òdo

A very old term no longer used except in a few dialects, compare with Igala òkò, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ò-kò

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òdo

  1. (rare) pig
    Synonym: ẹlẹ́dẹ̀
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting Fabunmi, M. A., Àyájọ́ Ohùn Ifẹ̀ Ibadan[2], number LDC2008L03, 1972, Nigeria: Onibon-oje Press & Book Industries Ltd, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Ọmọ yọyọ ni ti òdo
      Numerous children are a feature of the pig (incantation)

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Odò Ọya

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odò

  1. river
    Synonyms: ẹri, omi
    Odò Ọya ni òdo t'ó tóbi jùlọ ní Ìwọ Oòrùn Áfíríkà.
    The Niger River is the biggest river in West Africa.
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[3], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Ẹ̀mí àbàtà níí módòó ṣàn; ọláa baba níí mú ọmọọ́ yan.
      Just as the liveliness of the marshy land ensures the flowing of the river; so a father's good reputation makes a child feel proud (proverb admonishing good behavior)
  2. lower or inner part
    Fáwẹ̀lì odò
    Low vowel
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[4], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Mo fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà sí odò inú mi.
      I kept the matter deep inside me.
  3. south
    Synonyms: gúúsù, àwúsẹ̀
    Antonyms: àríwá, òkè, àwúsí
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odò

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odò

  1. Mansonia altissima (Bété, mansonia, or African black walnut)

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odo in the center

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Noun

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odo

  1. core of a syllable
    Odo sílébù
    Syllable rhyme/nucleus

Etymology 6

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odo

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Noun

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odo

  1. Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (white yam, West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame)

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odó

Cognate with Igbo odō and Edo odó, equivalent to o- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to pound)

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odó

  1. pounding mortar
    Synonym: ọ̀ị́ṣẹ́
    Níbo ni àwọn odó tí a máa ń lò láti gún iyán?.
    Where are the pounding mortars that we use to pound yam?
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[5], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      Wọ́n ń gún iyán nínú odó.
      They were pounding pounded yam food in a pounding mortar.
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  • Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[6], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN

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Pronoun

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odo

  1. yours