suo

See also: suō, suõ, suǒ, suò, šuo, and ŝuo

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsu.u]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsu.o]

Verb

suo

1. first-person singular present indicative of suar

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *soo, of disputed further origin. Cognates include Estonian soo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification^(key): suo
• Hyphenation^(key): suo

Noun

suo

1. swamp, bog, marsh, mire

Declension

Inflection of suo (Kotus type 19/suo, no gradation)
nominative		suo	suot
genitive		suon	soiden soitten
partitive		suota	soita
illative		suohon	soihin
		singular	plural
nominative		suo	suot
accusative	nom.	suo	suot
	gen.	suon
genitive		suon	soiden soitten
partitive		suota	soita
inessive		suossa	soissa
elative		suosta	soista
illative		suohon	soihin
adessive		suolla	soilla
ablative		suolta	soilta
allative		suolle	soille
essive		suona	soina
translative		suoksi	soiksi
abessive		suotta	soitta
instructive		—	soin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of suo (Kotus type 19/suo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative suoni suoni accusative nom. suoni suoni gen. suoni genitive suoni soideni soitteni partitive suotani soitani inessive suossani soissani elative suostani soistani illative suohoni soihini adessive suollani soillani ablative suoltani soiltani allative suolleni soilleni essive suonani soinani translative suokseni soikseni abessive suottani soittani instructive — — comitative — soineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative suosi suosi accusative nom. suosi suosi gen. suosi genitive suosi soidesi soittesi partitive suotasi soitasi inessive suossasi soissasi elative suostasi soistasi illative suohosi soihisi adessive suollasi soillasi ablative suoltasi soiltasi allative suollesi soillesi essive suonasi soinasi translative suoksesi soiksesi abessive suottasi soittasi instructive — — comitative — soinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative suomme suomme accusative nom. suomme suomme gen. suomme genitive suomme soidemme soittemme partitive suotamme soitamme inessive suossamme soissamme elative suostamme soistamme illative suohomme soihimme adessive suollamme soillamme ablative suoltamme soiltamme allative suollemme soillemme essive suonamme soinamme translative suoksemme soiksemme abessive suottamme soittamme instructive — — comitative — soinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative suonne suonne accusative nom. suonne suonne gen. suonne genitive suonne soidenne soittenne partitive suotanne soitanne inessive suossanne soissanne elative suostanne soistanne illative suohonne soihinne adessive suollanne soillanne ablative suoltanne soiltanne allative suollenne soillenne essive suonanne soinanne translative suoksenne soiksenne abessive suottanne soittanne instructive — — comitative — soinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative suonsa suonsa accusative nom. suonsa suonsa gen. suonsa genitive suonsa soidensa soittensa partitive suotaan suotansa soitaan soitansa inessive suossaan suossansa soissaan soissansa elative suostaan suostansa soistaan soistansa illative suohonsa soihinsa adessive suollaan suollansa soillaan soillansa ablative suoltaan suoltansa soiltaan soiltansa allative suolleen suollensa soilleen soillensa essive suonaan suonansa soinaan soinansa translative suokseen suoksensa soikseen soiksensa abessive suottaan suottansa soittaan soittansa instructive — — comitative — soineen soinensa

Derived terms

• soinen
• Suokas
• Suokko

compounds

• aapasuo
• afrikansuopöllö
• afrikansuorotta
• alleninsuoapina
• andiensuorotta
• australiansuorotta
• avosuo
• Heinisuo
• hillasuo
• Honkasuo
• hyllysuo
• Karhusuo
• karpalosuo
• keidassuo
• kohosuo
• korpisuo
• kuivatussuo
• kumpusuo
• Lahdensuo
• lettosuo
• palsasuo
• rahkasuo
• rimpisuo
• Ruskeasuo
• rämesuo
• Salmensuo
• soidensuojelu
• suoalue
• suoaukea
• suoaukeama
• suohaukka
• suohopeatäplä
• suohorsma
• Suojoki
• Suojärvi
• suokaasu
• suokalkkarokäärme
• suokaski
• suokasvi
• suokasvillisuus
• suokenkä
• suokirjosiipi
• Suoknuuti
• suokorte
• suokukka
• suokukko
• Suolahti
• suolampi
• suolöytö
• suomaa
• suomalmi
• suomarakatti
• suometsä
• suomuurain
• suomyrkkysumakki
• suomyrtti
• Suomäki
• Suoniemi
• suoniitty
• suonkuivatus
• suonojitus
• Suonperä
• Suonpää
• suonraivaus
• suonsilmä
• suonsilmäke
• Suontakanen
• Suontausta
• suontutkimus
• Suonvieri
• suo-ohdake
• suopelto
• suoperäinen
• suopotkupallo
• suopuikkija
• suopursu
• suoputki
• suopöllö
• Suoranta
• suoruumis
• suosaareke
• suosirri
• suosopuli
• suosuksi
• suoturve
• suotyyppi
• suovehka
• suoviljely
• suovilla
• suoyhdistymä
• Tattarisuo
• turvesuo
• valesuorotta
• Ämmässuo

Further reading

• “suo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯ˣ/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification^(key): suo
• Hyphenation^(key): suo

Verb

suo

1. third-person singular present indicative of suoda

   Hän suo sen minulle. ― He allows it to me.

   Jos Luoja suo ― God willing

2. present active indicative connegative of suoda

   Hän ei suo armoa. ― He does not give mercy.

3. second-person singular present imperative of suoda

   Suo se minulle! ― Allow it to me!

4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of suoda

   Älä suo sitä! ― Don't allow it!

Anagrams

• osu

Galician

Verb

suo

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of suar

Italian

Alternative forms

• seo, sio, só, soe, soo, sou, su, suoio (Old Italian)

Etymology

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.o/
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: sù‧o

• Audio:

  (file)

Determiner

suo (feminine sua, masculine plural suoi, feminine plural sue)

1. his, her, its

   i suoi figli ― his/her/its children

   le sue macchine ― his/her/its cars

   casa sua ― his/her/its house

   suo padre ― his/her/its father

   • c. 1260 [c. 85 BCE], “Dice Tullio della pronunziagione” (chapter 32), in Brunetto Latini, transl., La rettorica [Rhetorics], translation with commentary of Dē inventiōne by Marcus Tullius Cicerō (in Classical Latin), lines 11–14; republished as Francesco Maggini, editor, La rettorica di Brunetto Latini‎^[2], Florence: Galletti e Cocci, 1915, page 55:

     […] se lla condizione richiede che debbia parlamentare a cavallo, sì dee elli avere cavallo di grande rigoglio, sì che quando il segnore parla il suo cavallo gridi et anatrisca e razzi la terra col piede

     […] if the circumstances require him to negotiate on horseback, he must have a horse of great vigour, so that, while the lord is speaking, his horse will cry and neigh, and stomp the ground with its hoof

2. (often capitalized) your (polite singular form)

   i Suoi figli ― your children

   le Sue macchine ― your cars

   casa Sua ― your house

   Suo padre ― your father

Pronoun

suo (feminine sua, masculine plural suoi, feminine plural sue)

1. his, hers, its

   Sono i suoi ― They are his/hers/its.

2. (often capitalised/capitalized) yours (polite singular form)

   Sono i Suoi ― They are yours.

Usage notes

• The use or non-use of the definite article in conjunction with the determiner and possessive pronoun is the same as for mio; see the usage note there.

See also

• loro
• mio
• nostro
• tuo
• vostro

Anagrams

• uso, usò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.o]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *sūō, from earlier *sūjō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewh₁-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-, an alternative form of *syewh₁-. Cognates include Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”), Lithuanian siūti, and Old English siwian (English sew).

Verb

suō (present infinitive suere, perfect active suī, supine sūtum); third conjugation, third person-only in the passive

1. to sew, stitch
2. to join, fasten together
3. (figuratively) to devise, cobble

Conjugation

The verb suō has a limited passive conjugation. Only third-person passive forms are known from surviving texts.

   Conjugation of suō (third conjugation, third person-only in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	suō		suis		suit		suimus		suitis		suunt
	imperfect	suēbam		suēbās		suēbat		suēbāmus		suēbātis		suēbant
	future	suam		suēs		suet		suēmus		suētis		suent
	perfect	suī		suistī		suit		suimus		suistis		suērunt, suēre
	pluperfect	sueram		suerās		suerat		suerāmus		suerātis		suerant
	future perfect	suerō		sueris		suerit		suerimus		sueritis		suerint
passive	present	—		—		suitur		—		—		suuntur
	imperfect	—		—		suēbātur		—		—		suēbantur
	future	—		—		suētur		—		—		suentur
	perfect	—		—		sūtum est		—		—		sūta sunt
	pluperfect	—		—		sūtum erat		—		—		sūta erant
	future perfect	—		—		sūtum erit		—		—		sūta erint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	suam		suās		suat		suāmus		suātis		suant
	imperfect	suerem		suerēs		sueret		suerēmus		suerētis		suerent
	perfect	suerim		suerīs		suerit		suerīmus		suerītis		suerint
	pluperfect	suissem		suissēs		suisset		suissēmus		suissētis		suissent
passive	present	—		—		suātur		—		—		suantur
	imperfect	—		—		suerētur		—		—		suerentur
	perfect	—		—		sūtum sit		—		—		sūta sint
	pluperfect	—		—		sūtum esset		—		—		sūta essent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sue		—		—		suite		—
	future	—		suitō		suitō		—		suitōte		suuntō
passive	future	—		—		suitor		—		—		suuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		suere			suī			suēns			—
future		sūtūrum esse			sūtum īrī			sūtūrus			suendum
perfect		suisse			sūtum esse			—			sūtum
future perfect		—			sūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		suendī		suendō		suendum		suendō		sūtum		sūtū

Derived terms

• adsuō
• assuō
• consuō
• insuō
• obsūtus
• sūtēla
• sūtilis
• sūtor
• sūtum
• sūtūra

Related terms

• sūtōrīcius
• sūtōrius
• sūtrīballus
• sūtrīna
• sūtrīnum
• sūtrīnus
• sūtrīx

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

suō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of suus

References

• “suo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
    
  • (ambiguous) to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: suis rebus or sibi consulere
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider one's own advantage in everything: omnia ad suam utilitatem referre
    
  • (ambiguous) to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere
    
  • (ambiguous) to win a man over to one's own way of thinking: aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducere
    
  • (ambiguous) to freely express one's opinions: sententiam suam aperire
    
  • (ambiguous) to act in accordance with one's convictions: suo iudicio uti
    
  • (ambiguous) to go one's own way, proceed independently: suo consilio uti
    
  • (ambiguous) to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
    
  • (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
    
  • (ambiguous) to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus
    
  • (ambiguous) to set one's hope on some one: spem suam ponere, collocare in aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
    
  • (ambiguous) self-confidence: fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to indulge one's caprice: sibi or ingenio suo indulgere (Nep. Chabr. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
    
  • (ambiguous) to live on one's means: de suo (opp. alieno) vivere
    
  • (ambiguous) to squander all one's property: dissipare rem familiarem (suam)
    
  • (ambiguous) to invite some one to one's house: invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5)
    
  • (ambiguous) to give audience to some one: sui potestatem facere, praebere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to separate from, divorce (of the man): aliquam suas res sibi habere iubere (Phil. 2. 28. 69)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep up a usage: consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere,[TR1] servare
    
  • (ambiguous) to have no debts: in suis nummis versari (Verr. 4. 6. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) (a state) has its own laws, is autonomous: suis legibus utitur (B. G. 1. 45. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
    
  • (ambiguous) to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
    
  • (ambiguous) to waive one's right: de iure suo decedere or cedere
    
  • (ambiguous) in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
    
  • (ambiguous) to accept battle: potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to reduce a country to subjection to oneself: populum in potestatem suam redigere (B. G. 2. 34)
    
  • (ambiguous) to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
    
  • (ambiguous) with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    

Livvi

Suo.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soo. Cognates include Finnish suo and Estonian soo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯/
• Hyphenation: suo
• Rhymes: -uo̯

Noun

suo (genitive suon, partitive suodu)

1. bog, swamp

Declension

Declension of suo (Type 15/suu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	suo	suot
genitive	suon	suoloin
partitive	suodu	suoloi
illative	suoh	suoloih
inessive	suos	suolois
elative	suospäi	suoloispäi
allative	suole	suoloile
adessive	suol	suoloil
ablative	suolpäi	suoloilpäi
translative	suokse	suoloikse
essive	suonnu	suoloinnu
abessive	suottah	suoloittah
comitative	suonke	suoloinke
instructive		suoloiči
prolative	suoči

References

• Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 10
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) “suo”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soo.

Noun

suo

1. swamp

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Lutuv

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *sʰam, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(t)sam

Noun

suo

1. hair

References

• Kenneth VanBik (2009) Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages (STEDT Monograph Series), volume 8, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

suo

1. Nonstandard spelling of suō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of suǒ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of suò.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.u/

• Rhymes: -uu
• Hyphenation: su‧o

Verb

suo

1. first-person singular present indicative of suar

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• suu, sou

Etymology

From Latin suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo/

Pronoun

suo (plural suos, feminine sua, feminine plural suas)

1. his, her, hers

Related terms

• bostru, vostru
• issoro
• meu
• nostru
• tuu, tou, tuo

Ternate

suo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.o]

Noun

suo

1. the obtuse barracuda (Sphyraena obtusata)

References

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