Wiktionary

vô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vo"

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin vōs.

Pronoun edit

vô

  1. The second person plural familiar pronoun, you

Synonyms edit

See also edit

Friulian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person jo nô
2nd person familiar tu vô
polite lui, jê lôr
3rd person m lui, lôr
f jê lôr

Louisiana Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French vos (“your”).

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

vô

  1. (formal, polite) your.
  2. y'all's.

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Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

vô m (plural vôs)

  1. (informal) Clipping of avô.; grandpa, granddad

Verb edit

vô

  1. Eye dialect spelling of vou.

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Undiphthongized equivalent of Northern vào.

The usage of vào (especially in writing) by speakers of Central-Southern dialects can be contributed to borrowing from Northern dialects. On the other hand, the undiphthongized Southern form with palatal initial latter spread to the Northern and Central dialects as an interjection.

Alternative forms edit

  • (Northern Vietnam) vào (with diphthongization)
  • (Southern Vietnam, pronunciation spelling) dô
  • (Southern Vietnam, pronunciation spelling) dzô

Verb edit

vô • (無, 𠓺)

  1. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) to enter; to go into
    Synonym: vào
    Vô nhà lấy con dao cho ba mày làm cá coi cu Thắng.
    Thắng boy, go inside and fetch the knife so that your dad can start preparing some fish.
  2. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) to toast
  3. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) to go southwards in Vietnam
    Antonym: ra
    • Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠
      塘無䖏乂觥觥
      𡶀𩇛渃碧如幀𤳰圖
      Đường vô xứ Nghệ quanh quanh,
      Núi xanh nác/nước biếc như tranh hoạ/vẽ đồ.
      The road to Nghệ An is winding,
      With lush mountains and blue rivers, [the scenery is] like those captured in a landscape painting.

Particle edit

vô • (無, 𠓺)

  1. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) emphasizing sentence-ending particle
    Synonym: vào
    Uống cho lắm vô! Giờ đau đầu!
    You drank yourself to death and now you're wondering why you're having a headache!
    Mại vô!
    Check it out, guys!

Preposition edit

vô • (無, 𠓺)

  1. in, into, upon
    Nhìn vô nhà coi, có ai hông?
    Did you see anyone when you looked into the house?

Interjection edit

vô • (無, 𠓺)

  1. toast
    Một, hai, ba, dzô!
    One, two, three, toast!
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Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 無.

Prefix edit

vô (無)

  1. (prefixing nouns to form adjectives) without, -less, un-, in-
    Synonyms: bất, không
    vô văn hoá ― ill-mannered (literally, “cultureless”)
    vô tác dụng ― ineffective
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Romanization edit

vô

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 亡
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 毋
  3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 旡
  4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 忘
  5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 妄
  6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呒
  7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 无
  8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 毌

Etymology 4 edit

Nôm reading of 蕪, 毌, 毋

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