ʻo
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See also: ʻō and Appendix:Variations of "o"
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Particle
ʻo
- Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative
Particle
ʻo
- Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative
Article
ʻo
- it is
- the (before proper nouns used as subjects)
Usage notes
Used in front of proper nouns or pronouns; or common nouns with the article te (ʻo te).
By exception, it is used emphatically before the pronoun ʻoe (ʻo ʻoe).
See also
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “ʻo” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
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