luo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "luo"

Translingual

Symbol

luo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Luo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Luo terms

Esperanto

Etymology

From lui +‎ -o, from French louer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo/
• Rhymes: -uo

Noun

luo (uncountable, accusative luon)

1. rent

For quotations using this term, see Citations:luo.

Finnish

Etymology 1

luo- +‎ -(k) (k-lative singular), from Proto-Finnic *loo-, possibly from Proto-Uralic *luwe (“downstream”). Related to Ingrian looks (~ luokse), Karelian luoh (~ luo) and Veps lon (~ luona).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯ˣ/, [ˈluo̞̯(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation^(key): luo

Postposition

luo [with genitive]

1. (of movement) to, up to, to ('s place)

   Synonyms: luokse, tykö

   Antonyms: luota, tyköä

   Miehen luo tuli nainen. ― A woman came to the man.

   Menin Pekan luo. ― I went to Pekka's place.

Usage notes

luo cannot take a possessive suffix; luokse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

Inflection

Declension of luo noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative – – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive luota – sublative – – accusative – – lative luo – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive luona – situative – – translative luokse – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

The inflection mostly conforms to a now obsolete system of generic locative cases: lative, locative and separative. See Appendix:Finnish adverbial cases for more information.

Derived terms

• loinen
• luokse
• luona
• luottaa

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

Further reading

• “luo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯/, [ˈluo̞̯]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation^(key): luo

Verb

luo

1. third-person singular present indicative of luoda

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯ˣ/, [ˈluo̞̯(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation^(key): luo

Verb

luo

1. present active indicative connegative of luoda

   En luo mitään. ― I don't create anything.

2. second-person singular present imperative of luoda

   Luo se! ― Create it!

3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of luoda

   Älä luo sitä! ― Don't create it!