oo
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "oo"
English
Etymology 1
Representation of a long-o sound.
Noun
oo (plural oos)
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Etymology 2
From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, resembling its call.
Pronunciation
Noun
oo (plural oos)
- Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct. [from 19th c.]
- 1898, Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen:
- On this visit I made careful inquiries as to the success of Mr. Gay's efforts to raise the "Oo" bird on this island.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 161:
- Several years earlier, she had arranged to bring three pairs of the rapidly vanishing ʻōʻō bird from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i, hoping they would form a new colony.
Synonyms
- moho, hoohoo
Translations
Etymology 3
See ooh.
Pronunciation
Interjection
oo
- Alternative form of ooh
See also
Cebuano
Interjection
oo
Chickasaw
Verb
oo (stative, irregular)
- to be (something)
Usage notes
- It replaces the use of ya in sentences where a Class II subject marker cannot be used. It never takes any subject markers.
- It cannot be used alone and must always be used with verb endings such as -tok, -taam, -a'chi, etc.
- For the future tense, a'chi can be used as a standalone word rather than a suffix completely replacing the use of a verb and having the meaning "will be". Similarly, a'ni, "might be" could possibly work in a similar fashion, replacing the presence of an explicit verb as well, although it is not normally used in sentences expressing being something.
- The prefix hoo- is never used with any forms of the verb "to be" (ya, oo, a'chi).
- To ask questions such as "Is it a/an....", see the entries for the noun suffixes -to̠ (used after consonants) and -hto̠ (used after vowels).
Synonyms
Estonian
Noun
oo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
oo
- The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
Declension
Inflected forms are often substituted with corresponding form of o-kirjain (“letter o”)
Inflection of oo (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | oo | oot | |
genitive | oon | oiden oitten | |
partitive | oota | oita | |
illative | oohon | oihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | oo | oot | |
accusative | nom. | oo | oot |
gen. | oon | ||
genitive | oon | oiden oitten | |
partitive | oota | oita | |
inessive | oossa | oissa | |
elative | oosta | oista | |
illative | oohon | oihin | |
adessive | oolla | oilla | |
ablative | oolta | oilta | |
allative | oolle | oille | |
essive | oona | oina | |
translative | ooksi | oiksi | |
abessive | ootta | oitta | |
instructive | — | oin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Etymology 2
See at olla.
Verb
oo
- (colloquial or dialectal) inflection of olla:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular imperative
- second-person singular imperative connegative
- Alternative form: ole (standard)
- Mä oon sitten ruma! — Etkä oo!
- I'm so-o ugly! — No, you are not!
- Oo nyt vähän aikaa paikallas!
- Be still for a moment, will you!
Ingrian
Pronunciation
Verb
oo
References
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
oo (emphatic uss)
- you (singular, informal)
Middle English
10 | ||||
← 0 | 1 | 2 → [a], [b] | 10 → | |
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Cardinal: on, oo Ordinal: first Adverbial: ene, enes, ones Multiplier: sengle Distributive: sengle |
Etymology 1
An apocopic form of on; compare an.
Alternative forms
- ho, o
- a (Early Middle English, Northern)
Pronunciation
Numeral
oo
- one
- c. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe's Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 11:1:
- Forſoþe þe erþe was of oo lip, and of þe ſame wordis.
- Truly the earth was of one tongue, and of the same words.
Descendants
Pronoun
oo
Descendants
- Scots: ae
Adjective
oo
References
- “ō̆, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
A rendering of Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection).
Particle
oo
- Alternative form of O.
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognates include Minica Huitoto o and Nüpode Huitoto o.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
oo
Declension
singular | dual | plural | ||
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m | f | |||
absolutive | oo | omɨko | omɨñoɨ | omoɨ |
nominative | oodɨ | omɨkodɨ | omɨñoɨdɨ | omoɨdɨ |
accusative | oona | omɨkona | omɨñoɨna | omoɨna |
dative/locative | oomo | omɨkomo | omɨñoɨmo | omoɨmo |
ablative | oomona | omɨkomona | omɨñoɨmona | omoɨmona |
instrumental | oodo | omɨkodo | omɨñoɨdo | omoɨdo |
causal | oori | omɨkori | omɨñoɨri | omoɨri |
privative | oonino | omɨkonino | omɨñoɨnino | omoɨnino |
References
- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20) (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 201
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 157
Ojibwe
Particle
oo
- oh!
- "Oo, yay," ikido, "azhigwa onjigaawan iniw mitigoon."
- "Oh, my," she said, "those trees are running now."
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/oo-pc-disc
Scots
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English wull.
Alternative forms
Noun
Etymology 2
Pronoun
oo
- Alternative form of we
References
- “oo, n.1, v.1.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- “oo, pers. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
Somali
Conjunction
oo
Tagalog
Tlingit
Võro
Yami
Yoruba
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