awo

See also: Awo and awö

Gothic

Romanization

awō

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍅𐍉

Maore Comorian

Alternative forms

Adjective

-awo (declinable)

  1. their (third-person plural possessive adjective)

See also
Maore Comorian possessive adjectives
singular plural
1st person -angu -atru
2nd person -aho -anyu
3rd person -ahe -awo

Maquiritari

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [aβo]

Verb

awo

  1. (intransitive) to swell

Derived terms

References
  • Hall, Katherine (2007), “w-awō-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Old Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of a +‎ wo.[1] First attested in the 15th century.

Particle

awo

  1. here!

Descendants
  • Polish: awo (obsolete)

References
  1. J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awo, awoż”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 75

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish awo. By surface analysis, a univerbation of a +‎ wo.[1] First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.vɔ/
  • Rhymes: -avɔ
  • Syllabification: a‧wo

Particle

awo

  1. (Middle Polish) here!
  2. (obsolete) Expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps

Conjunction

awo

  1. (Middle Polish) here, thus, so
  2. (Middle Polish) then, in that case

Derived terms
particle
  • awoż

References
  1. J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “awo, awoż”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 75

Further reading
  • “awo”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “awo”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “awo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • awo in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.wo/

Verb

awo

  1. (stative) to be long
  2. (stative) to be deep

Conjugation
Conjugation of awo (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tiawo miawo aawo
2nd person niawo fiawo
3rd person inanimate iawo diawo
animate maawo
imperative —, awo —, awo

Alternative forms

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Etymology 1

See Ede Idaca ao

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ā.wō/

Noun

awo

  1. mystery, secret
    Synonyms: àṣírí, ohun ìkọ̀kọ̀
  2. (by extension) occult, cult, sect
  3. (by extension) Ifá, oracle
  4. (by extension) babalawo, a priest of Ifa or the divinity Ọ̀rúnmìlà
    Synonyms: babaláwo, onífá, ọlọ́rúnmìlà, aláwo, aṣawo
  5. (by extension) a respected or elder member of a guild or society of artists
Derived terms
  • aláwo (“babalawo”)
  • Awólọ́wọ̀ (“Yoruba name, The oracle has respect”)
  • Awóòláyè (“Yoruba name, I have no understanding of the power of the oracle”)
  • babaláwo (“babalawo”)
  • Olúwo (“chieftaincy title of an Ifa priest”)

Etymology 2

See Ede Idaca aó

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ā.wó/

Noun

awó

  1. guinea fowl
    Synonym: ẹtù

Etymology 3

See Ede Idaca àò

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.wō/

Noun

àwo

  1. dish, plate
    Synonym: abọ́
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