owo

See also: OWO and OwO

Translingual

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (English) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.woʊ/
  • (Polish) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.wɔ/, /ˈɔ.vɔ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊwəʊ

Symbol

owo

  1. An emoticon representing an innocent, cutesy surprised face with a cat-like smile.

Usage notes
  • The emoticon experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 and 2019 in connection with the furry fandom; either sincerely (but jokingly) by furries themselves, or with irony in the context of teasing of furries.

Anagrams

Ogea

Noun

owo

  1. arm

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.vɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvɔ
  • Syllabification: o‧wo

Pronoun

owo

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ów

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Cognate with Olukumi ẹ́ghó, Nupe ewó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho see Yoruba dialectal forms for other cognates. Proposed to be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó, and perhaps a of Doublet of hóró and wóró

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ō.wó/

Noun

owó

  1. money, cash
  2. cowrie
    Synonym: ẹyọ-owó
Derived terms

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ò.wò/

Noun

òwò

  1. business, trade, commerce
    Synonyms: káràkátà, ajé
    lára òwò ni owó wá ― It is from business that money comes
  2. commercial enterprise
Derived terms
  • ajẹmówò (“commercial”)
  • àkọsílẹ̀ òwò (“bill of exchange”)
  • ibùjókò òwò (“commercial centre”)
  • ìgbọ̀wọ́ ìdókòwò (“investment trust”)
  • ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ iṣẹ́-ọwọ́ (“trade school”)
  • olówò (“businessperson”)
  • oníṣòwò (“merchant”)
  • òwò àgbáyé (“international trade”)
  • òwò aláìfòfin ìjọbadè (“free trade”)
  • òwò pẹ̀lú orílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn (“foreign trade”)
  • ṣòwòṣòwò (“trader”)
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