vo

Symbol

vo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Volapük.

Noun

vo

1. Obsolete form of voe (“sea inlet”).
   • c. 1600, John H. Ballantyne, Brian Smith, Shetland Documents, 1580-1611, published 1994, page 68:

     2 marks land in Garth on the south side of the Vo

See also

Etymology

From Middle High German von (“from”), from Old High German fon, fona (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *afanē, *fanē, *funē (“from”), compound of *afa (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“from, off”)) + *ana (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on”)). Cognate with German von, Old Saxon fana, fan (“from”), Dutch van (“from; of”), Old Frisian fon (“from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foː/

Preposition

vo (+ dative)

1. from

   Se san vo Wien nåch Minga gfoan. ― They travelled from Vienna to Munich.

   Mia san vo Minga. ― We are from Munich.

   Des håb i vo meiner Muader kriagt. ― I got that from my mother.

2. of, belonging to

   Des is des Auto vo meim Opa. ― This is the car of my grampa.

3. by (with passive voice)

   Unter d'Wochn werd da Kloane vo da Oma betreut. ― During the week, the little one is looked after by the grandma.

4. about, of (a topic)

   Vo wås red ma jetz eigentle? ― What are we actually talking about now?

5. on, with (a resource)

   Vo wejchan Gäid soi i lebn? ― What money should I live on?

Alternative forms

• von, bon (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German von, from Old High German fon (“from”). Cognate with German von.

Preposition

vo

1. (Luserna, + dative) from, of

   Bar soin vo dar Tetsch. ― We're from Tezza.

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Pronunciation

(Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): /ˈvoː/

vo

1. Soft mutation of bo.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [vo]
• Hyphenation: vo

Noun

vo (accusative singular vo-on, plural vo-oj, accusative plural vo-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: vo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese voz, from Latin vōcem, singular accusative of vōx.

Etymology 2

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Etymology

From French vaut (“is worth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vo/

Verb

vo

1. To be worth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ‿|| ˈvɔ/

Verb

vo

1. (literary or regional) first-person singular present indicative of andare

   Synonym: vado

References

• vo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• ov'

Romanization

vo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぉ
2. Rōmaji transcription of を゙
3. Rōmaji transcription of ヴォ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ヺ

Romanization

vo

1. Nonstandard spelling of vō.

Noun

vo

1. Alternative form of fo

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit वः (vaḥ).

Pronoun

vo

1. accusative/genitive/dative/instrumental plural of tvaṃ (“you”)
   • c. 50 BC, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Khandha-Vagga, Khanda-Saṃyuttaṃ; republished as M. Leon Freer, editor, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Part III: Khandha-Vagga‎, London: Pali Text Society, 1890, XXII (Book 1), Section 1 Mulapaññāsa, Chapter 1 Nakulapitā-Vaggo Pathamo, Sutta 7 Upādāparitassanā, page 15:

     upādāparitassanaṃ ca vo bhikkhave dessissāmi anupādā-aparitassanaṃ ca

     Mendicants, I will teach you how grasping leads to anxiety, and how not grasping leads to freedom from anxiety.

Alternative forms

• vȏl (Croatia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋôː/

Noun

vȏ m (Cyrillic spelling во̑)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) ox

References

• “vo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian vo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vo/

Noun

vo m

1. ox

References

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɔ]

Preposition

vo

1. Alternative form of v

Further reading

• “vo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Noun

vo

1. wind

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnamese) bo

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɔ˧˧] ~ [jɔ˧˧]

Verb

vo • (于)

1. to wash (uncooked rice), especially with a grabbing motion

   vo gạo ― to wash uncooked rice

2. to make into a ball with a grabbing motion

   Synonym: vò

   Nó vo tờ giấy quăng sọt rác rồi.

   He crumpled the sheet into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

Pronoun

vo

1. Alternative form of fho
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 3:

     Vo no own caars fadere betides

     Whom no one cares what betides,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131