lo

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo lo, Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan ló, all probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (“revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan”).^[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

lo f (plural lo's)

1. (chiefly Suriname) matrilineal clan within a Maroon tribe
   • 2023 August 28, Samuel Wens, “Saramaccaners hebben naast Aboikoni nu ook Banai als granman [In addition to Aboikoni, Saramaccans now also have Banai as paramount chief]”, in De Ware Tijd‎, retrieved 6 January 2024:

     Stefanus Poeketi, kapitein van Dawme en voorzitter van de ‘Twaalfoe Lo’, stelde dat de functie van granman niet uitsluitend door één lo zal worden uitgeoefend. Hij kondigde aan dat notarieel vastgelegd zal worden dat het ‘granmanschap’ gaat rouleren onder de twaalf lo’s van de Saramaccaanse stam.

     Stefanus Poeketi, village chief of Dawme and chairman of the 'Twaalfoe Lo', stated that the position of paramount chief will not be held exclusively by one clan. He announced that it will be notarially certified that the 'paramount chieftaincy' will rotate among the twelve clans of the Saramaccan tribe.

References

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [lo]
• Hyphenation: lo

Noun

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

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin illum.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 1

See o. Compare Portuguese lo.

Etymology 2

Etymology

Back-formation from co (“this”), to (“that”), based on la (“the”), ol (“it”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/, /lɔ/

Pronoun

lo

1. referring to a previous sentence or phrase, i.e. a fact rather than an object; it, the

   Il esas mortinta de tri monati, e vu ne savas lo!

   He's been dead for three months, and you didn't know it (that he's been dead for three months)!

References

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Betawi Kota lo (“you”), from Hokkien 汝 (lú). Doublet of lu.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “lo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronoun

lo

1. it, that (direct object)

   Tu lo audi? – Do you hear it?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^°/lo/^°, /lo/^°[1]
  • Hyphenation: lo
• IPA^(key): (many dialects) /o/^°
• Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, illud, by dropping il- and -m. ^[2]

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin illum.

References

Romanization

lo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ろ゚
2. Rōmaji transcription of ロ゚

Verb

lo

1. to go

   Synonyms: kako, attu

References

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “lo”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 60

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lo (“the; him; it”). As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

Pronoun

lo (Hebrew spelling לו)^[1]

1. accusative of el
   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎, Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 10:

     Delantre de ti io mi orgolio abato
     I mi corason lo razgo con kevranto¹)

     I suppress my pride before you, and my heart tears it with despair.

Article

lo

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the; that (which is)
   • 2008, Matilda Gini Barnatán, Viviana Rajel Barnatán, Darío Meta Barnatán, La ija i la madre komo la unya i la karne‎, Ibersaf Editores, →ISBN, page 69:

     Agora soltanto
     So reflekto de Tu Brilyo
     Yo no me demando
     Sospiro
     Mirando en lo Alto
     So felis
     Dunke bivo…

     Now letting go, I am [an] image of your radiance, I wonder not; I sigh, looking above, I am happy, therefore I live…

References

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Lolo-Burmese [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *laj. Cognates include Chinese 來 / 来 (lái) and Burmese လာ (la).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo˧/

Verb

lo

1. (intransitive) to come

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 16

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Loloish *ʔ-l(y)a¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꉐꆂ (hxa nie), Burmese လျှာ (hlya), S'gaw Karen ပျ့ၤ (plaȳ), Tedim Chin lei², Drung pvlai, Chepang ले (le).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɮo³³]

Noun

lo 

1. (Yao'an) tongue

Etymology

Derived from French l’ (“the”) + French eau (“water”), with the definite article re-analyzed as part of the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

lo

1. Alternative form of dolo (“water; body of water; tear”)

References

• Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole (1998), →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loː/

Adverb

lo

1. Alternative form of elo

Adjective

lo

1. rotten, spoiled

Romanization

lo (lo⁵ / lo⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咯

Romanization

lo

1. Nonstandard spelling of lō.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *lō.

Noun

lô f or n

1. clearing in a forest

Further reading

• “loo”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “loo”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page loo

Pronoun

lo

1. Alternative form of 'o

Noun

lo n (definite singular loet, uncountable)

1. lint

Verb

lo

1. past of le

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luː/

Etymology 1

Compare with Icelandic ló. May have something to do with Old Norse lagðr.

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Lofamilien

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Derived from Old Norse ló, lóa.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Norse lóð f or n.

Etymology 4

Inherited from Old Norse ló f or n (“a clearing in the forest; meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m.

Etymology 5

Derived from Dutch and/or Middle Low German.

Etymology 6

Derived from Middle Low German lot (genitive lodes). Doublet of lodd.

Etymology 7

Akin to Icelandic löð.

Etymology 8

Unknown.

Etymology 9

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 10

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

• “lo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• LO, OL, ol, o.l.

Alternative forms

• lou (Mistralian)
• le (Toulouse, Massat)
• eth (Gascon)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan lo, from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lu]

• Audio:

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Article

lo (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)

1. the; masculine singular definite article

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum; compare Old Occitan lo.

Article

lo

1. (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of le; masculine singular oblique definite article

Pronoun

lo

1. (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of le; masculine singular object pronoun

Article

lo

1. Alternative form of o

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu from Latin illum.

Compare Old French lo.

Article

lo (feminine la)

1. the; masculine singular definite article

Etymology

As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese o.

Pronoun

lo

1. accusative of el
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:

     Sant iuã euangeliſta fo de bethſaẏda. e p̃dico en aſia de pues lo fizo penar domiciari^g[sic] el emꝑador de roma. mãdo lo met̃ en una cuba dolio firuient.

     Saint John [the] Evangelist was from Bethsaida, and he preached in Asia. And then Domitian the emperor of Rome had him condemned, [so] he ordered he be put into a vat of boiling oil.

   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 89r.:

     Et ſi la muelen ⁊ traen los poluos della sobre uaſos o otra manera alguna de plata, o de metal, faz lo claro ⁊ muy fremoſo. ⁊ eſſo miſmo faz alas eſpadas ⁊ alos cuchielos, ^[sic] ⁊ demas aguza los.

     And if they grind it and use the dust on cups or other silver or metalware, it makes it shiny and beautiful. And it does the same with swords and knives, and it also sharpens them.

2. accusative of ello

Article

lo

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the; that (which is)
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 41v:

     Aplegos el Reẏ […] diſçrael adacab Reẏ đ iħrɫm. e fueron en ſemble e dixo el Reẏ diſrɫ al Reẏ de iħrɫm uaẏamos aramot galaad q̃ es ẏ él Reẏ de ſyria elidiemos é prender loemos. e dixo ioſaphat el Reẏ de iħrɫm ẏo ire cõtigo lo mẏo tuẏo eſ. el mio pueblo tuẏo es. emios cauallos tuẏos.

     The king […] of Israel approached Ahab, king of Jerusalem. And they came together, and the king of Israel said to the king of Jerusalem, “Let us go to Ramoth-Gilead, for the king of Syria is there, and let us fight and we will capture him.” And Jehoshaphat the king of Jerusalem said, “I will go with you. What is mine is yours. My people are yours, and my horses are yours.”

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “lo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 308

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese logo (“soon”) and Spanish luego (“soon; later”).

Verb

lo

1. shall; will; indicates the future tense of a verb.

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈlʲɔ]

Preposition

lo

1. (Poznań, Przemyśl) Alternative form of dla (“for”)

Further reading

• Waldemar Wierzba (2013) “lo”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 132
• Aleksander Saloni (1899) “lo”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 241

Etymology

See o.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lo

Pronoun

lo

1. Alternative form of o (third-person masculine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary

   Contá-lo (contar) ― To tell it.

   Contámo-lo (contamos) ― We told it.

   Fi-lo (fiz) ― I did it.

   Tem-lo (tens) ― You have it.

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lad

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lātus.

Adjective

lo m (feminine singular loa, masculine plural los, feminine plural loas)

1. (Sutsilvan) wide, broad

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: lo

Preposition

lo

1. by, at, on
2. to
3. for

Further reading

• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “lo”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 159

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology 2

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lo (“the; him; it”). As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/ [lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: lo

Pronoun

lo

1. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)

   lo veo ― I see it

2. impersonal neuter pronoun clitic of ello; it, that

   lo es ― That’s it

Article

lo

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the, that which is

   Haremos lo necesario. ― We will do the necessary / what is necessary.

   Lo blanco simboliza la pureza. ― The [colour] white symbolizes purity.

   Lo asombroso es que... ― The amazing [thing] is that...

Further reading

• “lo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology 1

Derived from English row, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).

Etymology 2

Derived from English row, ultimately probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).

Etymology 3

Probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (“revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan”).^[1][2] Cognate of Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan ló.

Etymology 4

Likely from English low, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Doublet of lagi.

References

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Interjection

lo

1. oh!

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish lō, from Old Norse lóa, derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *luhsaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luː/

• Audio:

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Noun

lo c

1. lynx

   Synonyms: lodjur, lokatt

Interjection

lo

1. (slang) An intensifier put at the end of a sentence.

References

• lo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Slangopedia

Anagrams

• o.l.

Etymology

Derived from English law.

Noun

lo

1. law

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 慮 (“be concerned; worry about”, SV: lự).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɔ˧˧]

Verb

lo • (𢗼, 𢥈)

1. to bother; to worry

   Taylo rồi chân cũng lo ― Taylor's Hands and Feet Are All Nervy (a 1964 Nhân Dân article by Hồ Chí Minh)

2. to attend to; to care for

Noun

lo m

1. Soft mutation of llo.

Noun

lo m

1. Soft mutation of glo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪o/

Conjunction

lo

1. and

   Muhammad lo Hasan ― Muhammad and Hasan

   namu de esi lo ifa ― chicken eggs and kenari nuts

2. (coordinating) and

   imaa me lo ido me ― he made a grab for it and caught it

3. forms composite numbers

   awoinye lo minye ― eleven (literally, “ten and one”)

   atus siwe lo awoisiwe lo siwe ― nine hundred and ninety-nine (literally, “nine hundred and ninety and nine”)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ལོ (lo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lo]

Noun

lo

1. year

   Synonym: nian

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4