lo

lo

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

• Wiktionary's coverage of Lao terms

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /loʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophones: low, Lowe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

From Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.

lo

1. (archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest‎^[3], act III, scene ii:

     Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.

   • 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1:

     Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
     Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
     And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
     The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.

   • first published 1611, reprinted c. 1900, The Bible, King James version, Luke 15:29:

     [...], Lo, these many years do I serve thee, [...].

   • 1925, Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original by Luo Guanzhong:

     Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 588:

     "Tambi will be here in..." He computed carefully. "... in exactly twenty seconds." And, lo, Tambi appeared at that very moment.

• See Thesaurus:lo

• lo and behold

Variant of low.

lo (not comparable)

1. Informal spelling of low.

• hi
• mid

lo

1. Clipping of hello.
   • 1929, Dashiel Hammett, The Maltese Falcon, New Yock: Vintage Books (Random House, published 1992, →ISBN, page 112:

     When Spade entered, Wise was buting a fingernail and staring at the window. He took his hand from his mouth, screwed his chair around to face Spade, and said: " 'Lo. Push a chair up."

• 'lo, 'llo

Clipping of location.

lo (plural los)

1. (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of location.

   Ayo, send me your lo.

lo

1. Alternative form of lol

• lo-lo

From Hokkien 囉／啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.

• loh

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [ˈloː˧˨]

lo

1. (Singlish, Manglish, rare or in set phrases) Sentence-final particle denoting finality or completion.

   Synonyms: (Singlish) liao, already

• -ol, OL, Ol., ol, ol'

lo

1. him (direct object)

• llo (archaic)

From Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illud, neuter of ille.

lo n sg (masculine el, feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. (definite) the

lo

1. it (third-person singular neuter direct pronoun)

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

• IPA^(key): /lo/ [lo]

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• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: lo

lo inan

1. sleep

• “lo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “lo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• (Central) IPA^(key): /lu/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /lo/
• Rhymes: -o

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille.

lo (enclitic, contracted 'l, proclitic el, contracted proclitic l')

1. him (direct object)

• -lo is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩.

  Has d'ajudar-lo. ― You have to help him.

Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

lo m (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. (archaic or dialectal) the (definite article)

   Synonym: (standard) el

• “lo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “lo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “lo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “lo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

lo

1. I

lo

1. (neologism, mostly in compounds) Lolita fashion

   lo娘  ―  lo niáng  ―  a girl who regularly dresses in lolita fashion

From Proto-Brythonic *lluɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *leigā. Cognate with Welsh llwy, Breton loa (Vannes dialect loé, lui).

• IPA^(key): [loː]

lo f (plural loyow)

1. spoon

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]

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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 De Ware Tijd‎^[4], 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.

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• IPA^(key): [lo]
• Hyphenation: lo

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

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

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Inherited from Latin illum.

• le

lo m (prevocalic l', feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. the (masculine singular definite article)

lo m (prevocalic l') (ORB, broad)

1. him, it (third-person singular masculine accusative)

• le [1] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• lo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

lo (Old Dauphinois)

1. Alternative form of lop (“wolf”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lŭpus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 457

lo (Old Dauphinois)

1. Alternative form of lèc (“lake”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lacus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 126

See o. Compare Portuguese lo.

lo m sg (feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)

1. Alternative form of o (“the”, masculine singular)

   Para seres forte debes come-lo caldo.

   You must eat the broth for growing strong.

The l- forms of article are compulsorily used after the preposition por and adverb u. It is optional when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, after unstressed pronouns nos, vos and lles (when they are enclitc) of ambos, entrambos, todos, tras and copulative conjunction (e mais and tonic pronouns vós and nós followed by a numerical precision).

• la
• o

lo m (accusative)

1. Alternative form of o (“him”)

The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word.

• la
• no
• o

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

• IPA^(key): /lo/, /lɔ/

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)!

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

lo

1. (chiefly Jakarta, slang) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

   Oke, kalau lo baper, yuk cabut.^[1] ― OK, if you are sensitive, let's go!

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

• anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• coen (slang, East Java)
• ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• kamu (intimate)
• ko, kowe (informal, Java)
• kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
• lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

lo

1. Alternative spelling of loh.

lo

1. Alternative spelling of loh.

• “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.

lo

1. it, that (direct object)

   Tu lo audi? – Do you hear it?

• illo

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

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

Italian Definite Articles
	singular	plural
masculine	il lo/l'	i gli
feminine	la/l'	le

lo m sg (plural gli)

1. the form of il that is used before the so-called impure consonants, that is, s+consonant (impure s), gn, pn, ps, x, y, or z, and before i+vocal; before a vowel it becomes l'; the

   l’osso ― the bone

   lo stato ― the state

   lo zio ― the uncle

   lo ione ― the ion

From Latin illum.

• -lo (enclitic)

lo m sg (plural li, female la)

1. (accusative) him

   Lo conosci? ― Do you know him?

2. (accusative) it, this or that thing

   Synonym: ciò

   Quando te lo diedi. ― When I gave it to you.

lo

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

lo

1. to go

   Synonyms: kako, attu

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

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

• IPA^(key): /lo˧/

lo

1. (intransitive) to come

• ré

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 16

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).

• IPA^(key): [ɮo³³]

lo 

1. (Yao'an) tongue

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

• IPA^(key): /lo/
• Rhymes: -o

lo

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

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

• IPA^(key): /loː/

lo

1. Alternative form of elo

lo

1. rotten, spoiled

lo (lo⁵／lo⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咯

lo

1. Nonstandard spelling of lō.

From Old Dutch *lō.

lô f or n

1. clearing in a forest

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• lôon

• Dutch: lo (obsolete outside toponyms)

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

lo

1. Alternative form of 'o

lo n (definite singular loet, uncountable)

1. lint

• loe

lo

1. past of le

• IPA^(key): /luː/

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

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. woollen hairs that shed off knitted or woven fabrics

• navlelo
• stampelo

• lòden

From Old Norse ló, lóa.

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. any of various birds of the family Charadriidae, the plovers and dotterels

From Old Norse lóð f or n.

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. (agriculture) a harvested (especially grain), that has been cut but not threshed
2. (agriculture, collective) grain, husk and straw
3. (agriculture) a grain harvest
4. (agriculture, collective) hay

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

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. Used in placenames: meadow

   Synonyms: grasslette, eng

• Follo
• Hafslo
• Lom
• Oslo

From Dutch and/or Middle Low German.

lo m (definite singular loen, indefinite plural loar, definite plural loane)

1. (nautical) part of a vessel whose side faces the wind

• lovart

• le

lo (singular and plural lo)

1. located or situated on the windy side

• luv (Bokmål)

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

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. a shotgun shell

• torelo f

Akin to Icelandic löð.

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. (tools) a nail header (used by a blacksmith in production of iron nails)

• saumlo
• spikarlo

Unknown.

lo n (definite singular loet, indefinite plural lo, definite plural loa)

1. natural fertilizer
2. dung

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lo

1. past tense of le

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lo

1. imperative of loa and loe

• “lo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• LO, OL, ol, o.l.

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

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

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

1. the; masculine singular definite article

• In the Provençal dialect, the masculine and feminine plural is lei.

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

lo

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

lo

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

From Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum; compare Old French lo.

lo (feminine la)

1. the; masculine singular definite article

• Occitan: lo

From Portuguese logo ("soon") and Spanish luego ("soon, later").

lo

Indicates the future tense of a verb.

1. shall
2. will

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

• IPA^(key): /lo, ɽo/

lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)

1. that (agr: dist nom masc sg)

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “lo”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[6], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /lo, ɽo/

lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)

1. it
2. he (dist masc nom)

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “lo”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[7], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

See o.

• Hyphenation: lo

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.

• no (following a nasal vowel), o (following an oral vowel)

See Template:Portuguese personal pronouns for further pronouns.

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lad

From Latin lātus.

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

1. (Sutsilvan) wide, broad

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
• (Puter, Vallader) larg

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: lo

lo

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

• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “lo”, in Słownik gwar śląskich, Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 159

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

lo

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

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

lo

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

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.

• IPA^(key): /lo/ [lo]

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• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: lo

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 form of ello); it, that

   lo es ― That’s it

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...

• Lo usually gives the adjective an abstract quality (as above). It can also refer to a thing, but el is more common in this case, e.g. el / lo blanco de los ojos (“the white of the eye”). Lo can never be used when the adjective refers back to a noun, e.g. el barco grande y el pequeño (“the big boat and the small one”).

• “lo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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

• ro (obsolete)

lo

1. to row

   Synonym: lolo

   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch‎^[8], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da somma no sabi va lo

     [A sma no sabi fu lo]

     That guy doesn't know how to row.

lo

1. oar
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch‎^[9], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da boto habi aiti lo

     [A boto abi aiti lo.]

     The boat has eight oars.

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

• ro (obsolete)

lo

1. row (a line of objects of people)
   • 1855, Hendrik Charles Focke, Neger-Engelsch woordenboek‎^[10], Leiden: P.H. van den Heuvell:

     Dem práni álla na wan ro

     [Den prani ala na wan lo]

     They planted everything in a row.

2. multitude, a great amount or number
3. (obsolete) gang
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch‎^[11], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     tideh wan tarra lo Ningre dorro agehn

     [Tide wan tra lo nengre doro agen.]

     [original: heute ist schon wieder eine andre Bande Neger angekommen.]

     Yet another gang of Negroes arrived today.

4. (obsolete) herd, pack, a (a group of animals)
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch‎^[12], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     wan lo pingo

     [original: eine Heerde, ein Zug, Schwarm wilde Schweine.]

     A herd of white-lipped peccaries.

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

lo

1. tribe, clan

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.

lo

1. (obsolete) flat, low-lying
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch‎^[13], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da grunn de lo

     [A gron de lo.]

     The piece of land is low-lying.

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lo

1. oh!

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

• IPA^(key): /luː/

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lo c

1. lynx

   Synonyms: lodjur, lokatt

• lodjur
• lounge

lo

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

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

• o.l.

From English law.

lo

1. law

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

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

lo • (𢗼, 𢥈)

1. to bother; to worry

   Taylo mà 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

lo m

1. Soft mutation of llo.

lo m

1. Soft mutation of glo.

• IPA^(key): /l̪o/

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”)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[14], Pacific linguistics

From Tibetan ལོ (lo).

• IPA^(key): [lo]

lo

1. year

   Synonym: nian

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[15], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): [ló]

ló

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

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

• IPA^(key): [ló]

ló

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

-lo

1. Combining stem of lona.

• IPA^(key): /lò/

lò

1. (transitive) to use; to engage; to exploit

• lo before a direct object

• ìlò (“the act of using”)
• lílò
• ṣàmúlò

• IPA^(key): /lò/

lò

1. to become parboiled (specifically relating to yam tubers in the process of making yam flour, èlùbọ́)

   Synonym: bọ̀

   èlùbọ́ ti lò ― The yam tuber used to prepare èlùbọ́ has become parboiled

• lo before a direct object

• lo-èlùbọ́
• ìlò

• IPA^(key): /lò/

lò

1. to become bendable or flexible

   Synonym: rọ̀

• lo before a direct object

• alò
• ìlò

• IPA^(key): /ló/

ló

1. to lose interest in something; to become disheartened

   Synonyms: sú, gọ́

• aló
• ìló

lo

1. eye

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /lo˨˦/
• Tone numbers: lo¹
• Hyphenation: lo

lo (1957–1982 spelling lo)

1. Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state or a new situation.
   • 2016, Gij Baujcingq Moq Caeuq Geij Bonj Gij Baujcingq Daeuzdaeuz, Hong Kong: New Bridge Publishing Company Limited, →ISBN, Lizsij dih Gaihcij [Genesis] 1:3:

     Gajlaeng Cangqdiq naeuz: “Rongh!” Yiengq couh doq miz rongh lo.

     And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

2. Used at the end of a sentence to express affirmation or conclusiveness.

lo (Sawndip form ⿰女卢, 1957–1982 spelling lo)

1. (dialectal) daughter-in-law

lo (Sawndip form ⿰口卢, 1957–1982 spelling lo)

1. (dialectal) to worry; to be anxious

• IPA^(key): /lo˧˩/

lò

1. basket

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈló/

lo

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

Stem -ló
Full form	ló
Locative	kulo
Full form	ló
Locative	kulo
Copulative	yilo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	walo	owalo
Class 2	balo	abalo
Class 3	walo	owalo
Class 4	yalo	eyalo
Class 5	lalo	elalo
Class 6	alo	awalo
Class 7	salo	esalo
Class 8	zalo	ezalo
Class 9	yalo	eyalo
Class 10	zalo	ezalo
Class 11	lwalo	olwalo
Class 14	balo	obalo
Class 15	kwalo	okwalo
Class 17	kwalo	okwalo

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈló/

lo

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

Stem -ló
Full form	ló
Locative	kulo
Full form	ló
Locative	kulo
Copulative	yilo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	walo	owalo
Class 2	balo	abalo
Class 3	walo	owalo
Class 4	yalo	eyalo
Class 5	lalo	elalo
Class 6	alo	awalo
Class 7	salo	esalo
Class 8	zalo	ezalo
Class 9	yalo	eyalo
Class 10	zalo	ezalo
Class 11	lwalo	olwalo
Class 14	balo	obalo
Class 15	kwalo	okwalo
Class 17	kwalo	okwalo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /lo/

lo

1. Combining stem of lona.

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lo (3-8)”