lo

lo

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of lo in English

English Online Dictionary. What means lo‎? What does lo mean?

Translingual

Symbol

lo

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

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Lao terms

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ləʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /loʊ/
  • Homophones: low, Lowe
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

From Middle English lo, loo, from Old English (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.

Interjection

lo

  1. (archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:lo
Related terms
  • lo and behold
Translations

Etymology 2

Variant of low.

Adjective

lo (not comparable)

  1. Informal spelling of low.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • hi
  • mid

Etymology 3

Interjection

lo

  1. Clipping of hello.
Alternative forms
  • 'lo, 'llo

Etymology 4

Clipping of location.

Noun

lo (plural los)

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

Etymology 5

Particle

lo

  1. Alternative form of lol

See also

  • lo-lo

Etymology 6

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

Alternative forms

  • loh

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore) IPA(key): [ˈloː˧˨]

Particle

lo

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

See also

  • lo hei

Anagrams

  • -ol, OL, Ol., ol, ol'

Aragonese

Pronoun

lo

  1. him (direct object)

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • llo (archaic)

Etymology

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

Article

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

  1. (definite) the

Pronoun

lo

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

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo/ [lo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: lo

Noun

lo inan

  1. sleep

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “lo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “lo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

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

  1. him (direct object)
Usage notes
  • -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.
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

Article

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

  1. (archaic or dialectal) the (definite article)
    Synonym: (standard) el

Further reading

  • “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.

Chickasaw

Pronoun

lo

  1. I

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

lo

  1. (neologism, mostly in compounds) Lolita fashion
    lo  ―  lo niáng  ―  a girl who regularly dresses in lolita fashion

Derived terms

Cornish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [loː]

Noun

lo f (plural loyow)

  1. spoon

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo lo, Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan , all probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan).

Pronunciation

Noun

lo f (plural lo's)

  1. (chiefly Suriname) matrilineal clan within a Maroon tribe

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • 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.

See also

  • (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

Franco-Provençal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin illum.

Alternative forms

  • le

Determiner

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

  1. the (masculine singular definite article)

Pronoun

lo m (prevocalic l') (ORB, broad)

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

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

lo (Old Dauphinois)

  1. Alternative form of lop (wolf)

References

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

Etymology 3

Noun

lo (Old Dauphinois)

  1. Alternative form of lèc (lake)

References

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

Galician

Etymology 1

See o. Compare Portuguese lo.

Article

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

  1. Alternative form of o (the, masculine singular)
Usage notes

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).

Related terms
  • la
  • o

Etymology 2

Pronoun

lo m (accusative)

  1. Alternative form of o (him)
Usage notes

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.

Related terms
  • la
  • no
  • o

Ido

Etymology

Back-formation from co (this), to (that), based on la (the), ol (it).

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

References

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Betawi Kota lo (you), from Hokkien (). Doublet of lu.

Pronoun

lo

  1. (chiefly Jakarta, slang) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours
    Oke, kalau lo baper, yuk cabut.OK, if you are sensitive, let's go!
Synonyms

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)

References

Etymology 2

Interjection

lo

  1. Alternative spelling of loh.

Particle

lo

  1. Alternative spelling of loh.

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.

Interlingua

Pronoun

lo

  1. it, that (direct object)
    Tu lo audi? – Do you hear it?

Related terms

  • illo

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): °/lo/°, /lo/°
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: lo
  • (Rome) IPA(key): /o/*

Etymology 1

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

Article

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’ossothe bone
    lo statothe state
    lo ziothe uncle
    lo ionethe ion

Etymology 2

From Latin illum.

Alternative forms

  • -lo (enclitic)

Pronoun

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.
See also

References

Japanese

Romanization

lo

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

Laboya

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

Lashi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo˧/

Verb

lo

  1. (intransitive) to come

Synonyms

References

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

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ʔ-l(y)a¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu (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

Louisiana Creole

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

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loː/

Adverb

lo

  1. Alternative form of elo

Malagasy

Adjective

lo

  1. rotten, spoiled

Mandarin

Romanization

lo (lo5 / lo0, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄛ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

lo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lō.

Noun

 f or n

  1. clearing in a forest

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • lôon

Descendants

  • Dutch: lo (obsolete outside toponyms)

Further reading

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

Neapolitan

Pronoun

lo

  1. Alternative form of 'o

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lo n (definite singular loet, uncountable)

  1. lint

Derived terms

  • loe

Verb

lo

  1. past of le

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luː/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. woollen hairs that shed off knitted or woven fabrics
Derived terms
  • navlelo
  • stampelo
See also
  • lòden

Etymology 2

From Old Norse , lóa.

Noun

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

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

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lóð f or n.

Noun

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

Etymology 4

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

Noun

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

  1. Used in placenames: meadow
    Synonyms: grasslette, eng
Related terms
  • Follo
  • Hafslo
  • Lom
  • Oslo

Etymology 5

From Dutch and/or Middle Low German.

Noun

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

  1. (nautical) part of a vessel whose side faces the wind
Synonyms
  • lovart
Antonyms
  • le

Adjective

lo (singular and plural lo)

  1. located or situated on the windy side

See also

  • luv (Bokmål)

Etymology 6

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

Noun

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

  1. a shotgun shell
Derived terms
  • torelo f

Etymology 7

Akin to Icelandic löð.

Noun

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)
Derived terms
  • saumlo
  • spikarlo

Etymology 8

Unknown.

Noun

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

  1. natural fertilizer
  2. dung

Etymology 9

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lo

  1. past tense of le

Etymology 10

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lo

  1. imperative of loa and loe

References

  • “lo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • LO, OL, ol, o.l.

Occitan

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]

    Article

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

    1. the; masculine singular definite article

    Usage notes

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

    Old French

    Etymology

    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

    Old Occitan

    Etymology

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

      Compare Old French lo.

      Article

      lo (feminine la)

      1. the; masculine singular definite article

      Descendants

      • Occitan: lo

      Papiamentu

      Etymology

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

      Verb

      lo

      Indicates the future tense of a verb.

      1. shall
      2. will

      Phalura

      Etymology 1

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /lo, ɽo/

      Determiner

      lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)

      1. that (agr: dist nom masc sg)

      References

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

      Etymology 2

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /lo, ɽo/

      Pronoun

      lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)

      1. it
      2. he (dist masc nom)

      References

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

      Polish

      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

      Portuguese

      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.

      Coordinate terms

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

      See also

      See Template:Portuguese personal pronouns for further pronouns.

      Romansch

      Alternative forms

      • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lad

      Etymology

      From Latin lātus.

      Adjective

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

      1. (Sutsilvan) wide, broad

      Synonyms

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

      Silesian

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ/
      • Rhymes:
      • 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

      Southern Ndebele

      Etymology 1

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

      Pronoun

      lo

      1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

      Etymology 2

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

      Pronoun

      lo

      1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

      Spanish

      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 Portuguese o.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /lo/ [lo]
      • Rhymes: -o
      • Syllabification: lo

      Pronoun

      lo

      1. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)
        lo veoI see it
      2. impersonal neuter pronoun clitic of ello; it, that
        lo esThat’s it

      Derived terms

      See also

      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...

      Usage notes

      • 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).

      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

      Sranan Tongo

      Etymology 1

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

      Alternative forms

      • ro (obsolete)

      Verb

      lo

      1. to row
        Synonym: lolo

      Noun

      lo

      1. oar

      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

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

      Alternative forms

      • ro (obsolete)

      Noun

      lo

      1. row (a line of objects of people)
      2. multitude, a great amount or number
      3. (obsolete) gang
      4. (obsolete) herd, pack, a (a group of animals)
      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

      Probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan). Cognate of Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan .

      Noun

      lo

      1. tribe, clan

      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.

      Adjective

      lo

      1. (obsolete) flat, low-lying
      Derived terms

      References

      Swahili

      Pronunciation

      Interjection

      lo

      1. oh!

      Swedish

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /luː/

      Noun

      lo c

      1. lynx
        Synonyms: lodjur, lokatt

      Declension

      Derived terms

      • lodjur
      • lounge

      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.

      Tok Pisin

      Etymology

      From English law.

      Noun

      lo

      1. law

      Vietnamese

      Etymology

      Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (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 loTaylor's Hands and Feet Are All Nervy (a 1964 Nhân Dân article by Hồ Chí Minh)
      2. to attend to; to care for

      Derived terms

      Welsh

      Noun

      lo m

      1. Soft mutation of llo.

      Mutation

      Noun

      lo m

      1. Soft mutation of glo.

      Mutation

      West Makian

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /l̪o/

      Conjunction

      lo

      1. and
        Muhammad lo HasanMuhammad and Hasan
        namu de esi lo ifachicken eggs and kenari nuts
      2. (coordinating) and
        imaa me lo ido mehe made a grab for it and caught it
      3. forms composite numbers
        awoinye lo minyeeleven (literally, “ten and one”)
        atus siwe lo awoisiwe lo siwenine hundred and ninety-nine (literally, “nine hundred and ninety and nine”)

      References

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

      Wutunhua

      Etymology

      From Tibetan ལོ (lo).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [lo]

      Noun

      lo

      1. year
        Synonym: nian

      References

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

      Xhosa

      Etymology 1

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ló]

      Pronoun

      1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

      Etymology 2

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ló]

      Pronoun

      1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

      Etymology 3

      Pronoun

      -lo

      1. Combining stem of lona.

      Yoruba

      Etymology 1

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /lò/

      Verb

      1. (transitive) to use; to engage; to exploit
      Usage notes
      • lo before a direct object
      Derived terms
      • ìlò (the act of using)
      • lílò
      • ṣàmúlò

      Etymology 2

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /lò/

      Verb

      1. to become parboiled (specifically relating to yam tubers in the process of making yam flour, èlùbọ́)
        Synonym: bọ̀
        èlùbọ́ ti The yam tuber used to prepare èlùbọ́ has become parboiled
      Usage notes
      • lo before a direct object
      Derived terms
      • lo-èlùbọ́
      • ìlò

      Etymology 3

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /lò/

      Verb

      1. to become bendable or flexible
        Synonym: rọ̀
      Usage notes
      • lo before a direct object
      Derived terms
      • alò
      • ìlò

      Etymology 4

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ló/

      Verb

      1. to lose interest in something; to become disheartened
        Synonyms: , gọ́
      Derived terms
      • aló
      • ìló

      Zaniza Zapotec

      Noun

      lo

      1. eye

      Zhuang

      Pronunciation

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

      Etymology 1

      Particle

      lo (1957–1982 spelling lo)

      1. Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state or a new situation.
      2. Used at the end of a sentence to express affirmation or conclusiveness.

      Etymology 2

      Noun

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

      1. (dialectal) daughter-in-law

      Etymology 3

      Verb

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

      1. (dialectal) to worry; to be anxious

      Zou

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /lo˧˩/

      Noun

      1. basket

      References

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

      Zulu

      Etymology 1

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈló/

      Pronoun

      lo

      1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.
      Inflection

      Etymology 2

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈló/

      Pronoun

      lo

      1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.
      Inflection

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /lo/

      Pronoun

      lo

      1. Combining stem of lona.

      References

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

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