ao (notcomparable )
Initialism ofamongst /among /and others .Borrowed fromJapanese あお ( ao ) .
ao (uncountable
grue ( "blue or green", considered one color ) Borrowed fromTikopia ao
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day ( period of 24 hours ) day ( period between sunrise and sunset ) ao
Alternative form ofaoa FromProto-Bahnaric *ʔa:w Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaawʔ ( “ upper garment ” ) . Cognates includeVietnamese áo Khmer អាវ ( aau ) ,Muong ảo
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shirt ao
hair CompareYuri ato ( “ father ” ) .
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father Seifart and Echeverri,Evidence for the Identification of Carabayo, the Language of an Uncontacted People of the Colombian Amazon, as Belonging to the Tikuna–Yurí Linguistic Family ,PLoS ONE 9(4) (2014) ao
genitive singular ofagu From contraction of prepositiona ( “ to, towards ” ) + masculine definite articleo ( “ the ” ) .
ao m feminine á masculine plural aos feminine plural ás
Contraction ofa o ( “ to the ,towards the” ) .Cognate withOld Tupi aoba
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clothes FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw Tagalog araw
ao
light daylight day dawn ao
world earth FromProto-Polynesian *qao Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compareMaori ao
ao
cloud ao
Alternative spelling ofahó ao
Rōmaji transcription ofあお ao
( intransitive ) go in ,enter ao
Nonstandard spelling ofāo Nonstandard spelling ofáo Nonstandard spelling ofǎo Nonstandard spelling ofào Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.-ao (declinable )
Alternative form of-awo ( “ their ” ) FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw Tagalog araw
ao
daytime ao
world FromProto-Polynesian *qao Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compareHawaiian ao
ao
cloud “ao ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN Tregear, Edward (1891 )Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary [1] 14-5 ao
clothing ,clothes ao
water
ao (feminine à masculine plural aos feminine plural às
Contraction ofa o ( “ to the( masculine singular ) ” ) .FromProto-Polynesian *ao ( “ to scoop up ” ) . Cognates includeTokelauan ao Maori ao
IPA (key ) : /ˈa.o/ Hyphenation:a‧o ao
( transitive ) serve (food)Paulus Kieviet (2017 )A grammar of Rapa Nui [2] →ISBN 395 FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compareTagalog araw
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day FromProto-Polynesian *qao Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compareHawaiian ao
ao
cloud -ao (declinable )
their ( third-person plural animate possessive adjective ) ao (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜂ ( Bataan , informal )
yes ( said for emotional emphasis ) Synonym: oo nga Antonym: hindi ao
planks for acanoe Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 )A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh IPA (key ) : [ˈa.o] Hyphenation:a‧o FromProto-Polynesian *qaho Hawaiian ao Samoan ao
ao
daylight daytime ao
( intransitive ) daylight FromProto-Polynesian *qao Hawaiian ao Samoan ao
ao
cloud FromProto-Polynesian *ao Maori ao Samoan ao
ao
( transitive ) gather FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao Maori ao Samoan ao
ao
( intransitive ) good atgathering food FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao ( “ authority ” ) . Cognates includeTahitian ao ( “ heaven ” ) andSamoan ao ( “ chief ” ) .
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head ,chief (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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( transitive ) shape (wood)FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian *ao Tahitian ao Tuvaluan ao
ao
Agrossly misformed coconut without anyflesh orjuice inside. R. Simona, editor (1986 ),Tokelau Dictionary [3] FromProto-Polynesian *qao Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compareHawaiian ao
ao
cloud (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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headdress front of an island Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading ofChinese 澳 ( “ bay, inlet ” ,SV :áo ) . CompareThai อ่าว ( àao ) ,Khmer អាវ ( ʼaaw ) .
(classifier cái ao • (㘭 ,坳 ,泑 ,𪵲 ,𬇚
pond Nguyễn Khuyến , "Thu điếu (Autumn Fishing)"Ao thu lạnh lẽo; nuớc trong veo;The cold autumnpond ; the clear water; 1686 Matsuo Bashō ,Haru no Hi , "No. 41";2007 Vietnamese translation by Nhật Chiêu; English translation byReginald Horace Blyth Ao cũ, con ếch nhảy vào, vang tiếng nước xao.The oldpond ; A frog jumps in — The sound of the water. ao • (呦
tomeasure roughly , tomeasure approximately Aó aó
( Ekiti ) Ekiti form ofawó ( “ guinea fowl ;( in particular ) Western crested guineafowl ” ) Synonyms: ẹtù etù Cognate withIgala àwó Olukumi awó Itsekiri éwó Proto-Yoruba *à-wó Proto-Yoruboid *à-wó
àó
( Ekiti ) slap Synonyms: ìfọ́tí àbàtàó àbàrá ìgbátí ao
( Ekiti ) Alternative form ofawo ( “ secret , that which issecretive ” ) Synonyms: àṣírí ohun ìkọ̀kọ̀ ( Ekiti ) Alternative form ofawo ( “ cult ,sect ; especially pertaining to Ifa or the Ifa oracle” ) ( Ekiti ) Alternative form ofawo ( “ theworship ofIfá ” ) ( Ekiti ) Alternative form ofawo ( “ priest ofIfá Ọrúnmìlà ” ) Synonyms: babaláo aláo ọlị́fá ( Ekiti , by extension) Alternative form ofawo ( “ respected member of aguild ; especially one ofmusicians anddramatists ” ) ( Ekiti ) prefix ingiven names andsurnames used by Ifa priests and their descendantsCompare withIfè àwò
ào
( Ekiti ) Ekiti form ofàwo ( “ plate ” ) Synonyms: tánganran aféfe Froma- ( “ nominalizing prefix ” ) +ò ( “ to look ” )
aò
( Ekiti ) Ekiti form ofawò ( “ lens ” ) Synonym: aò-ojú 
