ao (notcomparable )
Initialism ofamongst /among /and others .Borrowed fromJapanese あお ( ao ) .
ao (uncountable )
grue ( "blue or green", considered one color ) Borrowed fromTikopia ao .
ao
day ( period of 24 hours ) day ( period between sunrise and sunset ) FromProto-Central Naga *wa , fromProto-Sino-Tibetan *ɢʷra ( “ to go ” ) .
( Chungli ) IPA (key ) : /a˧.u˧/ ,[a˧.u˧] ao
( Chungli ) togo Inflection ofao (Chungli) Affirmative Negative Past Simple ao mao Perfect ogo mogo Present Simple aor maor Progressive odar odagi modar modagi Future/infinitive aotsü maotsü Imperative oang tao Present participle oa moi Conditional ora orabang mora morabang
FromProto-Central Naga *r-hwaʔ , fromProto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa .
( Chungli ) IPA (key ) : /a˥.uʔ˩/ ,[a˥.uʔ˩] ao
a kind ofbamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii ) Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014 ),A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga [1] , Berkeley: University of California, pages87, 183 Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985 ),Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary , Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page19 Clark, Mary M. (1893 ),Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary , Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, pages94, 124 ao
alternative form ofaoa FromProto-Bahnaric *ʔa:w , fromProto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaawʔ ( “ upper garment ” ) . Cognates includeVietnamese áo ,Khmer អាវ ( aau ) ,Muong ảo .
ao
shirt ao
hair CompareYuri ato ( “ father ” ) .
ao
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 ao
water From contraction of prepositiona ( “ to, towards ” ) + masculine definite articleo ( “ the ” ) .
ao m (feminine á ,masculine plural aos ,feminine plural ás )
contraction ofa ( “ to/towards ” ) +o m sg ( “ the ” ) A xente da miña lan donde ha de irao Xubileu ? Where will the people of my area goto the Jubilee? “o ”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy , 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “ao ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “ao ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “ao ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega FromProto-Polynesian *qaho ( “ day ” ) , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw , fromProto-Austronesian *qajaw ( “ day ” ) . Cognate withTagalog araw .
ao
light daylight day dawn (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .) . CompareMāori ao ( “ world ” ) .
ao
world earth FromProto-Polynesian *qao , fromProto-Oceanic *qaʀoq . Cognate withMāori ao .
ao
cloud ao
dominant 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 (compareTagalog araw ).
ao
daytime Synonyms: rā ,rangi ao
world FromProto-Polynesian *qao , fromProto-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 [2] , Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages14-5 ao
clothing ,clothes Cognate withOld Tupi aoba .
ao
clothes
ao (feminine à ,masculine plural aos ,feminine plural às )
contraction ofa ( “ to ” ) +o m sg ( “ the ” ) FromProto-Polynesian *ao ( “ to scoop up ” ) . Cognates includeTokelauan ao andMāori ao .
IPA (key ) : /ˈa.o/ Hyphenation:a‧o ao
( transitive ) toserve (food)Paulus Kieviet (2017 ),A grammar of Rapa Nui [3] , Berlin: Language Science Press,→ISBN , page395 FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compareTagalog araw ).
ao
day FromProto-Polynesian *qao , fromProto-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 . Cognates includeHawaiian ao andSamoan ao .
ao
daylight daytime ao
( intransitive ) to bedaylight FromProto-Polynesian *qao . Cognates includeHawaiian ao andSamoan ao .
ao
cloud FromProto-Polynesian *ao . Cognates includeMāori ao andSamoan ao .
ao
( transitive ) togather FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao . Cognates includeMāori ao andSamoan ao .
ao
( intransitive ) to begood atgathering food FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao ( “ authority ” ) . Cognates includeTahitian ao ( “ heaven ” ) andSamoan ao ( “ chief ” ) .
ao
head ,chief (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ao
( transitive ) toshape (wood)FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian *ao . Cognates includeTahitian ao andTuvaluan ao .
ao
Agrossly misformed coconut without anyflesh orjuice inside. R. Simona, editor (1986 ),Tokelau Dictionary [4] , Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 2 FromProto-Polynesian *qao , fromProto-Oceanic [Term?] (compareHawaiian ao ).
ao
cloud (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ao
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; Một chiếc thuyền câu bé tẻo teo;The cold autumnpond ; the clear water; A tiny, itsy-bitsy, fishing boat; 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 , proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruba *à-wó , ultimately fromProto-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 orỌrúnmìlà ” ) Synonyms: babaláo ,aláo ,ọlị́fá ( Ekiti , by extension) alternative form ofawo ( “ respected member of aguild ; especially one ofmusicians anddramatists ” ) ( Ekiti ) aprefix 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