FromMiddle English po pocock Old English pāwa pēa ( “ peacock ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *pāwô ( “ peacock ” ) , fromLatin pāvō Dutch pauw German Pfau peacock
po (plural pos
( obsolete ) peacock .[8th–19th c.] A diminutive ofpot
po (plural pos
( UK , Australia , New Zealand , colloquial , dated ) chamberpot .[from 19th c.] 1961 Michael Flanders and Donald Swann , “P** P* B**** B** D******* ”, inThe Bestiary of Flanders & Swann :Ma's out, Pa's out, let's talk rude-- Pee,po , belly, bum, drawers!
1988 Richard Hoggart ,A Local Habitation, 1918-40 , Chatto & Windus,→ISBN page67 :‘Pos ’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.
1989 Leonard Woolf , edited by Frederic Spotts,Letters of Leonard Woolf ,page86 :There are always several spitoons &pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.
2016 Alan Moore ,Jerusalem , Liveright, published2016 , page44 :Shaking the last few drops from off the end he looked down in surprise at the great head of steam that brimmed above thepo , belatedly apprised of just how icy the October garret was.
Clipping ofpolice
po pl plural only )
( slang ) police .2008 Rounding the Finish Line , Baltimore, M.D.:PublishAmerica ,→ISBN page209 :"Basically it's a celebration of all the gearheads in the area," Rob told him. "Sometimes we get busted by thepo , but we always find a new place to show off our rides. Enjoy this lot while we have it."
2009 Debra Webb ,Secrets in Four Corners , Toronto, Ont. [ ] Harlequin ,→ISBN page155 :"'Bout time thepo' got here," someone said loud enough for Bree to hear.
2018 U-God [Lamont Hawkins],Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang Picador ,→ISBN page89 :Now, one of the rules I had—this is another reason why certain police probably respected us dudes—when it was hot, when I saw certainpo , we would shut it down. We left. I would just leave. I would give them they space and let them go.
FromHokkien 薄 ( po̍h / po̍k ,“ weak ” ) .
po (notcomparable )
( Singapore , colloquial , used as a modifier afterkopi ( “ coffee ” ) orteh ( “ tea ” ) ) Thinner water added todilute it.etymologically unrelated terms containing "po"
po
to bullypo mo bully you ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998 ),Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary [1] →ISBN According to Brian D. Joseph, it is a difficult word with unclear root. Hamp claims origin fromProto-Indo-European *pest ( “ so ” ) [ 1]
po
yes Used with the present and imperfect tense of a verb to show a continuous action. ^ Joseph, B. D. the Puzzle of Albanian po. 2011 po
do (make, work, perform)V. da Silva Sinha et al,Event-based time intervals in an Amazonian culture , inSpace and Time in Languages and Cultures: Language, Culture, and Cognition fo ( Molet Kasu, Molet Mur ) po
water Borrowed fromMacedonian по- ( po- ) or dialectalSerbo-Croatian [ 1]
po
-er ,more ;formscomparative adjectives andadverbs . [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] follows the definite article to form thesuperlative [ 4] [ 5] ↑1.0 1.1 Boretzky, Norbert ; Igla, Birgit (1994 ), “po(-)² ”, inWörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region →ISBN 219ab ^ Ronald Lee (2005 ), “Lesson eighteen”, inLearn Romani: Das-dúma Rromanes , reprint edition, Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, published2017 ,→ISBN 269 ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009 ), “po¹”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor,Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek →ISBN 279a ↑4.0 4.1 Anna-Maria Meyer (2020 ), “The Impact of Slavic Languages on Romani”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors,The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics , Palgrave Macmillan,→DOI →ISBN 277-278 ↑5.0 5.1 Yūsuke Sumi (2018 ),ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ（ジプシー）語 New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy) 2021 ,→ISBN →OCLC 96-97 Borrowed fromTagalog po
pò (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓ
( formal , polite ) marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing Synonym: tabi Dagospo kamo. Come on in,Sir/Ma'am . Ma, madumanpo ako sa simbahan. Mom, I am going to church. po
synonym ofpobo ( “ water ” ) po
our Borrowed fromEnglish post
po
( Internet slang ) post po
( Internet slang ) According to an Gerlyver Meur, either an unstressed form ofpy ( “ which ” ) or provected form of the present-future subjunctive ofbos ( “ to be ” ) .
po
or Contraction ofpa ( “ when ” ) and the present-future subjunctive ofbos ( “ to be ” ) .
po
( Revived Late Cornish ) contraction ofpa vo ( “ when ... is ” ) po' chy ha dha wreg prieswhen you and your wifeare marriedpo margh ledryswhen a horseis stolenpo n
abbreviation ofpondělí ( “ Monday ” ) This noun needs aninflection-table template .
FromOld Czech po Proto-Slavic *po Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
po with locative
after po with accusative
( space, time, scales, lists ) up to ,for ( dimension ) all through Borrowing fromFrench pot
po m plural po's diminutive pootje n
chamber pot Borrowed fromRussian по ( po ) andPolish po
po
A grammatical particle used with quantity words to indicate rate or a distributive quantity: each ,apiece ,at ,@ Antonym: -ope Mi kudrados ĉiutagepo 10 horoj. ―I will sew 10 hoursa day. Oni povas noktipo 6 frankoj. ―You can spend the night for 6 francs (a night). La kurso daŭras dum 10 tagojpo 30 minutoj. ―The course lasts 10 days at 30 minutes (a day). La komitato estas rebalotota ĉiun trian jaronpo triono. ―A third of the committee is reelectedevery third year. La gastoj trinkispo (unu) glaseton da vino. ―The guestseach drank one glass of wine. Ili ricevispo 5 pomojn. ―They received 5 applesapiece . Elektu al vipo 3 homojn el ĉiu tribo. ―Choose for yourselves 3 people (apiece ) from each tribe. po (accusative singular po-on plural po-oj accusative plural po-ojn
The name of theLatin-script letterP p ( 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 FromOld Galician-Portuguese poo Vulgar Latin *pulus , from earlier*pulvus n Latin pulvis m Proto-Indo-European *pel- ( “ flour, dust ” ) . ComparePortuguese pó Doublet ofpolvo Spanish polvo
po m plural pos
dust 1276 El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos , Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page375 :et este pan deue a seer qual o Deus der no logar et seer linpo de palla et depoo , d'eruellada et de mosceyra, et deue a seer ben seco et ben linpo et bõõ pan and this grain must be that that God gives at that place, and it must be clean of chaff anddust , of vetch and fodder, and it must be well dry and well clean and good grain powder 1409 Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria , Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page141 :E Nota que opoo dos collos das abroteas ual mays que todos llos outros, et dos ditos poos deuen vsar nos llugarres neruossos et jntrincados de veas et darterias Take note that the powder of the rhizomes of the asphodels has more value than all the rest, and that these powders should be used in places that are nervous and entangled with veins and arteries Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “poo ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “poo ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “po ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “po ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “po ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani *po Proto-Tupian *po [ 1]
Cognate withOld Tupi pó
po (plural pokuéra
hand po
five Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani *por Proto-Tupian *pot [ 2]
Cognate withOld Tupi por
po
jump ^ Nikulin, Andrey (2020 ),Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo [Proto-Macro-Jê: a reconstructive study [2] pages566–567 ^ Corrêa da Silva, Beatriz Carretta (2010 ),Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas [Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: linguistic relations and historical implications [3] Guinea-Bissau Creole [ edit ] FromPortuguese pau Kabuverdianu pó
po
tree stick FromPortuguese pó Kabuverdianu puera
po
dust FromFrench peau ( “ skin ” ) .
po
( anatomy ) skin Probably fromFrench pot
pô m possessed form pôn
children 'stoilet Borrowed from Esperanto po Russian по ( po ) .
po
for , at the price of, in exchange for;per Me kompris la domopo quaradek mil euri. ―I bought the housefor forty thousand euros. po
water Walter Seiler,The Main Structures of Imonda Walter Seiler,Imonda: Papuan Language , page 188: "Another excellent example that illustrates the relational character of -l, is provided by po water. When po is used to refer to general water, rain or creeks it has no -l. When it refers to wound water or coconut water it does end in -l." po
Thehiragana syllableぽ ( po ) or thekatakana syllableポ ( po ) inHepburn romanization. FromProto-Balto-Slavic *pa ( “ after, by ” ) (compareLatvian pa pa- Old Prussian po ( “ after, by, under ” ) ,Proto-Slavic *po ( “ after, by, at ” ) ), fromProto-Indo-European *h₂pó, *h₂epó ( “ away, from ” ) .[ 1] Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 ( a-pu ,“ from ” ) ,Sanskrit अप ( ápa ,“ away, off ” ) ,Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 ( a-p /apa/ ,“ away ” ) ,Latin ab ( “ from ” ) ,Gothic 𐌰𐍆 ( af “ of ” ) . Seepa- pó-
põ
under ,beneath ( movement, position ) with instrumental ( with instrumental or genitive case ) beside ,near ,along ( movement, position ) ( with instrumental or dative case ) direction of movementeik põ dešinei go to the right after ,following a certain time period, event; after the disappearance or loss ofwith genitive expresses gradual progression; oneafter anotherwith genitive mẽtai põ mẽtų year after year until ,up to a certain timewith dative Teñ jiẽ gyvẽna ir̃ põ šiái diẽnai they live there until this day around ,throughout the whole ofwith accusative keliáuti põ Europą travel around Europe used to express division into equal parts with accusative vaikai̇̃ gãvo põ gãbalą sū́rio the kids got a piece of cheese each põ truputį little by little ( with genitive, instrumental or dative case ) ^ Derksen, Rick (2015 ), “po”, inEtymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series;13 ), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN pages368-9 po
superseded spelling ofpó po (po5 / po0 Zhuyin ˙ㄆㄛ )
Hanyu Pinyin reading of桲 po
nonstandard spelling ofpō nonstandard spelling ofpó nonstandard spelling ofpǒ nonstandard spelling ofpò 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.Inherited fromOld English pāwa pēa Proto-Germanic *pāwô Latin pāvō Old Norse páfugl
IPA (key ) : /ˈpɔː/ ,/ˈpau̯(ə)/ ,/ˈpɛː/ ( Northern ) IPA (key ) : /ˈpaː/ po plural poos
peacock po
shelf Cognate toGbiri-Niragu pobo
po
toburn , toroast Inherited fromProto-Slavic *po
po
for ( for the purpose of ) with accusative or locative until ;after with accusative for theentire ,all with accusative during ,in the period ofwith accusative or genitive or locative for the Xth timewith accusative per ,a piecewith accusative or locative after ;because of with dative or locative up to ;towards with dative to behind with dative according to with dative or locative in themanner ofwith dative for ( to what end ) with dative ( of a success or failure ) creates adverbs in conjunction with an adjective. with dative denotes repeated action. with dative on top of;on with locative denotes general area as scene of action ;around ,about ;along with locative with ,by way of with locative behind with locative after with locative carried out by with locative in theabsence ofwith locative through ,by means of with locative as to ,with regard to with locative denotes maximum amount ;up to with locative denotes price of something. with locative more than with locative for , for thebenefit ofwith locative Inherited fromProto-Slavic *po
po
denotes sequence in time ;after with locative Synonym: pod denotes general location ;at ,in ,on with locative or dative ( more specifically ) along with locative denotes previous related person ;after with locative denotes next in a sequence of people ;after with locative denotes cause ;after ;because of with locative according to ,in accordance with with locative denotes an instrument to an acction ;with ,by means of with locative according to ,based on with locative denotes manner of the object ;like ,as with locative denotes distribution ;per with locative or dative used in grammaticalgovernment ;with locative it indicates a spatial limit ;up to with accusative denotes a time when something takes place ;during with accusative or dative denotes the aim or purpose of an action ;for with accusative creates an adverb from the next noun ;with accusative with anordinal number ; denotes which time in a sequence ;for the _ timewith accusative Synonym: za denotes the source or agent of an action ;with dative denotes the distribution of the counted items ;with dative or accusative or locative B. Sieradzka-Baziur ,Ewa Deptuchowa , Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015 ), “po ”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish IJP PAN ,→ISBN Shortened form ofjapo
po
hand Frompo ( “ five fingers ” ) .
po
five Onomatopoeic
po
tojump Inherited fromOld Polish po
Rhymes:-ɔ Syllabification:po po
after ( later in time or sequence ) with locative W piątkipo pracy często chodzimy do pubu. ―On Fridaysafter work we often go to the pub. Cały dzień czyta książkępo książce o polityce. ―All day long he reads bookafter book about politics. after ( in pursuit of ) with accusative Jadąpo nas! Zmykajcie! ―They're comingafter us! Scram! around ,about with locative Mój brat spędził miesiąc podróżującpo Polsce. ―My brother spent a month travellingaround Poland. past with locative Wykłady zaczynają się o kwadranspo ósmej. ―Lectures begin at quarterpast eight. on with locative Kobiety siedząpo prawej stronie, a mężczyźnipo lewej. ―Women siton the right hand, and men on the left. for indicates that a container was previously used for something with locative Co zrobić ze słoikiempo dżemie? ―What can I do with an empty jam jar? from with locative Tę całą biżuterię odziedziczyłampo matce. ―I inherited all this jewelleryfrom my mother. Od razu rozpoznałem gopo grzmiącym głosie. ―I instantly recognised himfrom the booming voice. after ( in allusion to ) ,for with locative Nazwaliśmy naszego synapo zmarłym wujku. ―We named our sonafter his late uncle. done for ( doomed ) with locative Jest jużpo tobie, brachu. ―You'redone for , bro. for ( in order to obtain ) with accusative Musimy pójść do sklepupo mleko. ―We have to go to the shopfor milk. up to ,as far as with accusative Woda w piwnicy byłapo kolana. ―The water in the cellar wasup to our knees. in ,for ,at denotes a quantity of something with accusative Mam trzy zgrzewkipo sześć puszek, czyli osiemnaście puszek. ―I have three multipacksof six cans, i.e. eighteen cans. Kupiłem te biletypo 20 złotych, a oferuję jepo 10. ―I bought these tickets for 20 złoty each, but I'm offering them for 10. according to , in the way of,a la ,as with dative Jego ulubioną potrawą jest karkówkapo cygańsku. ―His favourite dish is gypsy pork. Lubię ją, ale tylkopo przyjacielsku. ―I like her, but onlyas a friend. in ( the language of ) with dative Świetnie mówiszpo polsku jak na cudzoziemca. ―You speak great Polish for a foreigner. Nie umiem pisaćpo chińsku. ―I don't know how to writein Chinese. In the dative, adjectives (formed from nouns) that end in-cki ,-dzki ,-ski -cku ,-dzku ,-sku -ckiemu ,-dzkiemu ,-skiemu po łucku ,po grodzku ,po kowalsku po cywilnemu ,po macoszemu ,po staremu [ 1] po
like when According toSłownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990),po is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 282 times in scientific texts, 293 times in news, 195 times in essays, 552 times in fiction, and 406 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 1728 times, making it the 24th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[ 2]
^ “Formy potencjalne”, inKoalar [4] 2006–2017 , archived fromthe original on19 April 2019 ^ Ida Kurcz (1990 ), “po Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language 377 po inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANpo in Polish dictionaries at PWNMaria Renata Mayenowa ;Stanisław Rospond ;Witold Taszycki ;Stefan Hrabec ;Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023 ), “po ”, inSłownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814 ), “po Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861 ), “po Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 A. Kryński ,W. Niedźwiedzki , editors (1908 ), “po ”, inSłownik języka polskiego 274 Contraction ofpara o
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po m sg masculine plural pos feminine singular pa feminine plural pas
( colloquial ) nonstandard form ofpro po
night po
night FromLatin pro
po
( Campidanese ) for po
water Frompol Proto-Slavic *polъ po-
pȏ (Cyrillic spelling по̑
( Bosnia , Serbia ) half sat ipo ―hour and a half četiri ipo ―four thirty čov(j)ek ipo ―an excellent man FromProto-Slavic *po Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)po
pȍ (Cyrillic spelling по̏
for with accusative otićipo ml(ij)eko ―to go and get the milk po c(ij)eli danall day long po šesti putfor the sixth time biti štetanpo nekoga/nešto ―to be harmful for sb/sth dobro/lošepo njega ―good/bad for him over ,through ,across ,in ,on with locative udaritipo glavi ―to hit on the head sn(ij)eg je paopo cesti ―snow fell on the road voda se prolilapo podu ―water spilled over the floor šetatipo šumi ―to walk in the woods by ,with ,through (using an intermediary or medium)with locative Poslao sam mu paketpo zajedničkom prijatelju. ―I've sent him a package via a mutual friend. po zraku/vodiby air/water by ,according to with locative sve idepo planu ―everything is going according to the plan Amerika je prva državapo bogatstvu u sv(ij)etu. ―America is the richest country in the world. po glavi stanovnikaper capita živ(j)etipo principima ―to live according to principles po mom(e) mišljenjuin my opinion po mom računuby my reckoning po meniin my opinion; as far as I'm concerned sviratipo sluhu ―to play by ear suditipo vanjštini ―to judge by appearance after with locative po svršetku sukobaafter (the end of) the conflict during with locative po kiši/suncuin the rain/sun po danuduring the day in miscellaneous senses in various phrasal constructs with locative razum(ij)e se (samo)po sebi ―it goes without saying neka budepo tvome ―let it be your way jednakpo veličini ―equal in size sve jepo starom ―everything is/goes in the accustomed/usual manner po običajuas usual, according to custom po vr(ij)ednostiin value po svoj priliciin all likelihood po roduby birth po naravi/prirodiin nature po toj c(ij)eniat this price po paragrafu 13under section 13 po štopo toby all means po mogućnostiif possible po reduin order, one after another po mom ukusu(according) to my taste po kvalitetiby quality po tomeaccording to this/that, accordingly, consequently, then po zakonuaccording to the law, by the law po duljinilengthwise po (Cyrillic spelling по
denotingdistribution andsuccession ;by ,per ,each ,apiece with accusative or nominative Popili smo svipo čašicu rakije. ―We all drank a glass of rakija each. korakpo korak ―step by step jedanpo jedan ―one by one triputpo satu ―three times per hour Svi smo dobilipo jabuku. ―Each of us received an apple. “po ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal 2006–2025 “po ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal 2006–2025 Inherited fromOld Polish po
IPA (key ) : /ˈpɔ/ Rhymes:-ɔ Syllabification:po po
denotes general location about ,around ;along with locative Synonym: na Antonyms: nad pod after with locative Antonym: przed denotes point in space on with locative Synonym: z dith certain verbs of speaking; denotes recipient of a message. with locative Synonym: na denotes maximum amount ;up to with accusative or locative Synonym: z dreates an adverb from an adjective. with dative ( archaic dative ending in -u ) denotes aim of an action ;for with locative for indicates that a container was previously used for something with locative denotes characteristic by which one might recognize something ;from with locative denotes absence of something or something ;after with accusative denotes possessor. with locative Inherited fromProto-Slavic *po
po
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“po ”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk ,2003–2025 FromProto-Slavic *po
po
around ,about with locative along ,through (the length of)with locative according to in themanner ofwith accusative This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation , then remove the text{{rfdef }}. Frompues
IPA (key ) : /ˈpo/ [ˈpo] Rhymes:-o Syllabification:po po
( Andalusia ) emphatic ,well Synonym: pues Po yo pensaba que no.Well , I didn't think so.Po síYes. ( colloquial , Chile ) emphatic Synonym: pues ¡Sípo ! ―Yes, of course! ¡Ya,po ! ―Come on! Always used at the end of a sentence. -po
present stem of-wapo ( “ to be (at a definite place) ” ) tupo ―weare (there) -po -wako ( “ to be (at an indefinite place) ” ) -wamo ( “ to be inside (of a definite place) ” ) FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *puəq Malay empu Indonesian empu Old Javanese mpu clipping ofpoon ( “ lord ” ) .
pô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓ
marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing Synonyms: ( familiar ) ho ( dialectal, emphatic ) puko Tuloypo kayo. ―Come on in,Sir /Ma'am . Pupuntapo ako sa simbahan, Inay. ―I am going to church, Mother. The word does not appear at a beginning of a sentence unless used alone. In standard Tagalog, the wordpo ho Old dictionaries indicate thatpuko was used by women before whilepo “po ”, inPinoy Dictionary ,2010–2025 Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860 ),Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves [7] Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835 ), Tomas Oliva, editor,Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. [8] Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016 ),Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates , Lulu Press,→ISBN page139 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pueq ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI Lehmann considers the possibility of a connection to Zoque words for "white" (poopo ).
po
moon This is the form Lehmann says is given in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists; the form given in Johnston's vocabulary ispoot Walter Lehmann,Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915),Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston. póː ( high tone )
moon pòː ( low tone )
water pǒː ( gliding tone )
trail ,road Marianne Mithun,The Languages of Native North America John Peabody Harrington,The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians My Life in San Juan Pueblo: Stories of Esther Martinez (uses the spelling pˀoe, and mentions a fourth meaning, "pumpkin, squash")FromProto-Tocharian [Term?] (whence alsoTocharian A puk (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
po
entire ,whole po
each ,every ,all po
water Borrowed fromLatin post ( “ behind ” ) .
po
behind Antonym: fo po
water Relate toShor по Khakas пу ( pu ) Tofa бо Tuvan бо ( bo ) ,Karaim бу Krymchak бу Southern Altai бу ( bu ) ,Kyrgyz бул ( bul ) , etc.
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spleen John Duffy,Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community →ISBN , 2007) pò
( transitive ) mix , tostir Mápò ó pọ̀ síbẹ̀. ―Don'tmix it together yet. ( transitive ) beat , towhisk Bá mipo ẹyin. ―Help mebeat the eggs. ( transitive ) knead ( transitive ) make warm drinks, baby food, or medicine.A gbọ́dọ̀ lo omi gbígbóná nígbà tí a bá fẹ́po tíì. ―We must use hot water when we want tomake tea. po when followed by a direct object.pó
to betoo small awó dára lẹ́yẹ, ṣùgbọ́n orípó o ―The guinea fowl is a beautiful bird, but its headis too small . 
