vo
- (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forVolapük.
vo
- Obsolete form ofvoe(“sea inlet”).
c.1600, John H. Ballantyne, Brian Smith,Shetland Documents, 1580-1611, published1994, page68:2 marks land in Garth on the south side of theVo
FromMiddle High Germanvon(“from”), fromOld High Germanfon,fona(“from”), fromProto-Germanic*afanē,*fanē,*funē(“from”), compound of*afa (fromProto-Indo-European*h₂epó(“from, off”)) +*ana (fromProto-Indo-European*h₂en-(“on”)). Cognate withGermanvon,Old Saxonfana,fan(“from”),Dutchvan(“from; of”),Old Frisianfon(“from”).
vo(+ dative)
- from
- Se sanvo Wien nåch Minga gfoan. ―They travelledfrom Vienna to Munich.
- Mia sanvo Minga. ―We arefrom Munich.
- Des håb ivo meiner Muader kriagt. ―I got thatfrom my mother.
- of, belonging to
- Des is des Autovo meim Opa. ―This is the carof my grampa.
- by (with passive voice)
- Unter d'Wochn werd da Kloanevo da Oma betreut. ―During the week, the little one is looked afterby the grandma.
- about,of (a topic)
- Vo wås red ma jetz eigentle? ―What are we actually talkingabout now?
- on,with (a resource)
- Vo wejchan Gäid soi i lebn? ―What money should I liveon?
- (from): English “from” is generally expressed by means ofvo, but alternatively and regionallyaus is sometimes used with words for settlements and territories (likeLånd,Stådt,Duaf, as well as geographical names), probably by influence of Standard German. One usesvo when both the places “from which” and “to which” are given:Der Zug då foahtvo Wien nåch Minga. – “This train goes from Vienna to Munich.” If the further direction is not given,aus might be used:Der Zug då kimmtaus Wien. – “This train is coming from Vienna.”, instead ofDer Zug då kimmtvo Wien.
FromMiddle High Germanvon, fromOld High Germanfon(“from”). Cognate withGermanvon.
vo
- (Luserna, + dative)from,of
- Bar soinvo dar Tetsch. ―We'refrom Tezza.
(Revived Late Cornish)IPA(key): /ˈvoː/
vo
- Soft mutation ofbo.
vo (accusative singularvo-on,pluralvo-oj,accusative pluralvo-ojn)
- The name of theLatin-script letterV/v.
- (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
- IPA(key): /ˈbo/
- Rhymes:-o
- Syllabification:vo
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesevoz, fromLatinvōcem, singular accusative ofvōx.
vo f (plural(Valverdeñu)vocisor(Lagarteiru, Mañegu)vodis)
- voice
vo
- (Lagarteiru)first-personsingularpresentindicative ofdil
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021)Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published2022,→ISBN
FromFrenchvaut(“is worth”).
vo
- To beworth
vo
- (literary or regional)first-personsingularpresentindicative ofandare
- Synonym:vado
vo
- Rōmaji transcription ofゔぉ
- Rōmaji transcription ofを゙
- Rōmaji transcription ofヴォ
- Rōmaji transcription ofヺ
vo
- Nonstandard spelling ofvō.
- 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin withZhuyin. In the case ofV, it is defined asㄪㄝ, using the otherwise-obsolete initialㄪ(vō/v/). This is one of the only instances of the letter being used in standard Pinyin.
- 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.
vo
- Alternative form offo
Alternative scripts
- 𑀯𑁄(Brahmi script)
- वो(Devanagari script)
- ৰো(Bengali script)
- වො(Sinhalese script)
- ဝေါ orဝေႃ(Burmese script)
- โว(Thai script)
- ᩅᩮᩤ(Tai Tham script)
- ໂວ(Lao script)
- វោ(Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄮(Chakma script)
FromSanskritवः(vaḥ).
vo
- accusative/genitive/dative/instrumentalplural oftvaṃ(“you”)
c.50 BC,Saṃyutta Nikāya: Khandha-Vagga, Khanda-Saṃyuttaṃ; republished as M. Leon Freer, editor,Saṃyutta Nikāya: Part III: Khandha-Vagga[2], London: Pali Text Society,1890, XXII (Book 1), Section 1 Mulapaññāsa, Chapter 1 Nakulapitā-Vaggo Pathamo, Sutta 7 Upādāparitassanā, page15:upādāparitassanaṃ cavo bhikkhave dessissāmi anupādā-aparitassanaṃ ca- Mendicants, I will teachyou how grasping leads to anxiety, and how not grasping leads to freedom from anxiety.
Seeva.
vo
- nominativesingular ofva(“letter 'v'”)
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*volъ.
vȏ m (Cyrillic spellingво̑)
- (Bosnia, Serbia)ox
- “vo”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025
FromSerbo-Croatianvo.
vo m
- ox
- Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000),Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).
vo
- Alternative form ofv
- “vo”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025
vo
- wind
- (North Central Vietnamese)bo
vo• (于)
- towash (uncookedrice), especially with a grabbing motion
- vo gạo ―to wash uncooked rice
- tomake into aball with a grabbing motion
- Synonym:vò
Nóvo tờ giấy quăng sọt rác rồi.- He crumpled the sheet into a ball and threw it into the trash can.
vo
- Alternative form offho
1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page131, line 3:Vo no own caars fadere betides- Whom no one cares what betides,
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)[3], volume17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page131
