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English

Alternative forms

• Abo

Etymology

1922, clipping of aborigine.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æb.??/, enPR: ?'b?
• (UK) enPR: ?'b?, IPA^(key): /?æb.??/
• (US) enPR: ?'b?, IPA^(key): /?æb.o?/
• Rhymes: -æb??

Noun

abo (plural abos)

1. (Australia, offensive, ethnic slur, slang) An aborigine; aboriginal. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

Synonyms

• boong
• gin (female Aborigine)
• Jacky
• lubra (female Aborigine)
• Mary (female Aborigine)

References

Anagrams

• AOB, BAO, Bao, OAB, OBA, Oba., a.o.b., bao, boa, oba

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abó

1. ash; the solid remains of a fire
2. tephra; volcanic ash

Etymology 2

Noun

ábo

1. cough

Verb

ábo

1. to cough

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?bo
• IPA^(key): /a?bo/

Noun

abó

1. ash; the solid remains of a fire
2. tephra; volcanic ash

Verb

abó

1. to turn into ash (by burning)

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of abonnement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.bo?/
• Hyphenation: abo

Noun

abo n (plural abo's)

1. (Netherlands, informal) subscription

Finnish

Noun

abo

1. abo

Declension

Anagrams

• boa

Garo

Noun

abo

1. grandmother

Synonyms

• ambigipa (formal)
• ambitang (formal)
• ambi

Hiligaynon

Adjective

ábo

1. lazy

Noun

abó

1. ash

Noun

ábo

1. A type of small fish that is said to be lazy

Interjection

abô

1. an exclamation that denotes aversion, contempt, or negation, equivalent to fie

Verb

abó (diminutive abó-ábo)

1. to turn into ash

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese vós.

Pronoun

abo

1. you

Kom (Cameroon)

Noun

abo

1. leopard, tiger, big cat

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• abol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab?/

Conjunction

abo

1. or

Further reading

• abo in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• abo in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Old Polish

Conjunction

abo

1. or

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• bo (synonym)

Etymology

From Portuguese vós and Spanish vos and Kabuverdianu abo.

Pronoun

abo

1. you (second person singular).

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.b?/

Conjunction

abo

1. (archaic or Cieszyn Silesia, Upper Silesia, Pozna?) or

Synonyms

• albo
• czy

Further reading

• abo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• abo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?bó
• IPA^(key): /?a?bo/, [???bo]

Noun

abó

1. ash
2. gray (color)
3. tephra

Derived terms

Upper Sorbian

Conjunction

abo

1. or

Weyewa

Verb

abo

1. (Loli) to scoop, to scoop up with cupped hands

References

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010) , “abo”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [â??o]

Pronoun

âbo

1. those; class 2 distal demonstrative.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v??/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æv??/

Etymology 1

Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.

Etymology 2

Clipping of avocado.

Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. (informal, Australia) Clipping of avocado.
   • 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand (page 68)

     Given the challenges of trying to propagate avocados, one might wonder why we don't simply get hold of seeds and/or nursery starts and go that route – especially since avos tend to grow somewhat 'true to seed.'

Anagrams

• OAV, OVA, VOA, ova

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwh?os.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?avo/
• Rhymes: -avo

Noun

avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)

1. grandfather

2. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) old man

Derived terms

• Avo Frosto

Related terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???o/, [???o?]
• Rhymes: -??o
• Syllabification: a?vo

Noun

avo

1. Abbreviation of avokysymys.

Declension

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ewh?yos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?avo/

Noun

avo (plural avi)

1. grandparent

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwh?os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo

Noun

avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)

1. ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: antenato, ascendente

Derived terms

• avito

Latin

Noun

av?

1. dative singular of avus
2. ablative singular of avus

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.

Adjective

avo 

1. high
2. lofty, eminent

Portuguese

Etymology

From the ending of [oit]avo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?a.vu/
• Hyphenation: a?vo
• Rhymes: -avu

Noun

avo m (plural avos)

1. one of fractions/equal parts of an unit divided in more than 10 equal parts.

References