different between ado vs abo

English

Etymology

From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??du?/

Noun

ado (uncountable)

1. trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i^[1]:

     Antonio:

     In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.

     It wearies me; you say it wearies you;

     But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,

     What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,

     I am to learn;

     And such a wantwit sadness makes of me,

     That I have much ado to know myself.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience:

     Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. “I am no such thing,” it would say; “I am myself, myself alone.”

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Translations

References

• ado in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• AOD, DAO, DOA, Dao, ODA, Oda, dao, oad, oda

Afar

Alternative forms

• (Southern dialects) aadó

Pronunciation

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

Noun

adó f 

1. (Northern dialects) generation
2. (Northern dialects) era

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “ado”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Clipping of adolescent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.do/

Noun

ado m or f (plural ados)

1. (colloquial) teen, teenager

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

ado

1. second-person singular aorist active of dad?ti (“to give”)

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ado/

Noun

ado f

1. milk

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62

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.