ilo

Clipping of English Ilocano or Spanish ilocano.

ilo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ilocano.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ilocano terms

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

• Hyphenation: i‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔilo/ [ˈʔi.l̪o]

ílo (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜓ)

1. orphan

ílo (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜓ)

1. to orphan; to deprive of parents; to become an orphan

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qiluS.

• Hyphenation: i‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈlo/ [ʔɪˈl̪o]

iló (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜓ)

1. toilet paper or water used to clean one's bottom after defecation

iló (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜓ)

1. to clean one's bottom after defecation
2. to change a baby's diaper

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔilo/ [ˈʔi.l̪o]
• Hyphenation: i‧lo

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ílo (Basahan spelling ᜁᜎᜓ)

1. orphan

Borrowed from Spanish hilo.

ílo (Basahan spelling ᜁᜎᜓ)

1. thread; string

   Synonym: torsido

2. fiber/fibre

   Synonym: tela

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

Back-formation from -ilo (“tool”). From a widespread suffix in European languages, compare German -el in e.g. Schlüssel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈilo/

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: i‧lo

ilo (accusative singular ilon, plural iloj, accusative plural ilojn)

1. tool
   • 1922, Eŭgeno Lanti, For la neŭtralismon!‎^[1]:

     Tial ke ni estas sennaciuloj, ni propagandas neŭtralan lingvon. Ĉar ni opinias, ke la esperanta movado estas nun la plej taŭga forto por rapide triumfigi la ideon pri Universala Lingvo, ni propagandas esperanton. Ĝi estas por ni bezona ilo por trafi nian idealon. Esperanto ne estas la celo de nia agado, sed nur rimedo por atingi nian celon.

     Because we are anationals, we promote a neutral language. Because we believe the Esperanto movement is now the most suitable power to quickly bring triumph to the idea of a universal language, we promote Esperanto. It is only a necessary tool for us to reach our ideal. Esperanto isn't the goal of our action but only a means of reaching this goal.

• “ilo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “ilo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

From Proto-Finnic *ilo (compare Estonian ilu (“beauty”), Karelian ilo, Ludian ilo, Veps ilo), of unknown further origin, but possibly also cognate with Livonian īla (“nature”) and Pite Sami âllo (“urge”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈilo/, [ˈilo̞]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification^(key): i‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): ilo

ilo

1. joy, happiness, delight, merriment, mirth

   Near-synonym: onni

   ilo lapsista ― the happiness brought by children

2. joy, delight, pleasure (a person, thing or action that causes enjoyment)

   Synonym: onni

   Minulla on ilo toivottaa teidät tervetulleeksi tänne.

   It is my pleasure to welcome all of you here.

3. love, lover (especially when used with a possessive suffix)

• suru

• ilakoida
• ilkamoida

• “ilo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• -loi-, loi, oli

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lo/

From Proto-Polynesian *qilo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulej, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qulej. Cognates include Fijian ulo and Malay ulat.

ilo

1. worm, maggot, grub

   Synonym: koʻe

ilo

1. (intransitive) to creep, to slither

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

ilo

1. young shoot (emerging stem of a plant)

ilo

1. (intransitive) to germinate, to sprout

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu. Compare Cebuano ilo.

ilo

1. orphan

From Proto-Finnic *ilo. Cognates include Finnish ilo and Estonian ilu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈilo/, [ˈiɫo̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈilo/, [ˈiɫo̞ˑ]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: i‧lo

ilo

1. joy, happiness
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14:

     Ilo ono lapsille.

     The children are happy.

     (literally, “Joy is to the children.”)

Declension of ilo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	ilo	ilot
genitive	ilon	illoin, iloloin
partitive	illoa	iloja, iloloja
illative	illoo	illoi, iloloihe
inessive	ilos	ilois, ilolois
elative	ilost	iloist, iloloist
allative	ilolle	iloille, iloloille
adessive	ilol	iloil, iloloil
ablative	ilolt	iloilt, iloloilt
translative	iloks	iloiks, iloloiks
essive	ilonna, illoon	iloinna, iloloinna, illoin, iloloin
exessive1)	ilont	iloint, iloloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 82
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 92

From Latin hīlum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lo/
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: ì‧lo

ilo m (plural ili)

1. (botany) hilum

   Synonyms: ombelico, occhio

2. (anatomy) hilus

   Synonyms: fossetta, depressione

• ilo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Loi, oli, olì

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

From Proto-Finnic *ilo. Cognates include Finnish ilo.

ilo

1. joy, fun

   iloks ― to the delight, to the joy

   Milei on ilo tuttavoidakse teiden ke.

   I'm glad to meet you.

Declension of ilo (type 4a/levo, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ilo	ilod
genitive	ilon	iloiden
partitive	ilod	iloid
essive	ilon	iloin
instructive	—	iloin
inessive	ilos	iloiš
elative	ilospiä	iloišpiä
illative	iloh	iloihe
adessive	ilol	iloil
ablative	ilolpiä	iloilpiä
allative	ilole	iloile
abessive	ilota	iloita
prolative	iloči	iloiči
translative	iloks	iloikš
additive	ilohpiä	iloihepiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

• M. Pahomov (2022), “ilo”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[4], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 55
• Juho Kujola (1944), “iлo”, in Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 89

ilo (Raguileo spelling)

1. meat

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Borrowed from Spanish hielo.

ilo

1. ice
2. snow

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu. Cebuano ilo.

ilo

1. orphan

Rālik dialect reflex of Etymology 2. Both forms have the same orthographic spelling.

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [ilʲo]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jilʲew/
• Bender phonemes: {yilȩw}

ilo

1. (Rālik) at
2. (Rālik) in

Ratak dialect reflex of Etymology 1. Both forms have the same orthographic spelling.

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [ilʲɔ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jilʲɛw/
• Bender phonemes: {yilew}

ilo

1. (Ratak) at
2. (Ratak) in

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “ilo”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[5]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qizuR. Compare Ibaloi ilol, Javanese idu, Karao ilol, and Pangasinan ilol.

ilo

1. (anatomy) saliva

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

• jilo

Inherited from Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya).

ilo m (nominative plural ile)

1. (anatomy) heart

• Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “iló”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 121
• Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o il/o, -es- m. -e, -en-”, 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] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 175-176

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈlo/ [ʔɪˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: i‧lo

iló (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓ)

1. milling or crushing sugar cane by machine for its juice

   Synonym: kabyaw

Borrowed from Spanish hilo, from Old Spanish filo, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-. Doublet of hilo and pilo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔilo/ [ˈʔiː.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: i‧lo

ilo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓ)

1. thread

   Synonyms: sinulid, hibla

2. yarn

   Synonym: labay

3. filament

   Synonyms: lamuymoy, pilamento, hibla, aguheta

4. fiber

   Synonyms: hibla, himaymay, hilatsa, aguheta

• hilo — obsolete

• “ilo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “ilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

From Proto-Polynesian *qilo. Cognates include Tongan ʻilo and Niuean ilo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈi.lo]
• Hyphenation: i‧lo

ilo

1. (transitive) to sort out
2. (transitive) to be aware of
3. (transitive, of food) to check (if something is done)

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[6], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 29

From Proto-Finnic *ilo.

ilo

1. fun, joy

Inflection of ilo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	ilo
genitive sing.	ilon
partitive sing.	ilod
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	ilo	—
accusative	ilon	—
genitive	ilon	—
partitive	ilod	—
essive-instructive	ilon	—
translative	iloks	—
inessive	ilos	—
elative	ilospäi	—
illative	ilho iloho	—
adessive	ilol	—
ablative	ilolpäi	—
allative	ilole	—
abessive	ilota	—
comitative	ilonke	—
prolative	ilodme	—
approximative I	ilonno	—
approximative II	ilonnoks	—
egressive	ilonnopäi	—
terminative I	ilhosai ilohosai	—
terminative II	ilolesai	—
terminative III	ilossai	—
additive I	ilhopäi ilohopäi	—
additive II	ilolepäi	—

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “веселье”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *ilo.

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈilo/, [ˈiɫo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: i‧lo

ilo

1. joy, elation, happiness
2. celebration

Declension of ilo (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ilo	ilod
genitive	ilo	ilojõ
partitive	illoa	iloit
illative	ilosõ, illo	iloisõ
inessive	iloz	iloiz
elative	iloss	iloiss
allative	ilollõ	iloillõ
adessive	iloll	iloill
ablative	ilolt	iloilt
translative	ilossi	iloissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “ilo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[8], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

ilo

1. orphan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilu.

iló

1. poison