oo-

• oö-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾠο- (ōio-), combining form of ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”).^[1] Doublet of ovi-.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊ.ə-/, (primary stress on prefix) /əʊˈɒ-/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊ.ə-/, (primary stress on prefix) /oʊˈɑ-/

oo-

1. Relating to eggs or ova.

   Synonym: ovi- / ovo-

Internationalism (see English oo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión).

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː-/, [ˈo̞ː-]

oo-

1. (in loanwords) oo- (egg)

Derived from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión).

• IPA^(key): /o.o/
• Hyphenation: o‧o-

oo-

1. oo- (egg)

• IPA^(key): /òː-/

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

oo-

1. marks a third-person subject of a progressive verb

• The ordinary means of marking a third-person subject of progressive verb is with the prefix yi-, but if the verb contains a disjunct prefix composed of a consonant plus the vowel /i/, oo- is used instead.

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

oo-

1. third-person form of the prefix yini-, of uncertain meaning

Derived from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión). Doublet of jajo and owo-.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɔ
• Syllabification: o‧o-

oo-

1. oo- (egg)

   ‎oo- + ‎-cyt → ‎oocyt

   ‎oo- + ‎geneza → ‎oogeneza

   ‎oo- + ‎-logia → ‎oologia

• “oo-”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Compare Navajo ó-.

oo-

1. marks the optative mode

• Appears only in third person and impersonal verb forms.

• Begay, Kayla Rae (2017), Wailaki Grammar, University of California, Berkeley, page 187

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

oo-

1. class 2a noun prefix