owo
See also: Appendix:Variations of "owo"
Translingual
Alternative forms
Etymology
o (opened eye) + w (curled mouth) + o (opened eye)
Pronunciation
- English:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.wəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.woʊ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊwəʊ
- Norwegian: IPA(key): /¹uːʋu/
- Polish:
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.wɔ/, /ˈɔ.vɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔwɔ, -ɔvɔ
- Syllabification: o‧wo
- Spanish: IPA(key): /ˈowo/, /ˈoɣo/
Symbol
owo
Usage notes
- The emoticon experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 and 2019 in connection with the anime and furry fandoms; either sincerely (but humorously) by members of those themselves or ironically in the context of teasing them.
Related terms
Ma'di
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɔ̄wɔ́]
- Hyphenation: o‧wo
Verb
owó
- (intransitive) to cry
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -owó- (intransitive) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | indefinite | |||||||
| I | II | III | I | II | III | ||||
| past indicative | long | má owó | nyí owó | owó | ãmã owó | ãnyĩ owó | owó kí | ówó | |
| short | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| nonpast indicative | L. | mõwó | nyõwó | kõwó | ãmõwó | ãnyõwó | kõwó kí | á'di owó1) | |
| B. | mówó | nyówó | kówó | ãmówó | ãnyówó | kówó kí | áówó | ||
| imperative | L. | mowó | nyowó | kowó | ãmowó | ãnyowó | kowó kí | owó1) | |
| B. | mowó | nyowó | kowó | kowó kí | owó1) | ||||
| simple subordinate |
objective subordinate |
subjective subordinate I | subjective subordinate II | indirect subordinate | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||||
| owóka | owólé | owóre | owó'bá | owó'di | owóka | owójó | |||
| 1) The root is preceded by a low floating tone, which is realised on the final vowel of the preceding syllable, or as a contour tone on the first vowel of the root. | |||||||||
References
- Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 653
Ogea
Noun
owo
Further reading
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.vɔ/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔvɔ
- Syllabification: o‧wo
Pronoun
owo
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ów
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Cognate with Olukumi ẹ́ghó, Nupe ewó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho and Isoko ugho. See Yoruba dialectal forms for other cognates. Proposed to be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó, and perhaps a doublet of hóró and wóró.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ō.wó/
Noun
owó
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: owó (“money”) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ; edit data | |||||
| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | eyó | ||
| Ìdóàní | eyó | ||||
| Eastern Àkókó | Àkùngbá | Àkùngbá Àkókó | eghó | ||
| Ṣúpárè | Ṣúpárè Àkókó | ewó | |||
| Ọ̀bà | Ọ̀bà Àkókó | eghó, ewó | |||
| Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | eghó | ||||
| Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | eghó | ||||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | owó | ||||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | owó | |||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | oghó | ||||
| Òkìtìpupa | oghó | ||||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | oghó | ||||
| Mahin | oghó | ||||
| Oǹdó | oghó | ||||
| Oǹdó | oghó | ||||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | oghó | ||||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | oghó | ||||
| Usẹn | eghó | ||||
| Usẹn | eghó | ||||
| Ìtsẹkírì | eghó, oghó | ||||
| Ìwẹrẹ | eghó, oghó | ||||
| Olùkùmi | ẹ́ghó | ||||
| Ugbódù | ẹ́ghó | ||||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | eó |
| Ìfàkì Èkìtì | eó | ||||
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ió, eó | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | eó | |||
| Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | oó | ||||
| Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | oó | ||||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | eó | ||||
| Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | eó | ||||
| Òkè Igbó | owó | ||||
| Òkè Igbó | owó | ||||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | owó | |||
| Èbúté Mẹ́tà | owó | ||||
| Ìgbẹsà | owó | ||||
| Ọ̀tà | owó | ||||
| Agége | owó | ||||
| Ìlogbò Erémi | owó | ||||
| Ẹ̀gbá | owó | ||||
| Abẹ́òkúta | owó | ||||
| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ayétòrò | owó | |||
| Igbógila | owó | ||||
| Ìjàká | owó | ||||
| Ìlaròó | owó | ||||
| Ìṣàwọ́njọ | owó | ||||
| Èkó | owó | ||||
| Èkó | owó | ||||
| Ìbàdàn | owó | ||||
| Ìbàdàn | owó | ||||
| Ìbàràpá | owó | ||||
| Igbó Òrà | owó | ||||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | owó | ||||
| Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | owó | ||||
| Ìlọrin | owó | ||||
| Ìlọrin | owó | ||||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | owó | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | owó | ||||
| Òkèhò | owó | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | owó | ||||
| Ṣakí | owó | ||||
| Tedé | owó | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | owó | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | owó | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | owó | ||||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | owó | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | owó | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | ewó | |||
| Kabba | ewó | ||||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | owó | |||
| Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | owó | |||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | owó | ||
| Ọ̀húnbẹ́ | owó | ||||
| Onigbolo | owó | ||||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìlárá | owó | |||
| Ìmẹ̀kọ | owó | ||||
| Kétu | owó | ||||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | owó | |||
| Atakpamɛ | owó | ||||
| Est-Mono | owó | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | owó | ||||
| Southern Nago | Ìsakété | owó | |||
| Ìfànyìn | owó | ||||
| Overseas Yoruba | Lucumí | owó | |||
| Havana | owó | ||||
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. | |||||
Derived terms
- ẹ̀dínwó (“discount”)
- ẹ̀yáwó (“loan”)
- lówó (“to have money”)
- lówó bí ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ (“to be as rich as a shekere”)
- náwó (“to spend money”)
- olówó (“rich, rich person”)
- owó ẹyọ (“cowry”)
- owó iná (“electric bill”)
- owó omi (“water bill”)
- owó orí (“tax”)
- owó orí ìyàwó (“bride price”)
- owó oṣù (“salary”)
- owó ọ̀yà (“wage”)
- owó ìfẹ̀yìntì (“pension”)
- àìlówólọ́wọ́ (“poverty”)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ò.wò/
Noun
òwò
Derived terms
- ajẹmówò (“commercial”)
- ibùjókò òwò (“commercial centre”)
- ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ iṣẹ́-ọwọ́ (“trade school”)
- olówò (“businessperson”)
- oníṣòwò (“merchant”)
- ṣòwòṣòwò (“trader”)
- àkọsílẹ̀ òwò (“bill of exchange”)
- ìgbọ̀wọ́ ìdókòwò (“investment trust”)
- òwò aláìfòfin ìjọbadè (“free trade”)
- òwò pẹ̀lú orílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn (“foreign trade”)
- òwò àgbáyé (“international trade”)