fao

fao

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

fao

1. Abbreviation of for the attention of. Used on an address or label, specifies an individual to whom the document should be delivered, usually put on when the address is of an organisation.

• Foa, OFA, oaf, of a

Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfao]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: fa‧o

fao (accusative singular faon, plural faoj, accusative plural faojn)

1. pho (Vietnamese soup with a beef base)

   Kiun vi preferus manĝi: fao aŭ rameno?

   Which would you prefer to eat: pho or ramen?

From Proto-Polynesian *faqo (compare with Hawaiian hao (“iron, horn”), Maori whao (“chisel, nail”), Tuamotuan pao), from Proto-Oceanic *paqot (compare with Fijian ivako (“nail”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət (“chisel”) (compare with Malay pahat, Tagalog paet)[1]

fao

1. tip, point
2. scissors

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “fao” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfa.o]

fao

1. (transitive) to pull out

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

fao

1. first-person singular present indicative of far

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸa.o/

fao

1. a father

The term fao is used for referring to a father, whereas the term baba is used for addressing one's father.

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics