oo

Representation of a long-o sound.

oo (plural oos)

1. (obsolete) (Ω, ω) The Greek letter omega.

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Wikispecies

From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, resembling its call.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.oʊ/

oo (plural oos)

1. Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct. [from 19th c.]
   • 1898, Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen:

     On this visit I made careful inquiries as to the success of Mr. Gay's efforts to raise the "Oo" bird on this island.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 161:

     Several years earlier, she had arranged to bring three pairs of the rapidly vanishing ʻōʻō bird from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i, hoping they would form a new colony.

• moho, hoohoo

See ooh.

• IPA^(key): /uː/

oo

1. Alternative form of ooh

oo

1. yes

   Antonym: dili

oo (stative, irregular)

1. to be (something)

• It replaces the use of ya in sentences where a Class II subject marker cannot be used. It never takes any subject markers.
• It cannot be used alone and must always be used with verb endings such as -tok, -taam, -a'chi, etc.
• For the future tense, a'chi can be used as a standalone word rather than a suffix completely replacing the use of a verb and having the meaning "will be". Similarly, a'ni, "might be" could possibly work in a similar fashion, replacing the presence of an explicit verb as well, although it is not normally used in sentences expressing being something.
• The prefix hoo- is never used with any forms of the verb "to be" (ya, oo, a'chi).
• To ask questions such as "Is it a/an....", see the entries for the noun suffixes -to̠ (used after consonants) and -hto̠ (used after vowels).

• ya

oo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː/, [ˈo̞ː]
• Rhymes: -oː
• Syllabification^(key): oo

From Latin ō.

oo

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

Inflected forms are often substituted with corresponding form of o-kirjain (“letter o”)

oo

1. (colloquial or dialectal) inflection of olla:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

   Mä oon sitten ruma! — Etkä oo!

   I'm so-o ugly! — No, you are not!

   Oo nyt vähän aikaa paikallas!

   Be still for a moment, will you!

• ole (standard)

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈoː/, [ˈoː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈoː/, [ˈo̝ː]
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: oo

oo

1. inflection of olla:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122

From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

• IPA^(key): /u/, /uː/

oo (emphatic uss)

1. you (singular, informal)

An apocopic form of oon; compare an.

• ho, o
• a (Early Middle English, Northern)

• IPA^(key): /ɔː/
• (early) IPA^(key): /ɑː/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /aː/

oo

1. one
   • c. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe's Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 11:1:

     Forſoþe þe erþe was of oo lip, and of þe ſame wordis.

     Truly the earth was of one tongue, and of the same words.

• Scots: ae
• Yola: o, o'

oo

1. (rare) one

• Scots: ae

oo

1. (rare) first

• “ō̆, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

A rendering of Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection).

oo

1. Alternative form of O.

Cognates include Minica Huitoto o and Nüpode Huitoto o.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔː]
• Hyphenation: oo

oo

1. you

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 201
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 157

oo

1. oh!

   "Oo, yay," ikido, "azhigwa onjigaawan iniw mitigoon."

   "Oh, my," she said, "those trees are running now."

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/oo-pc-disc

• IPA^(key): /u/

From Old English wull.

oo (plural oos or oose)

1. wool
2. (in the plural) fluff

From we; of Old English origin.

oo (personal pronoun, non-emphatic)

1. (South Scots) we
2. (South Scots) us

oo

1. that
2. and (in verb and adjective constructions)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həqə (“yes; expression of agreement”).[1] Compare Palawan Batak ee, Cebuano oo, Hiligaynon hoo, and Tausug huun.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔoʔo/ [ˈʔo.ʔo]
    • Rhymes: -oʔo
    • Syllabification: o‧o
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔuʔo/ [ˈʔu.ʔo] (dialectal)
    • Rhymes: -uʔo
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔəʔə/ [ˈʔə.ʔə] (relaxed)

oo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)

1. (informal) yes

   Synonym: (Bataan) ao

   Antonym: hindi

• The term opo and oho is used instead as an honorific when talking to elders, superiors, or even strangers to show politeness.
• The relaxed pronunciation can also be used to denote that the listener is still listening or is still interested in what the speaker is saying. (backchanneling)

• huo — Rizal

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoʔoʔ/ [ˈʔo.ʔoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔoʔ
• Syllabification: o‧o

oò (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)

1. (colloquial) feces; excrement; dung

   Synonyms: tae, (formal, euphemistic) dumi, (slang) jebs, (slang) ebak, (childish) pupu, (of fowl) ipot

• umoo

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈʔoʔ/ [ʔoˈʔoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: o‧o

oô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜂ)

1. Obsolete form of uo.

• “oo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “oo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

oo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

oo

1. (anatomy) head

• òwò

• IPA^(key): /òò/

òò

1. (Ekiti) business, trade

   Synonym: ajé

From Proto-Yoruba *-wó, from Proto-Edekiri *-wó, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *-ɓó. Compare with Ifè wówo, Itsekiri wó, Olukumi wó, Ede Nago wo, and Igala wójì.

• wúwo (Standard Yoruba)
• wówo (Oǹdó, Owé, and Ìjẹ̀bú)
• wó (Eastern Àkókó)

• IPA^(key): /óō/

óo

1. (Ekiti) to be heavy

   Synonym: rìn (Ikale)

   erù í mọ̀ óo

   This load is certainly heavy

• ùóo (“state of heaviness”)