abo

abo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Abon.

• Abo

1922, clipping of aborigine.

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.əʉ/, enPR: ă'bō

  • Audio (AU)

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• (UK) enPR: ă'bō, IPA^(key): /ˈæb.əʊ/
• (US) enPR: ă'bō, IPA^(key): /ˈæb.oʊ/
• Rhymes: -æbəʊ

abo (plural abos)

1. (Australia, offensive, ethnic slur, slang) An aborigine; aboriginal. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]

• AOB, BAO, Bao, OAB, OBA, Oba., a.o.b., bao, boa, oba

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.

abo

1. ash

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbo/, [ʔaˈbo]
• Hyphenation: a‧bo

abó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜓ)

1. ash (the solid remains of a fire), cinder
2. tephra; volcanic ash
3. (color) grey

Compare Cebuano & Tagalog ubo.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbo/, [ʔaˈbo]
• Hyphenation: a‧bo

abó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜓ)

1. cough

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔabo/, [ˈʔa.bo]
• Hyphenation: a‧bo

abo (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜓ)

1. tigertooth croaker (Otolithes ruber)

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

• Hyphenation: a‧bo
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbo/, [ʔʌˈbo]

abó

1. ash; the solid remains of a fire
2. tephra; volcanic ash

abó

1. to turn into ash (by burning)

Clipping of abonnement.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.boː/
• Hyphenation: abo

abo n (plural abo's)

1. (Netherlands, informal) subscription

Clipping of aboriginaali

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑbo/, [ˈɑ̝bo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑbo
• Syllabification^(key): a‧bo

abo

1. abo

• “abo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• boa

abo

1. father
2. paternal aunt

abo

1. grandmother

• ambigipa (formal)
• ambitang (formal)
• ambi

• IPA^(key): /ā.bò/

• Audio (Nigeria)

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abò (plural abò lɛ́ or abò lẹ́)

1. room

   Synonyms: xɔ̀, họ̀

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

abó

1. ash

abó (diminutive abó-ábo)

1. to turn into ash

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

ábo

1. lazy

ábo

1. A type of small fish that is said to be lazy

abô

1. an exclamation that denotes aversion, contempt, or negation, equivalent to fie

From Portuguese vós.

abo

1. you

abo

1. leopard, tiger, big cat

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

• abol

Proto-Slavic *abo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɔ/

abo

1. or

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “abo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “abo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Inherited from Old Polish abo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈabɔ]
• Syllabification: a‧bo

abo

1. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true; or

abo

1. Disjunctive and emphasis particle.
2. Introduces a rhetorical question.

• Erwin Kruk, editor (November 2011), “abo”, in Mały Słownik Gwary Mazurskiej [A Small Dictionary of the Masurian Dialect], archived from the original on 2023-08-11
• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), “abo”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 109
• Günter Donder (2011) Kleines masurisches Wörterbuch mit Lesestücken und einen Tonträger‎ (in German), archived from the original on 2023-12-10

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *abo. First attested in 1427.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /abɔ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /abɔ/

abo

1. or
2. because

   Synonyms: abociem, abojem, abowiem, albo

• Masurian: abo
• Polish: abo
• Silesian: abo

• K. Nitsch, editor (1953), “abo”, in Słownik staropolski (in Old Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 8

• bo (synonym)

From Portuguese vós and Spanish vos and Kabuverdianu abo.

abo

1. you (second person singular).

Inherited from Old Polish abo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɔ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -abɔ
• Syllabification: a‧bo

abo

1. (archaic or Poznań) or

   Synonyms: albo, bądź, czy, lub

• abo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• abo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “abo”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
• “ABO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 23.01.2023
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “abo, alibo, albo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 1, page 3
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “abo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abo”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 3

abo

1. first-person singular present indicative of abar

Inherited from Old Polish abo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɔ/
• Rhymes: -abɔ
• Syllabification: a‧bo

abo

1. or

   Synonym: lub

2. or else!

abo

1. Introduces a tag question; right? isn't it?

   Synonyms: ja, niy, pra, prŏwda

• abo in silling.org
• Barbara Podgórska; Adam Podgóski (2008), “abo”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 23

From Proto-Central Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

• Hyphenation: a‧bo
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbo/, [ʔɐˈbo]

abó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓ)

1. ash

   Synonym: senisa

2. (color) gray

   Synonyms: abuhin, malaabo, malamaya, senisado

3. tephra

abó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓ)

1. reduced to ashes
2. gray; ash-colored
3. pulverized

• “abo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*qabu”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.bo]

abo

1. (transitive) to hack off, chop

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

abo

1. Interjection expressing shock.

• → Swedish: abow

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “abo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

• IPA^(key): [ˈabɔ]

Proto-Slavic *abo.

abo

1. either... or

   abo...abo ― either...or

Clipping of abonement.

abo m or n

1. (colloquial) subscription

   Synonym: abonement

• “abo” in Soblex

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bo/

abo

1. (stative) to be wounded, to have a wound

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

abo

1. (Loli) to scoop, to scoop up with cupped hands

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010), “abo”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat

• IPA^(key): [âːɓo]

âbo

1. those; class 2 distal demonstrative.

• IPA^(key): /à.bó/

àbó

1. (Ekiti, Ondo) younger sibling

   Synonym: àbúrò

• IPA^(key): /ā.bō/

abo

1. female, feminine
2. woman

   Synonym: obìnrin

a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ bò (“to cover”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.bò/

abò

1. canopy, normally used to conceal the coming of a king

• IPA^(key): /à.bō/

àbo

1. surprise, puzzlement

   ọ̀rọ̀ yẹ́n mú mi ní àbo ― The matter took me by surprise

2. A charm said to neutralize sensibility

   àbo mí mú un ― My charm caught him and caused him to behave irrationally

• IPA^(key): /à.bō/

àbo

1. A tree of species Annona senegalensis

   Synonym: èpo