'o

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o" and ʻo

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɔ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *ʔaˑ, and therefore cognate with Navajo -ʼĄ́, Ahtna ʼaa.

Root

'o

  1. a compact object exists, is in position
Stem set
Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Momentaneous 'oyh 'onh 'oɬ 'o'
Perambulative 'oyh 'onh 'oyh 'oyh
Neuter 'onh o' 'oɬ 'oɬ
Persistive 'ox 'ox 'ox 'ox
Progressive 'oɬ
Derived terms

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 51-56

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *ʔaˑŋʔ, and therefore cognate with Navajo -ʼĄĄD.

Root

'o

  1. to reach a limit
Stem set
Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Momentaneous 'oyh 'onh 'o
Momentaneous 'oyh 'on' 'oɬ 'oɬ
Derived terms

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 56

Etymology 3

From Proto-Athabaskan *ʔaˑʷ, and therefore cognate with Navajo -ʼÁ.

Root

'o

  1. a linear object or landform extends
Stem set
Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Neuter 'o 'o' 'oɬ 'o'
Momentaneous 'oyh 'o' 'oɬ 'o'
Transitional 'o'
Customary 'oyh 'ok 'oyh 'oyh
Derived terms

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 58-59

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

  • lo, o (apostrophe-free orthography)

Etymology

From Old Neapolitan lo, ultimately from Latin illud. Compare Italian lo.

Pronunciation

Article

'o

  1. the

Pronoun

'o

  1. him (accusative)
  2. it (accusative)

Coordinate terms

Neapolitan personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive possessive prepositional
singular first person io me mìo, mìa, miéje, mèje me, méne
second
person
familiar tu te tùjo, tója, tuóje, tòje te, téne
formal vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third
person
n ésso 'o (lo) lle se sùjo, sója, suóje, sòje ésso
m ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) lle, lli ìsso
f éssa 'a (la) lle éssa
plural first person nuje nce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second person vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third
person
n éssa (llòro) 'a (la) lle (llòro) se llòro (invariable) éssa (llòro)
m ìsse (llòro) 'e, 'i (le, li) lle, lli (llòro) ìsse (llòro)
f ésse (llòro) 'e (le) lle (llòro) ésse (llòro)

See also

O'odham

Verb

'o

  1. auxiliary verb
    Gogs 'o hi꞉nk.
    The dog is/was barking.

Verb

'o

  1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of 'o

Usage notes

Not to be confused with o, the future marker.

See also

O'odham auxiliary
singular plural
imperfective perfective imperfective perfective
first person long 'añ 'ant 'ac 'att
short ñ nt c tt
second person long 'ap 'apt 'am 'amt
short p pt m mt
third person long 'o 'at 'o 'at
short t t

References

Samoan

Particle

'o

  1. Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative