ao

ao (not comparable)

1. Initialism of amongst/among/and others.

Borrowed from Japanese あお (ao).

ao (uncountable)

1. grue ("blue or green", considered one color)

• OA

Borrowed from Tikopia ao.

ao

1. day (period of 24 hours)
2. day (period between sunrise and sunset)

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Proto-Central Naga *wa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ɢʷra (“to go”).

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˧.u˧/, [a˧.u˧]

ao

1. (Chungli) to go

From Proto-Central Naga *r-hwaʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa.

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˥.uʔ˩/, [a˥.uʔ˩]

ao

1. a kind of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 87, 183
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 19
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, pages 94, 124

ao

1. alternative form of aoa

• aotsi

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔa:w, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaawʔ (“upper garment”). Cognates include Vietnamese áo, Khmer អាវ (aau), Muong ảo.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːw/

ao

1. shirt

• IPA^(key): /aɔ̯/

ao

1. hair

Compare Yuri ato (“father”).

ao

1. father

• Seifart and Echeverri, Evidence for the Identification of Carabayo, the Language of an Uncontacted People of the Colombian Amazon, as Belonging to the Tikuna–Yurí Linguistic Family, PLoS ONE 9(4) (2014)

ao

1. genitive singular of agu

ao

1. water

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

• ó
• al (Galician-Asturian)

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + masculine definite article o (“the”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: ao

ao m (feminine á, masculine plural aos, feminine plural ás)

1. contraction of a (“to/towards”) +‎ o m sg (“the”)

   A xente da miña lan donde ha de ir ao Xubileu ?

   Where will the people of my area go to the Jubilee?

• “o”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ao”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• IPA^(key): /ˈao̯/, [ˈɐo̯]

From Proto-Polynesian *qaho (“day”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw, from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw (“day”). Cognate with Tagalog araw.

ao

1. light
2. daylight
3. day
4. dawn

• hoʻāo (“marry”, verb)
• naʻauao (“enlightened”)
• Keaopō

• awatea (“midday”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Compare Māori ao (“world”).

ao

1. world
3. earth

• ao holoʻokoʻa (“universe”)

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic *qaʀoq. Cognate with Māori ao.

ao

1. cloud

• aokū (“raincloud”)
• aouli (“sky”)

• ao in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

ao

1. dominant spelling of ahó

ao

1. Rōmaji transcription of あお

ao

1. (intransitive) go in, enter

ao

1. nonstandard spelling of āo
2. nonstandard spelling of áo
3. nonstandard spelling of ǎo
4. nonstandard spelling of ào

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

-ao (declinable)

1. alternative form of -awo (“their”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈao/ [ˈɐɔ]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw (compare Tagalog araw).

ao

1. daytime

   Synonyms: rā, rangi

ao

1. world

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Hawaiian ao).

ao

1. cloud

• “ao” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
• Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 14-5

ao

1. clothing, clothes

Cognate with Old Tupi aoba.

• IPA^(key): [aˈo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: a‧o

ao

1. clothes

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “ao”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 15, column 1

• ò (archaic)

• Audio (Brazil (São Paulo)):

  (file)

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ao

ao (feminine à, masculine plural aos, feminine plural às)

2. contraction of a (“to”) +‎ o m sg (“the”)

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ao.

From Proto-Polynesian *ao (“to scoop up”). Cognates include Tokelauan ao and Māori ao.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.o/
• Hyphenation: a‧o

ao

1. (transitive) to serve (food)

• Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 395

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Tagalog araw).

ao

1. day

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Hawaiian ao).

ao

1. cloud

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-ao (declinable)

1. their (third-person plural animate possessive adjective)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʔo/ [ˈʔaː.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -aʔo
• Syllabification: a‧o

ao (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜂ) (Bataan, informal)

1. yes (said for emotional emphasis)

   Synonym: oo nga

   Antonym: hindi

• OA

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.o]

ao

1. planks for a canoe

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.o]
• Hyphenation: a‧o

From Proto-Polynesian *qaho. Cognates include Hawaiian ao and Samoan ao.

ao

1. daylight
2. daytime

ao

1. (intransitive) to be daylight

From Proto-Polynesian *qao. Cognates include Hawaiian ao and Samoan ao.

ao

1. cloud

From Proto-Polynesian *ao. Cognates include Māori ao and Samoan ao.

ao

1. (transitive) to gather

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao. Cognates include Māori ao and Samoan ao.

ao

1. (intransitive) to be good at gathering food

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao (“authority”). Cognates include Tahitian ao (“heaven”) and Samoan ao (“chief”).

ao

1. head, chief

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

ao

1. (transitive) to shape (wood)

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ao. Cognates include Tahitian ao and Tuvaluan ao.

ao

1. A grossly misformed coconut without any flesh or juice inside.

• tama

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 2

• IPA^(key): /a.o/

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Hawaiian ao).

ao

1. cloud

• aoaofia

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

ao

1. headdress
2. front of an island

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaːw˧˧]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 澳 (“bay, inlet”, SV: áo). Compare Thai อ่าว (àao), Khmer អាវ (ʼaaw).

(classifier cái) ao • (㘭, 坳, 泑, 𪵲, 𬇚)

1. pond
   • Nguyễn Khuyến, "Thu điếu (Autumn Fishing)"

     Ao thu lạnh lẽo; nuớc trong veo;
     Một chiếc thuyền câu bé tẻo teo;

     The cold autumn pond; the clear water;
     A tiny, itsy-bitsy, fishing boat;

   • 1686 Matsuo Bashō, Haru no Hi, "No. 41"; 2007 Vietnamese translation by Nhật Chiêu; English translation by Reginald Horace Blyth

     Ao cũ, con ếch nhảy vào, vang tiếng nước xao.

     The old pond; A frog jumps in — The sound of the water.

ao • (呦)

1. to measure roughly, to measure approximately

• Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “ao”, in Việt–Việt‎^[5] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024

• awó
• aghó

• IPA^(key): /ā.ó/

aó

1. (Ekiti) Ekiti form of awó (“guinea fowl; (in particular) Western crested guineafowl”)

   Synonyms: ẹtù, etù

Cognate with Igala àwó, Olukumi awó, Itsekiri éwó, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *à-wó, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *à-wó

• àwó (Ọ̀wọ̀)

• IPA^(key): /à.ó/

àó

1. (Ekiti) slap

   Synonyms: ìfọ́tí, àbàtàó, àbàrá, ìgbátí

• àbàtàó

• awo

• IPA^(key): /ā.ō/

ao

1. (Ekiti) alternative form of awo (“secret, that which is secretive”)

   Synonyms: àṣírí, ohun ìkọ̀kọ̀

2. (Ekiti) alternative form of awo (“cult, sect; especially pertaining to Ifa or the Ifa oracle”)
3. (Ekiti) alternative form of awo (“the worship of Ifá”)
4. (Ekiti) alternative form of awo (“priest of Ifá or Ọrúnmìlà”)

   Synonyms: babaláo, aláo, ọlị́fá

5. (Ekiti, by extension) alternative form of awo (“respected member of a guild; especially one of musicians and dramatists”)
6. (Ekiti) a prefix in given names and surnames used by Ifa priests and their descendants

• babaláo, aláo (Ifa priest)
• ulé-ao (“traditional Ifa temple or shrine”)
• Aóòláyì
• Aóòláyè (“a Yoruba name meaning "The Ifa oracle does not lie"”)
• Ọlọ́fịnṣao (“a Yoruba name meaning "Olofin worships Ifa"”)

• Ịfá
• ilé-awo

Compare with Ifè àwò

• IPA^(key): /à.ō/

ào

1. (Ekiti) Ekiti form of àwo (“plate”)

   Synonyms: tánganran, aféfe

From a- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ò (“to look”)

• uò

• IPA^(key): /ā.ò/

aò

1. (Ekiti) Ekiti form of awò (“lens”)

   Synonym: aò-ojú

• aò-ojú (“glasses”)