apo

apo

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ambul terms

apo (not comparable)

1. (biochemistry, of a protein) In an inactive, unbound state
   • 2009 January 30, Robert B. Best, Gerhard Hummer, “BIOCHEMISTRY: Unfolding the Secrets of Calmodulin”, in Science‎^[1]:

     In this scenario, unbound proteins are predominantly in the ligand-free ("apo") structure.

apo (plural apos)

1. (biochemistry) Clipping of apolipoprotein.

• apo koinou

• POA, Pa-O, PAO, AOP, poa, OPA, OAP, Pao, Pa'O

apó

1. or

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
• “apo”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “apo”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3]

• hơpo

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔmpəw, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mp(ɔ)ʔ (“to dream”); cognate with Halang hơpô, Koho mpao, Semai mpo, Pacoh apo/mpo, Old Mon 'ampo' (modern Mon လ္ပံ (kəpɔˀ)), Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] enfūa.

• IPA^(key): /ʔapɔː/

apo

1. to dream

• IPA^(key): /apo/ [a.po]
• Rhymes: -apo, -o
• Hyphenation: a‧po

Perhaps from Spanish sapo, with simplification of los sapos to los apos. Alternatively, both words might have the same Pre-Roman origin.

apo anim

1. toad

• igel

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

apo inan

1. hoof

• “apo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “apo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

• Hyphenation: a‧po
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpo/ [ʔɐˈpo]

apó

1. grandchild

apó

1. to have a grandchild or grandchildren

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔapoʔ/ [ˈʔa.poʔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧po

apò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)

1. grandparent
2. goblin

   Synonym: duwende

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

apo

1. grandchild

From English apple.

apo

1. (Alo) apple

• pomo (Sigave)

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

apó

1. grandchild

ápò

1. grandfather

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

apo

1. grandchild

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

• Hyphenation: a‧po
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpo/, [ʔɐˈpu]

apó

1. (usually endearing, familiar) grandparent
2. (usually endearing, familiar) master; mistress
3. sir; madam
4. grandchild

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈapo/ [ˈa.po]
• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: a‧po

apo (plural apo-apo)

1. (dialectal) flat-topped hills

• “apo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.po/
• Rhymes: -apo
• Hyphenation: à‧po

apo

1. alternative form of appo

• poa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpo/ [ʔʌˈpo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: a‧po

apó (plural ap-apo)

1. grandchild
2. A respectful term of address to a person of higher rank or position; sir, madam

From Proto-Cariban *apô; compare Apalaí apo, Trió apë, Wayana apë, Waiwai apo, Akawaio apö, Pemon apue, Ye'kwana ajö, Yao (South America) iapelly.

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [aːpo]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [aʔpo]

apo (possessed apory)

1. arm

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[4], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 232
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “apo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 91; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[5], Paris, 1956, page 92

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

apo

1. grandchild

Ghost variant of apiō by back formation from its ambiguous infinitive (apere) and participle (aptus). Given as the lemma (or as an alternative lemma) by some dictionaries.

apō (present infinitive apere, supine aptum); third conjugation, no perfect stem

1. alternative form of apiō

• “apo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).

apo m

1. ape

• Middle Low German: āpe
  • Low German: Ape
  • German Low German: Aap
  • Plautdietsch: Op

apo m

1. nominative singular of apa (“ap (root)”)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”). Outside of Austronesian, compare Proto-Tai *pɯwᴮ (“paternal grandfather”) (whence Thai ปู่ (bpùu, “paternal grandfather”)).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpo/ [ʔɐˈpo] (“grandchild”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -o
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔapoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.poʔ], (obsolete) /ˈʔapo/ [ˈʔaː.po] (“grandparent; ancestor; master; boss”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -apoʔ
• Syllabification: a‧po

apó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)

1. grandchild

   Synonym: (obsolete) apong totoo

apò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)

1. grandparent

   Synonyms: (male) lolo, (female) lola, (dialectal) nuno

2. ancestor

   Synonyms: nuno, ninuno, kanuno-nunuan

3. master

   Synonyms: amo, panginoon

4. boss; chief

   Synonyms: puno, hepe

• “apo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “apo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*apu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 303

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

apó

1. grandchild

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

apo

1. grandchild

Cognate with Igala ákpó

• IPA^(key): /ā.k͡pó/

apó

1. quiver

   ikú ọdẹ ń bẹ nínú apó ― What will be the death of the hunter is lurking inside the quiver

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pò/

àpò

1. The tree Cola acuminata, the kola nut comes from this plant

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pò/

àpò

1. pocket, pouch, bag, pod
2. two hundred naira