lo

Abbreviation of English Lao, from Lao ລາວ (lāo).

lo

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lao terms

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /loʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophones: low, Lowe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.

lo

1. (archaic except in the phrase lo and behold) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest‎^[3], act III, scene ii:

     Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.

   • 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1:

     Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
     Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
     And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
     The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.

   • first published 1611, reprinted c. 1900, The Bible, King James version, Luke 15:29:

     [...], Lo, these many years do I serve thee, [...].

   • 1925, Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original by Luo Guanzhong:

     Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 588:

     "Tambi will be here in..." He computed carefully. "... in exactly twenty seconds." And, lo, Tambi appeared at that very moment.

• See Thesaurus:lo

• lo and behold

Variant of low.

lo (not comparable)

1. Informal spelling of low.

• hi
• mid

lo

1. Clipping of hello.

• 'lo, 'llo

Clipping of location.

lo (plural los)

1. (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of location.

   Ayo, send me your lo.

lo

1. Alternative form of lol.

• lo-lo

Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 / 啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.

• loh

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [ˈloː˧˨]

lo

1. (Singlish, Manglish, rare or in set phrases) Sentence-final particle denoting finality or completion.

   Synonyms: (Singlish) liao, already

• lo hei

• -ol, OL, Ol., ol, ol'

• (Myanmar) /lɔ˧/
• (Lianghe) [lo³¹]
• (Longchuan) [lo³¹]

lo

1. child

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[4], Payap University, page 72

lo

1. him (direct object)

• llo (archaic)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illud, neuter of ille.

lo n sg (masculine el, feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. (definite) the

lo

1. it (third-person singular neuter direct pronoun)

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

• IPA^(key): /lo/ [lo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: lo

lo inan

1. sleep

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

• (Central) IPA^(key): /lu/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /lo/
• Rhymes: -o

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille.

lo (enclitic, contracted 'l, proclitic el, contracted proclitic l')

1. him (direct object)

• -lo is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩.

  Has d'ajudar-lo. ― You have to help him.

Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

lo m (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. (archaic or dialectal) the (definite article)

   Synonym: (standard) el

   Tirant lo Blanc. ― Tirant the White.

Spanish lo.

lo

1. (proscribed, Castilianism, colloquial) neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the, that which is. The neutral “lo” is not considered standard in Catalan, and el or other alternatives are used instead.

   Farem lo (el que sigui/allò) necessari ― We will do what is necessary.

   Lo (El) més important ― The most important thing.

   Lo bonic que és. (Com de bonic que és / Tan bonic que és). ― How beautiful it is.

• “lo”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “lo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “lo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “lo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

lo

1. I

lo

1. (neologism, mostly in compounds) Lolita fashion

   lo娘  ―  lo niáng  ―  a girl who regularly dresses in lolita fashion

Inherited from Old Cornish loe, from Proto-Brythonic *lluɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *leigā. Cognate with Breton loa (Vannes dialect loé, lui) and Welsh llwy.

• IPA^(key): [loː]

lo f (plural loyow)

1. spoon

lo

1. past of le

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo lo, Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan ló, all probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (“revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan”).^[1][2]

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lo f (plural lo's, no diminutive)

1. (chiefly Suriname) matrilineal clan within a Maroon tribe
   • 2023 August 28, Samuel Wens, “Saramaccaners hebben naast Aboikoni nu ook Banai als granman [In addition to Aboikoni, Saramaccans now also have Banai as paramount chief]”, in De Ware Tijd‎^[5], retrieved 6 January 2024:

     Stefanus Poeketi, kapitein van Dawme en voorzitter van de ‘Twaalfoe Lo’, stelde dat de functie van granman niet uitsluitend door één lo zal worden uitgeoefend. Hij kondigde aan dat notarieel vastgelegd zal worden dat het ‘granmanschap’ gaat rouleren onder de twaalf lo’s van de Saramaccaanse stam.

     Stefanus Poeketi, village chief of Dawme and chairman of the 'Twaalfoe Lo', stated that the position of paramount chief will not be held exclusively by one clan. He announced that it will be notarially certified that the 'paramount chieftaincy' will rotate among the twelve clans of the Saramaccan tribe.

• IPA^(key): /lo/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: lo

lo (accusative singular lo-on, plural lo-oj, accusative plural lo-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin script letter L/l.

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Inherited from Latin illum.

• le

lo m (prevocalic l', feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. the (masculine singular definite article)

lo m (prevocalic l') (ORB, broad)

1. him, it (third-person singular masculine accusative)

• le [1] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• lo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

lo (Old Dauphinois)

1. alternative form of lop (“wolf”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “lŭpus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 457

lo (Old Dauphinois)

1. alternative form of lèc (“lake”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “lacus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 126

See o. Compare Portuguese lo.

lo m sg (feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)

1. alternative form of o (“the”, masculine singular)

   Para seres forte debes come-lo caldo.

   You must eat the broth for growing strong.

The l- forms of article are compulsorily used after the preposition por and adverb u. It is optional when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, after unstressed pronouns nos, vos and lles (when they are enclitic) of ambos, entrambos, todos, tras and copulative conjunction (e mais and tonic pronouns vós and nós followed by a numerical precision).

• la
• o

lo m (accusative)

1. alternative form of o (“him”)

The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word.

• la
• no
• o

Back-formation from co (“this”), to (“that”), based on la (“the”), ol (“it”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /lo/, /lɔ/

lo

1. referring to a previous sentence or phrase, i.e. a fact rather than an object; it, the

   Il esas mortinta de tri monati, e vu ne savas lo!

   He's been dead for three months, and you didn't know it (that he's been dead for three months)!

Borrowed from Betawi Kota lo (“you”), from Hokkien 汝 (lú). Doublet of lu.

lo

1. (chiefly Jakarta, colloquial) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

   Oke, kalau lo baper, yuk cabut.^[1] ― OK, if you are sensitive, let's go!

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

• anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• coen (slang, East Java)
• ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• kamu (intimate)
• ko, kowe (informal, Java)
• kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
• lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

lo

1. alternative spelling of loh

lo

1. alternative spelling of loh

• “lo”, 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

lo

1. it, that (direct object)

   Tu lo audi? – Do you hear it?

• illo

• IPA^(key): ^°/lo/^°, /lo/^°[1]
  • Hyphenation: lo
• IPA^(key): (many dialects) /o/^°
• Rhymes: -o

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *(il)lu, from Latin illum, illud, by dropping il- and -m. ^[2] Cognate with Sicilian lu.

lo m sg (plural gli)

1. the form of il that is used before the so-called impure consonants, that is, s+consonant (impure s), gn, pn, ps, x, y, or z, and before i+vocal; before a vowel it becomes l'; the

   l’osso ― the bone

   lo stato ― the state

   lo zio ― the uncle

   lo ione ― the ion

Inherited from Latin illum.

• -lo (enclitic)

lo m sg (plural li, female la)

1. (accusative) him

   Lo conosci? ― Do you know him?

2. (accusative) it, this or that thing

   Synonym: ciò

   Quando te lo diedi. ― When I gave it to you.

lo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ろ゚
2. Rōmaji transcription of ロ゚

lo

1. to go

   Synonyms: kako, attu

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “lo”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 60

Inherited from Old Spanish lo (“the; him; it”). As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

lo (Hebrew spelling לו)^[1]

1. accusative of el
   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[6], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 10:

     Delantre de ti io mi orgolio abato
     I mi corason lo razgo con kevranto¹)

     I suppress my pride before you, and my heart tears it with despair.

lo

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the; that (which is)
   • 2008, Matilda Gini Barnatán, Viviana Rajel Barnatán, Darío Meta Barnatán, La ija i la madre komo la unya i la karne‎^[7], Ibersaf Editores, →ISBN, page 69:

     Agora soltanto
     So reflekto de Tu Brilyo
     Yo no me demando
     Sospiro
     Mirando en lo Alto
     So felis
     Dunke bivo…

     Now letting go, I am [an] image of your radiance, I wonder not; I sigh, looking above, I am happy, therefore I live…

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [lɔ˧˧]
• Hyphenation: lo

lo

1. (auxiliary) Used to mark a change of state towards an achieved action.
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 1:3 [Genesis 1:3]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎^[8], page 2:

     Mangsoo gi «Booˮ bang buiˮ weʼ» ga꞉ langˮ booˮ bang bueˮ lo.

     God [be like] «Light, happen!», so light happened.

• Mark Wannemacher (2011), A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[9], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 29
• Hkaw Luk (2017), A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[10], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 73

Inherited from Proto-Loloish *ʔ-l(y)a¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꉐꆂ (hxa nie), Burmese လျှာ (hlya), S'gaw Karen ပျ့ၤ (plaȳ), Tedim Chin lei², Drung pvlai, Chepang ले (le).

• IPA^(key): [ɮo³³]

lo

1. (Yao'an) tongue

Derived from French l' (“the”) + French eau (“water”), with the definite article re-analyzed as part of the noun.

• IPA^(key): /lo/
• Rhymes: -o

lo

1. alternative form of dolo (“water; body of water; tear”)

• Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole (1998), →ISBN

From a merger of several Proto-Athabaskan roots. Cognate with Ahtna laa.

lo

1. A classificatory stem for plural objects and singular rope-like objects; many extended meanings, including washing and singing

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	la	lo	laɬ	laɬ
Momentaneous (l-classifier)	lya	lyo	lyaɬ	lyaɬ
Neuter	lo	lo'	loɬ	lo'
Neuter (l-classifier)	lyo	lyo'	—	—
Customary	liyh, layh	liyh, layh	liyh, layh	liyh, layh
Customary (l-classifier)	lyiyh, lyayh	lyiyh, lyayh	lyiyh, layh	lyiyh, lyayh
Neuter-customary	loyh	loyh	loyh	loyh
Transitional	—	lyo'	—	—
Progressive	laɬ	—	—	—
Distributive	la'	lo	la'	la'
Reversitative	lax	lo	lax	lax
Persistive	lax	lax	lax	lax

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 283-292

From Proto-Athabaskan *laˑ.

lo

1. to be abundant, many, true

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	lonh	lo'	—	—
Transitional	—	lo'	loɬ	—

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 282-283

• IPA^(key): /loː/

lo

1. alternative form of elo

lo

1. rotten, spoiled

lo (lo⁵ / lo⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咯

lo

1. nonstandard spelling of lō

Inherited from Old Dutch *lō.

lô f or n

1. clearing in a forest

• lôon

• Dutch: lo (obsolete outside toponyms)

• “loo”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “loo”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page loo

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *law.

lo

1. Negative particle; placed after a verb to negate it

• IPA^(key): /lo/

lo

1. alternative form of 'o

lo n (definite singular loet, uncountable)

1. lint

• loe

lo

1. past of le

• IPA^(key): /luː/

Compare with Icelandic ló. May have something to do with Old Norse lagðr.

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. woollen hairs that shed off knitted or woven fabrics

• lòden

Derived from Old Norse ló, lóa.

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. any of various birds of the family Charadriidae, the plovers and dotterels

Inherited from Old Norse lóð f or n.

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. (agriculture) a harvested (especially grain), that has been cut but not threshed
2. (agriculture, collective) grain, husk and straw
3. (agriculture) a grain harvest
4. (agriculture, collective) hay

Inherited from Old Norse ló f or n (“a clearing in the forest; meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m.

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. Used in placenames: meadow

   Synonyms: grasslette, eng

Derived from Dutch and/or Middle Low German.

lo m (definite singular loen, indefinite plural loar, definite plural loane)

1. (nautical) part of a vessel whose side faces the wind

• lovart

• le

lo (singular and plural lo)

1. located or situated on the windy side

• luv (Bokmål)

Derived from Middle Low German lot (genitive lodes). Doublet of lodd.

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. a shotgun shell

• torelo f

Akin to Icelandic löð.

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. (tools) a nail header (used by a blacksmith in production of iron nails)

• saumlo
• spikarlo

Unknown.

lo n (definite singular loet, indefinite plural lo, definite plural loa)

1. natural fertilizer
2. dung

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lo

1. past tense of le

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lo

1. imperative of loa and loe

• “lo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• LO, OL, ol, o.l.

• lou (Mistralian)
• le (Toulouse, Massat)
• eth (Gascon)
• o, řo (País mentonasc)

Inherited from Old Occitan lo, from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum.

• IPA^(key): [lu]

• Audio (Béarn):

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lo (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)

1. the; masculine singular definite article

• In the Provençal dialect, the masculine and feminine plural is lei.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum; compare Old Occitan lo.

lo

1. (9th and 10th centuries) alternative form of le; masculine singular oblique definite article

lo

1. (9th and 10th centuries) alternative form of le; masculine singular object pronoun

lo

1. alternative form of o

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu from Latin illum.

Compare Old French lo.

lo (feminine la)

1. the; masculine singular definite article

• Occitan: lo

As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese o.

lo

1. accusative of el
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:

     Sant iuã euangeliſta fo de bethſaẏda. e p̃dico en aſia de pues lo fizo penar domiciari^g[sic] el emꝑador de roma. mãdo lo met̃ en una cuba dolio firuient.

     Saint John [the] Evangelist was from Bethsaida, and he preached in Asia. And then Domitian the emperor of Rome had him condemned, [so] he ordered he be put into a vat of boiling oil.

   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 89r.:

     Et ſi la muelen ⁊ traen los poluos della sobre uaſos o otra manera alguna de plata, o de metal, faz lo claro ⁊ muy fremoſo. ⁊ eſſo miſmo faz alas eſpadas ⁊ alos cuchielos, ^[sic] ⁊ demas aguza los.

     And if they grind it and use the dust on cups or other silver or metalware, it makes it shiny and beautiful. And it does the same with swords and knives, and it also sharpens them.

2. accusative of ello

lo

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the; that (which is)
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 41v:

     Aplegos el Reẏ […] diſçrael adacab Reẏ đ iħrɫm. e fueron en ſemble e dixo el Reẏ diſrɫ al Reẏ de iħrɫm uaẏamos aramot galaad q̃ es ẏ él Reẏ de ſyria elidiemos é prender loemos. e dixo ioſaphat el Reẏ de iħrɫm ẏo ire cõtigo lo mẏo tuẏo eſ. el mio pueblo tuẏo es. emios cauallos tuẏos.

     The king […] of Israel approached Ahab, king of Jerusalem. And they came together, and the king of Israel said to the king of Jerusalem, “Let us go to Ramoth-Gilead, for the king of Syria is there, and let us fight and we will capture him.” And Jehoshaphat the king of Jerusalem said, “I will go with you. What is mine is yours. My people are yours, and my horses are yours.”

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “lo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 308

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

• IPA^(key): /lo, ɽo/

lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)

1. that agr: distal mascunline singular pronoun

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “lo”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[11], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /lo, ɽo/

lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)

1. it
2. he distal mascunline pronoun

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “lo”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[12], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Derived from Portuguese logo (“soon”) and Spanish luego (“soon; later”).

lo

1. shall; will; indicates the future tense of a verb.

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔ]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈlʲɔ]

lo

1. (Poznań, Przemyśl) alternative form of dla (“for”)

• Waldemar Wierzba (2013), “lo”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 132
• Aleksander Saloni (1899), “lo”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎^[13] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 241

See o.

• Hyphenation: lo

lo

1. alternative form of o (third-person masculine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary

   Contá-lo (contar) ― To tell it.

   Contámo-lo (contamos) ― We told it.

   Fi-lo (fiz) ― I did it.

   Tem-lo (tens) ― You have it.

• no (following a nasal vowel), o (following an oral vowel)

See Template:Portuguese personal pronouns for further pronouns.

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lad

Inherited from Latin lātus.

lo m (feminine singular loa, masculine plural los, feminine plural loas)

1. (Sutsilvan) wide, broad

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
• (Puter, Vallader) larg

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: lo

lo

1. by, at, on
2. to
3. for

• Barbara Podgórska; Adam Podgóski (2008), “lo”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian dialects] (in Polish), Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 159

lo

1. ground

• A Grammar Sketch of Sougb, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

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lo

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

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lo

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

Inherited from Old Spanish lo (“the; him; it”). As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

• IPA^(key): /lo/ [lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: lo

lo

1. accusative of él and usted (when referring to a man), and a variant of ello in many constructions; him, you (formal), it, that

   "¿Ves al hombre?" "Lo veo."

   "Do you see the man?" "I see him."

   Repite lo que digo.

   Repeat what I say. Literally, “Repeat that which (I) say.”

   Lo siento.

   I'm sorry. Literally, “(I) feel it.”

   "Él es listo." "Lo es."

   "He's smart." "He is. (smart)" Literally, “(He) is it”

• See the usage notes at le.
• See Spanish object pronouns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
• Examples to show lo's position in sentences:

(no) hacerlo con, (no) haciéndolo con, hazlo con, no lo hagas con, (no) lo hago con, (no) hacer lo de, (no) haciendo lo de, haz lo de, no hagas lo de, (no) hago lo de, (no) estar haciéndolo con, (no) haberlo hecho con, (no) haber estado haciéndolo con, (no) haberlo estado haciendo con, (no) estar haciendo lo de, (no) haber hecho lo de, (no) haber estado haciendo lo de, (no) hacerlo de nuevo, (no) hacerlo de una vez por todas, etc.

(not) do it with, (not) doing it with, do it with...!, don't do it with...!, I (don't) do it with, (not) do the things of (someone/something e.g. "tomar/agarrar/coger lo del cajón" "to get/grab what's in the drawer" ("that which is of/the things of the drawer"), see the article sense) (not) doing the things of, do the things of...!, don't do the things of...!, I (don't) do the things of, (not) be doing it with, (not) have done it with, (not) have been doing it with, (not) have been doing it with (alternative word order), (not) be doing the things of, (not) have done the things of, (not) have been doing the things of, (not) do it again, (not) do it once and for all, etc.

• In sentences with se lo or se la where se is actually les (see etymology 2 of se), speakers will often add -s to lo or la, mistakenly thinking that los and las refer to plural indirect objects. This is probably because se is the same whether it's equivalent to le or les.

Esta es Susana. Le di la llave. Se la di.

This is Susana. I gave her the key. I gave it to her.

Esta es Susana. Le di las llaves. Se las di.

This is Susana. I gave her the keys. I gave them to her.

Estas son mis amigas. Les di la llave. Se las di. (nonstandard)

These are my friends (feminine). I gave them the key. I gave it to them. (Reanalyzed by speakers as "I gave it to them.")

Many speakers would add -s to the la independently of which object is pluralized, because they analyze las as referring to the indirect object (friends) instead of the direct object (key) in instances where only the former is plural (the third example). In standard language, -s is only added when the direct object becomes plural:

Estas son mis amigas. Les di la llave. Se la di.

These are my friends (feminine). I gave them the key. I gave it to them.

Here it's la and not las because the direct object (key) is singular.

A nonstandard example with ustedes would be:

Gracias por haber venido, de verdad se los agradezco.

Thank you all for coming, I really appreciate it.

where it should be lo and not los.

The phenomenon is much less likely to happen when the two objects have different genders, so something like:

Estos son Juan y Antonio. Les di la llave. Se las di.

These are Juan and Antonio. I gave them the key. I gave it to them.

would sound pretty weird to most people.

lo

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the, that which is

   Haremos lo necesario. ― We will do the necessary / what is necessary.

   Lo blanco simboliza la pureza. ― The [colour] white symbolizes purity.

   Lo asombroso es que... ― The amazing [thing] is that...

   • 2024 October 20, EFE, “Nueva caravana migrante con miles de personas sale de la frontera sur de México hacia Estados Unidos”, in CNN en Español‎^[14]:

     Gilberto Herrero Mejía, otro migrante proveniente de Venezuela, denunció que en su país la situación es crítica y el dinero no alcanza para nada, pues en su caso, se dedicaba a manejar un autobús con un sueldo de 10 a 15 dólares, lo cual era insuficiente para poder sobrevivir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Lo usually gives the adjective an abstract quality (as above). It can also refer to a thing, but el is more common in this case, e.g. el / lo blanco de los ojos (“the white of the eye”). Lo can never be used when the adjective refers back to a noun, e.g. el barco grande y el pequeño (“the big boat and the small one”).

• “lo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Derived from English row, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).

• ro (obsolete)

lo

1. to row

   Synonym: lolo

   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[15], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da somma no sabi va lo

     [A sma no sabi fu lo]

     That guy doesn't know how to row.

lo

1. oar
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[16], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da boto habi aiti lo

     [A boto abi aiti lo.]

     The boat has eight oars.

Derived from English row.

• ro (obsolete)

lo

1. row (a line of objects of people)
   • 1855, Hendrik Charles Focke, Neger-Engelsch woordenboek [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[17], Leiden: P.H. van den Heuvell:

     Dem práni álla na wan ro

     [Den prani ala na wan lo]

     They planted everything in a row.

2. multitude, a great amount or number
3. (obsolete) gang
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[18], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     tideh wan tarra lo Ningre dorro agehn

     [Tide wan tra lo nengre doro agen.]

     [original: heute ist schon wieder eine andre Bande Neger angekommen.]

     Yet another gang of Negroes arrived today.

4. (obsolete) herd, pack, a (a group of animals)
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[19], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     wan lo pingo

     [original: eine Heerde, ein Zug, Schwarm wilde Schweine.]

     A herd of white-lipped peccaries.

Probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (“revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan”).^[1][2] Cognate of Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan ló.

lo

1. tribe, clan

Likely from English low, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Doublet of lagi.

lo

1. (obsolete) flat, low-lying
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[20], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da grunn de lo

     [A gron de lo.]

     The piece of land is low-lying.

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lo

1. oh!

Inherited from Old Swedish lō, from Old Norse lóa, derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *luhsaz.

• IPA^(key): /luː/

• Audio:

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lo c

1. lynx

   Synonyms: lodjur, lokatt

• lodjur
• lounge

lo

1. (slang) An intensifier put at the end of a sentence.

• lo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Slangopedia

• o.l.

Derived from English law.

lo

1. law

Shortened form of long.

lo

1. abbreviation of long
   • 2024, Wilma Degene, Facebook‎^[21]:

     Breakfast: Kaikai Fish na Saksak lo Panu 🏝️ (Madang ❤️).

     Breakfast: Eating Fish and Sago in Panu 🏝️ (Madang ❤️)

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 慮 (“be concerned; worry about”, SV: lự).

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

lo • (𢗼, 𢥈)

1. to bother; to worry

   "Taylo rồi chân cũng lo" ― "Taylor's Hands and Feet Are All Nervy" (a 1964 Nhân Dân article by Hồ Chí Minh)

2. to attend to; to care for

lo m

1. soft mutation of llo

lo m

1. soft mutation of glo

• IPA^(key): /l̪o/

lo

1. and

   Muhammad lo Hasan ― Muhammad and Hasan

   namu de esi lo ifa ― chicken eggs and kenari nuts

2. (coordinating) and

   imaa me lo ido me ― he made a grab for it and caught it

3. forms composite numbers

   awoinye lo minye ― eleven (literally, “ten and one”)

   atus siwe lo awoisiwe lo siwe ― nine hundred and ninety-nine (literally, “nine hundred and ninety and nine”)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[22], Pacific linguistics

Borrowed from Tibetan ལོ (lo).

• IPA^(key): [lo]

lo

1. year

   Synonym: nian

• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎^[23], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): [ló]

ló

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

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

• IPA^(key): [ló]

ló

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

-lo

1. Combining stem of lona.

• IPA^(key): /lò/

lò

1. (transitive) to use; to engage; to exploit

• lo before a direct object

• ìlò (“the act of using”)
• lílò
• ṣàmúlò

• IPA^(key): /lò/

lò

1. to become parboiled (specifically relating to yam tubers in the process of making yam flour, èlùbọ́)

   Synonym: bọ̀

   èlùbọ́ ti lò ― The yam tuber used to prepare èlùbọ́ has become parboiled

• lo before a direct object

• lo-èlùbọ́
• ìlò

• IPA^(key): /lò/

lò

1. to become bendable or flexible

   Synonym: rọ̀

• lo before a direct object

• alò
• ìlò

• IPA^(key): /ló/

ló

1. to lose interest in something; to become disheartened

   Synonyms: sú, gọ́

• aló
• ìló

lo

1. eye

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /lo˨˦/
• Tone numbers: lo¹
• Hyphenation: lo

lo (1957–1982 spelling lo)

1. Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state or a new situation.
   • 2016, Gij Baujcingq Moq Caeuq Geij Bonj Gij Baujcingq Daeuzdaeuz [The New Testament with A Few Books of the Old Testament], Hong Kong: New Bridge Publishing Company Limited, →ISBN, Lizsij dih Gaihcij [Genesis] 1:3:

     Gajlaeng Cangqdiq naeuz: “Rongh!” Yiengq couh doq miz rongh lo.

     And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

2. Used at the end of a sentence to express affirmation or conclusiveness.

lo (Sawndip form ⿰女卢, 1957–1982 spelling lo)

1. (dialectal) daughter-in-law

lo (Sawndip form ⿰口卢, 1957–1982 spelling lo)

1. (dialectal) to worry; to be anxious

• IPA^(key): /lo˧˩/

lò

1. basket

• Chungkham Yashawanta Singh; Lukram Himmat (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈló/

lo

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈló/

lo

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /lo/

lo

1. Combining stem of lona.

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “lo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lo (3-8)”