zo-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "zo"
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: zō, IPA(key): /zəʊ/
Prefix
zo-
- contracted form of zoo-
Usage notes
- Used before a vowel. Now rare except before o.
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with zo-
Related terms
Anagrams
Chichewa
Etymology
From za (“Class 8, 10 associative prefix”) + ku- (“Class 15 noun prefix, infinitive noun prefix”). Altogether, a contraction of "zaku-" or "za ku-".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zo/
Prefix
zo-
- Class 8 verbal modifier (prefix), contraction of "zaku-"/"za ku-"
- Class 10 verbal modifier (prefix), contraction of "zaku-" /"za ku-"
Derived terms
Chichewa terms prefixed with zo-
Slovak
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz-. See zo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɔ/, [zɔ]
Prefix
zo-
- alternative form of z-
- zo- + brať → zobrať (“to take; to gather”)
- zo- + budiť → zobudiť (“to wake up”)
- zo- + pnúť → zopnúť (“to fasten together; to clip”)
- zo- + skočiť → zoskočiť (“to jump down”)
- zo- + stúpiť → zostúpiť (“to descend; to step down”)
- zo- + sypať → zosypať (“to pour down; to heap up”)
- zo- + šedivý + -ieť → zošedivieť (“to turn grey (hair)”)
- zo- + šiť → zošiť (“to sew together”)
- zo- + škrabať → zoškrabať (“to scrape off; to scratch down”)
- zo- + trieť → zotrieť (“to wipe off/down”)
- zo- + žrať → zožrať (“to devour; to eat up (of animals)”)
Usage notes
- Used when the base word begins with s, z, š or ž or with some consonant clusters. Otherwise, the form z- is used.
Derived terms
Further reading
- Peciar, Štefan, editor (1959–1968), “zo-”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka [Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–6 (A – Ž; Doplnky, Dodatky), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, →OCLC