apo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "apo"

Translingual

Symbol

apo

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ambul terms

English

Adjective

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:

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

Noun

apo (plural apos)

1. (biochemistry) Clipping of apolipoprotein.

See also

• apo koinou

Anagrams

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

Albanian

Adverb

apó

1. or

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 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

Bahnar

Alternative forms

• hơpo

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔapɔː/

Verb

apo

1. to dream

Basque

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

apo anim

1. toad

Declension

Declension of apo (anim V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	apo	apoa	apoak	apook
ergative	apok	apoak	apoek	apook
dative	apori	apoari	apoei	apooi
genitive	aporen	apoaren	apoen	apoon
comitative	aporekin	apoarekin	apoekin	apookin
causative	aporengatik	apoarengatik	apoengatik	apoongatik
benefactive	aporentzat	apoarentzat	apoentzat	apoontzat
instrumental	apoz	apoaz	apoez	apootaz
innesive	aporengan	apoarengan	apoengan	apoongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	aporengana	apoarengana	apoengana	apoongana
terminative	aporenganaino	apoarenganaino	apoenganaino	apoonganaino
directive	aporenganantz	apoarenganantz	apoenganantz	apoonganantz
destinative	aporenganako	apoarenganako	apoenganako	apoonganako
ablative	aporengandik	apoarengandik	apoengandik	apoongandik
partitive	aporik	—	—	—
prolative	apotzat	—	—	—

See also

• igel

Etymology 2

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

Noun

apo inan

1. hoof

Declension

Declension of apo (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	apo	apoa	apoak	apook
ergative	apok	apoak	apoek	apook
dative	apori	apoari	apoei	apooi
genitive	aporen	apoaren	apoen	apoon
comitative	aporekin	apoarekin	apoekin	apookin
causative	aporengatik	apoarengatik	apoengatik	apoongatik
benefactive	aporentzat	apoarentzat	apoentzat	apoontzat
instrumental	apoz	apoaz	apoez	apootaz
innesive	apotan	apoan	apoetan	apootan
locative	apotako	apoko	apoetako	apootako
allative	apotara	apora	apoetara	apootara
terminative	apotaraino	aporaino	apoetaraino	apootaraino
directive	apotarantz	aporantz	apoetarantz	apootarantz
destinative	apotarako	aporako	apoetarako	apootarako
ablative	apotatik	apotik	apoetatik	apootatik
partitive	aporik	—	—	—
prolative	apotzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “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

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

apò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)

1. grandparent
2. goblin

   Synonym: duwende

Derived terms

• apuon
• makuapo

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

apó

1. grandchild

Verb

apó

1. to have a grandchild or grandchildren

East Futuna

Etymology

From English apple.

Noun

apo

1. (Alo) apple

Synonyms

• pomo (Sigave)

References

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

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

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

Noun

apo

1. grandchild

Hiligaynon

Etymology

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

Noun

apó

1. grandchild

Noun

ápò

1. grandfather

Ibaloi

Etymology

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

Noun

apo

1. grandchild

Ilocano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

apó

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

apo (plural apo-apo)

1. (dialectal) flat-topped hills

Further reading

• “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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

apo

1. alternative form of appo

Anagrams

• poa

Kankanaey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

apó (plural ap-apo)

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

Kari'na

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

apo (possessed apory)

1. arm

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, 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, Paris, 1956, page 92

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

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

Noun

apo

1. grandchild

Latin

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Etymology

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.

Verb

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

1. alternative form of apiō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of apō (third conjugation, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	apō		apis		apit		apimus		apitis		apunt
	imperfect	apēbam		apēbās		apēbat		apēbāmus		apēbātis		apēbant
	future	apam		apēs		apet		apēmus		apētis		apent
passive	present	apor		aperis, apere		apitur		apimur		apiminī		apuntur
	imperfect	apēbar		apēbāris, apēbāre		apēbātur		apēbāmur		apēbāminī		apēbantur
	future	apar		apēris, apēre		apētur		apēmur		apēminī		apentur
	perfect	aptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	apam		apās		apat		apāmus		apātis		apant
	imperfect	aperem		aperēs		aperet		aperēmus		aperētis		aperent
passive	present	apar		apāris, apāre		apātur		apāmur		apāminī		apantur
	imperfect	aperer		aperēris, aperēre		aperētur		aperēmur		aperēminī		aperentur
	perfect	aptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ape		—		—		apite		—
	future	—		apitō		apitō		—		apitōte		apuntō
passive	present	—		apere		—		—		apiminī		—
	future	—		apitor		apitor		—		—		apuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		apere			apī			apēns			—
future		aptūrum esse			aptum īrī			aptūrus			apendus, apundus
perfect		—			aptum esse			—			aptus
future perfect		—			aptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		aptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		apendī		apendō		apendum		apendō		aptum		aptū

References

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der.?

Proto-Germanic *apô

Proto-West Germanic *apō

Old Saxon apo

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

Noun

apo m

1. ape

Descendants

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀧𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• अपो (Devanagari script)
• অপো (Bengali script)
• අපො (Sinhalese script)
• အပေါ or ဢပေႃ (Burmese script)
• อโป or อะโป (Thai script)
• ᩋᨷᩮᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ອໂປ or ອະໂປ (Lao script)
• អបោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄛𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

apo m

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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”)).

Pronunciation

• (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

Noun

apó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)

1. grandchild

   Synonym: (obsolete) apong totoo

Derived terms

• apo sa pamangkin
• apo sa sakong
• apo sa sinapupunan
• apo sa tagiliran
• apo sa talampakan
• apo sa tuhod
• hingapo
• inapo
• kaapu-apuhan
• manghingapo
• pag-aapuhan

Noun

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

Derived terms

• apo sa sakong
• apo sa sinapupunan
• apo sa talampakan
• apo sa tuhod
• apuin
• kaapuan
• pagkaapo

See also

• impo

Further reading

• “apo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “apo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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

Waray-Waray

Etymology

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

Noun

apó

1. grandchild

Yami

Etymology

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

Noun

apo

1. grandchild

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ákpó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.k͡pó/

Noun

apó

1. quiver

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

Derived terms

• Aníkúlápó (“A Yoruba name meaning, One who has death in their quiver”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pò/

Noun

àpò

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pò/

Noun

àpò

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

Derived terms

• akápò (“treasurer”)
• apó àgbọn (“coconut pod”)
• àpò ẹ̀fọn (“mosquito net”)
• àpò irinṣẹ́-abẹ (“dissection kit”)
• àpò ìtọ̀ (“bladder, urethra”)
• àpò ìwé (“bookbag, envelope”)
• àpòlá (“stomach”)
• àpòòyẹ̀fun-òdòdó (“anther”)