lo

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Translingual

Symbol

lo

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

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English (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.

Interjection

lo

  1. (archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
    • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, 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.
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

Variant of low.

Adjective

lo (not comparable)

  1. Informal spelling of low.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Interjection

lo

  1. Clipping of hello.
Alternative forms

Etymology 4

Clipping of location.

Noun

lo (plural los)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of location.
    Ayo, send me your lo.

Etymology 5

Particle

lo

  1. Alternative form of lol

See also

Etymology 6

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Particle

lo

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

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Anagrams

Aragonese

Pronoun

lo

  1. him (direct object)

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Article

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

  1. (definite) the

Pronoun

lo

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

Basque

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo/ [lo]
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  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: lo

Noun

lo inan

  1. sleep

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...
Declension of lo (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive lo loa loak
ergative lok loak loek
dative lori loari loei
genitive loren loaren loen
comitative lorekin loarekin loekin
causative lorengatik loarengatik loengatik
benefactive lorentzat loarentzat loentzat
instrumental loz loaz loez
inessive lotan loan loetan
locative lotako loko loetako
allative lotara lora loetara
terminative lotaraino loraino loetaraino
directive lotarantz lorantz loetarantz
destinative lotarako lorako loetarako
ablative lotatik lotik loetatik
partitive lorik
prolative lotzat
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Derived terms

Further reading

  • 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

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

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

  1. him (direct object)
Usage notes
  • -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.
Declension
More information strong/subject, weak (direct object) ...
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
singular 1st
person
standard jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person
standard tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd
person
m ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
f ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
n ho -ho li -li seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person
standard vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd
person
m ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
f elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
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1 Behaves grammatically as plural. 2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition. 4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

Article

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

  1. (archaic or dialectal) the (definite article)
    Synonym: (standard) el

Further reading

Chickasaw

Pronoun

lo

  1. I

Chinese

Pronunciation


Noun

lo

  1. (neologism, mostly in compounds) Lolita fashion
    lo   lo niáng   a girl who regularly dresses in lolita fashion

Derived terms

Cornish

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Lo vras

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

lo f (plural loyow)

  1. spoon

Derived terms

  • lo an jowl (trapdoor)
  • lo de (teaspoon)
  • lo ledan (ladle)
  • lo salad (salad server)
  • lo vras (tablespoon)
  • lo-balas (trowel)

Dutch

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Franco-Provençal

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Ido

Indonesian

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Ladino

Lashi

Lolopo

Louisiana Creole

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Southern Ndebele

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Sranan Tongo

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Tok Pisin

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Zaniza Zapotec

Zhuang

Zou

Zulu

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