odo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "odo"

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo odo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.doː/
• Hyphenation: odo

Noun

odo m (plural odo's, no diminutive)

1. (chiefly Suriname) an African Surinamese proverb

Esperanto

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odo

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

From Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Compare English, Italian and French ode, German Ode, Yiddish אָדע (ode), Polish oda, Russian о́да (óda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈodo/
• Rhymes: -odo
• Hyphenation: o‧do

Noun

odo (accusative singular odon, plural odoj, accusative plural odojn)

1. ode

Descendants

• Ido: odo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto odo, English ode, French ode, German Ode, Italian ode, Russian о́да (óda), Spanish oda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈodo/

Noun

odo (plural odi)

1. ode

Igala

Noun

òdò

1. settlement

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔdo
• Hyphenation: ò‧do

Verb

odo

1. first-person singular present indicative of udire

Manikion

Verb

odo

1. carry

Declension

Inflection of odo

subject			simple	irrealis	instrumental	irrealis instrumental
singular	first-person		dodo	demodo	daodo	demaodo
	second-person		bodo	bemodo	baodo	bemaodo
	third-person		odo	emodo	aodo	emaodo
dual	first-person	exclusive	amodo	amamodo	amaodo	amamaodo
		inclusive	nodo	namodo	naodo	namaodo
	second-person		yodo	yamodo	yaodo	yamaodo
	third-person		lodo	lamodo	laodo	lamaodo
plural	first-person	exclusive	emodo	ememodo	emaodo	ememaodo
		inclusive	modo	mamodo	maodo	mamaodo
	second-person		yodo	yemodo	yaodo	yemaodo
	third-person		lodo	lemodo	laodo	lemaodo

References

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

Old High German

Alternative forms

• oda

Etymology

Possibly from an earlier edo, a cognate of Old Norse eða and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau), from Proto-Germanic *efþau or Proto-Germanic *ehþau.

Adverb

ōdo

1. possibly, about, perhaps

References

• Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔdɔ/

Preposition

odo (+ genitive)

1. alternative form of od

Further reading

• “odo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

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

Noun

odo

1. proverb, saying

Descendants

• → Dutch: odo

West Makian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate ara, Tidore ora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.d̪o/

Noun

odo

1. the moon

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.d̪o/

Verb

odo

1. (intransitive) to jump

Conjugation

Conjugation of odo (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toodo	moodo	aodo
2nd person		noodo	foodo
3rd person	inanimate	iodo	doodo
	animate
imperative		noodo, odo	foodo, odo

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

FWOTD – 30 December 2021

Etymology 1

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

		0	1  → [a], [b]	10  →
Cardinal: òdo     Counting: òdo, oódo

Probable cognate with Igala òfo (“zero”) and related to òfo (“empty, nothing, loss”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.dō/

Numeral

òdo

1. zero

   Òdo ni wọ́n gbá nínú ìdánwó yẹn.

   They got a zero on that test.

   • 2021 March 30, “FIFA 2022 World cup qualifiers: Japan wọ́ Mongolia nílẹ̀ gẹrẹrẹrẹ pẹ̀lú góòlù mẹ́rìnlá sí òdo [FIFA 2022 World cup qualifiers: Japan drags Mongolia across the ground with fourteen goals to zero]”, in BBC News Yorùbá:

     Ni ọjọ Aje ni orilẹede Canada ti kọkọ [na] orilẹede [Cayman] Islands pẹlu ami ayo mọkanla si odo.

     On Monday, Canada first beat the Cayman Islands with a score of eleven to zero.

Alternative forms

• òfo

Derived terms

• olódo (“a dunce, a stupid person, one who receives poor grades”)

Etymology 2

A very old term no longer used except in a few dialects, compare with Igala òkò, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ò-kò

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.dō/

Noun

òdo

1. (rare) pig

   Synonym: ẹlẹ́dẹ̀

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting Fabunmi, M. A., Àyájọ́ Ohùn Ifẹ̀ Ibadan‎, number LDC2008L03, 1972, Nigeria: Onibon-oje Press & Book Industries Ltd, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Ọmọ yọyọ ni ti òdo

     Numerous children are a feature of the pig (incantation)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.dò/

Noun

odò

1. river

   Synonyms: ẹri, omi

   Odò Ọya ni òdo t'ó tóbi jùlọ ní Ìwọ Oòrùn Áfíríkà.

   The Niger River is the biggest river in West Africa.

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Ẹ̀mí àbàtà níí módòó ṣàn; ọláa baba níí mú ọmọọ́ yan.

     Just as the liveliness of the marshy land ensures the flowing of the river; so a father's good reputation makes a child feel proud (proverb admonishing good behavior)

2. lower or inner part

   Fáwẹ̀lì odò

   Low vowel

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Mo fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà sí odò inú mi.

     I kept the matter deep inside me.

3. south

   Synonyms: gúúsù, àwúsẹ̀

   Antonyms: àríwá, òkè, àwúsí

Derived terms

• akérémọdò (“stream/brook”)
• bèbè odò (“river bank”)
• etídò (“river side”)
• ẹ̀bádò (“river side”)
• ẹ̀kúndò (“riverflood”)
• odoodò (“every river”)
• odòkódò (“any river, bad river”)
• ojúdò (“the midstream of a river”)
• olódò (“river spirit”)
• rúkèrúdò (“tumult, unrest”)
• ìgbòkègbodò (“activity, routine”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.dò/

Noun

odò

1. Mansonia altissima (Bété, mansonia, or African black walnut)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.dō/

Noun

odo

1. core of a syllable

   Odo sílébù

   Syllable rhyme/nucleus

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.dō/

Noun

odo

1. Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (white yam, West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame)

Etymology 7

Cognate with Igbo odō and Edo odó, equivalent to o- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dó (“to pound”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.dó/

Noun

odó

1. pounding mortar

   Synonym: ọ̀ị́ṣẹ́

   Níbo ni àwọn odó tí a máa ń lò láti gún iyán?.

   Where are the pounding mortars that we use to pound yam?

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Wọ́n ń gún iyán nínú odó.

     They were pounding pounded yam food in a pounding mortar.

Derived terms

• odó ìlù (“drum shell”)
• odókódó (“any pounding mortar or a bad pounding mortar”)
• olódó (“a seller, owner, bearer or maker of mortars”)
• ọmọdó (“pestle”)
• ọmọrí-odó (“pestle”)
• ìyá-odó (“pounding mortar”)

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN

Zazaki

Pronoun

odo

1. yours