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See also: Appendix:Variations of "olo"
Translingual
Etymology
Symbol
olo
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English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Etymology
From the binary number 010, representing the activation of the middle-wavelength (m) cone cell type, colloquially known as the green cone cells, while not activating the short (s) blue cones or long (l) red cones. Converting the digits 0 and 1 to the letters "O" and "L"
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊləʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊloʊ/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
olo (uncountable)
- A highly saturated impossible color shade of blue-green produced by directly stimulating the "m" ("green") cone cells, approximating the below:
- olo:
- 2025 April 18, Nicoletta Lanese, “Scientists hijacked the human eye to get it to see a brand-new color. It's called 'olo.'”, in Live Science, retrieved 19 April 2025, Health > Mind > Neuroscience:
Coordinate terms
Further reading
olo (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Afar
Pronunciation
Noun
oló f (plural olaalí f)
Declension
Derived terms
- (diminutive): oloytá
References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “olo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Aka-Cari
Etymology
From Proto-Great Andamanese *wolo.
Noun
olo
References
- Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 19 (2009)
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *oLo.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
olo inan
- oat
- Ogi hau olozkoa da.
- This bread is made out of oat.
Declension
Derived terms
- basolo (“brome”)
- larre-olo (“brome”)
- olo gaizto (“wild oats”)
- olo zoro (“wild oats”)
- oloztatu (“to feed the cattle”)
Further reading
- “olo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “olo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *olo. Equivalent to olla (“to be”) + -o.
Pronunciation
Noun
olo
- being (the act of being or existing)
- feeling, physical or mental state, or how one perceives it
- Minulla on sellainen olo, että tämä ei riitä Erkille.
- I have a feeling that this is not going to be enough for Erkki.
- Minulla on huono olo.
- I feel sick / nauseous.
- (literally, “I have a bad feeling.”)
Declension
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
compounds
- aukiolo
- aukioloaika
- elossaolo
- erilläänolo
- erossaolo
- esilläolo
- haltioissaolo
- hyvänolontunne
- joutenolo
- kiinniolo
- kotonaolo
- kyykylläänolo
- käynnissäolo
- käytössäolo
- liikkeelläolo
- liikkeessäolo
- läsnäolo
- maassaolo
- mukanaolo
- olemassaolo
- oloaika
- oloarvo
- oloasu
- olohuone
- olomuoto
- oloneuvos
- olonurkka
- olonurkkaus
- olosija
- olosuhteet
- olotila
- pahanolontunne
- paikallaanolo
- paikoillaanolo
- piilosillaolo
- poissaolo
- päälläolo
- saniteettiolo
- täälläolo
- ummessaolo
- vaitiolo
- vallassaolo
- valveillaolo
- varallaolo
- varuillaanolo
- vesilläolo
- virassaoloaika
- voimassaolo
- yhdessäolo
- yksinolo
Further reading
- “olo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
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