owo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "owo"

Translingual

Alternative forms

• OwO
• 0w0

Etymology

o (opened eye) + w (curled mouth) + o (opened eye)

Pronunciation

• English:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.wəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.woʊ/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Rhymes: -əʊwəʊ
• Norwegian: IPA^(key): /¹uːʋu/
• Polish:
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.wɔ/, /ˈɔ.vɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔwɔ, -ɔvɔ
  • Syllabification: o‧wo
• Spanish: IPA^(key): /ˈowo/, /ˈoɣo/

Symbol

owo

1. An emoticon representing an innocent, cutesy surprised face with a cat-like smile.

Usage notes

• The emoticon experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 and 2019 in connection with the furry fandom; either sincerely (but humorously) by furries themselves or ironically in the context of teasing of furries.

Related terms

• uwu
• :3
• -w-

Ogea

Noun

owo

1. arm

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vɔ/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɔvɔ
• Syllabification: o‧wo

Pronoun

owo

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ów

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Olukumi ẹ́ghó, Nupe ewó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho and Isoko ugho. See Yoruba dialectal forms for other cognates. Proposed to be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó, and perhaps a doublet of hóró and wóró.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.wó/

Noun

owó

1. money, cash
2. cowrie

   Synonym: ẹyọ-owó

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: owó (“money”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào		Ìdóàní	eyó
		Eastern Àkókó	Àkùngbá	Àkùngbá Àkókó	eghó
			Ṣúpárè	Ṣúpárè Àkókó	ewó
			Ọ̀bà	Ọ̀bà Àkókó	eghó, ewó
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)	eghó
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	owó
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	oghó
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	oghó
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	oghó
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	oghó
		Usẹn		Usẹn	eghó
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	eghó, oghó
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ẹ́ghó
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	eó
				Ìfàkì Èkìtì	eó
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ió, eó
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	eó
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)		Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)	oó
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)		Iléṣà (Uléṣà)	eó
		Òkè Igbó		Òkè Igbó	owó
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	owó
				Ìgbẹsà	owó
				Ọ̀tà	owó
				Agége	owó
				Ìlogbò Erémi	owó
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	owó
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ayétòrò	owó
				Igbógila	owó
				Ìjàká	owó
				Ìlaròó	owó
				Ìṣàwọ́njọ	owó
		Èkó		Èkó	owó
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	owó
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	owó
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	owó
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	owó
		Oǹkó		Òtù	owó
				Ìwéré Ilé	owó
				Òkèhò	owó
				Ìsẹ́yìn	owó
				Ṣakí	owó
				Tedé	owó
				Ìgbẹ́tì	owó
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	owó
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	owó
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	owó
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	ewó
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	owó
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	owó
				Ọ̀húnbẹ́	owó
				Onigbolo	owó
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Ìlárá	owó
				Ìmẹ̀kọ	owó
				Kétu	owó
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	owó
				Atakpamɛ	owó
				Est-Mono	owó
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	owó
		Southern Nago		Ìsakété	owó
				Ìfànyìn	owó
	Overseas Yoruba	Lucumí		Havana	owó
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Derived terms

• ẹ̀dínwó (“discount”)
• ẹ̀yáwó (“loan”)
• lówó (“to have money”)
• lówó bí ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ (“to be as rich as a shekere”)
• náwó (“to spend money”)
• olówó (“rich, rich person”)
• owó ẹyọ (“cowry”)
• owó iná (“electric bill”)
• owó omi (“water bill”)
• owó orí (“tax”)
• owó orí ìyàwó (“bride price”)
• owó oṣù (“salary”)
• owó ọ̀yà (“wage”)
• owó ìfẹ̀yìntì (“pension”)
• àìlówólọ́wọ́ (“poverty”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• òò (Ekiti)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.wò/

Noun

òwò

1. business, trade, commerce

   Synonyms: káràkátà, ajé

   Lára òwò ni owó wá. ― It is from business that money comes.

2. commercial enterprise

Derived terms

• ajẹmówò (“commercial”)
• ibùjókò òwò (“commercial centre”)
• ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ iṣẹ́-ọwọ́ (“trade school”)
• olówò (“businessperson”)
• oníṣòwò (“merchant”)
• ṣòwòṣòwò (“trader”)
• àkọsílẹ̀ òwò (“bill of exchange”)
• ìgbọ̀wọ́ ìdókòwò (“investment trust”)
• òwò aláìfòfin ìjọbadè (“free trade”)
• òwò pẹ̀lú orílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn (“foreign trade”)
• òwò àgbáyé (“international trade”)