luo
Translingual
Symbol
luo
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Luo.
Esperanto
Etymology
From lui + -o, from French louer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluo/
- Rhymes: -uo
Noun
luo (uncountable, accusative luon)
- rent
For quotations using this term, see Citations:luo.
Finnish
Etymology 1
The k-lative singular of luo-, from Proto-Finnic *loo-, related to Ingrian looks (~ luokse), Karelian luoh (~ luo) and Veps lon (~ luona).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluo̯ˣ/, [ˈluo̞̯(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -uo
- Syllabification(key): luo
Postposition
luo
- (of movement) to
- Miehen luo tuli nainen. ― A woman came to the man.
- (with a person's home or some such as an object) to ('s place)
- Menin Pekan luo. ― I went to Pekka's place.
- Synonyms: luokse, tykö
- Antonyms: luota, tyköä
Usage notes
luo never receives a possessive suffix; luokse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.
Inflection
Declension of luo
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The inflection mostly conforms to a now obsolete system of generic local cases: locative (-nA), lative (-ksi) and separative (-tA).
Derived terms
- luottaa
Related terms
- See the inflection table.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluo̯/, [ˈluo̞̯]
- Rhymes: -uo
- Syllabification(key): luo
Verb
luo
- third-person singular present indicative of luoda
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluo̯ˣ/, [ˈluo̞̯(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -uo
- Syllabification(key): luo
Verb
luo
- present active indicative connegative of luoda
- En luo mitään. ― I don't create anything.
- second-person singular present imperative of luoda
- Luo se! ― Create it!
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative of luoda
- Älä luo sitä! ― Don't create it!
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.oː/, [ˈɫ̪uoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.o/, [ˈluːo]
Etymology 1
Back-formed from compounds (e.g. abluō), hence doublet of the original lavō.
Verb
luō (present infinitive luere, perfect active luī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I wash.
- I cleanse, purge.
- Synonyms: abstergeō, pūrgō, tergeō, putō, effingō
- Antonyms: maculō, inquinō, polluō, scelerō, contingō
Conjugation
Conjugation of luō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | luō | luis | luit | luimus | luitis | luunt |
imperfect | luēbam | luēbās | luēbat | luēbāmus | luēbātis | luēbant | |
future | luam | luēs | luet | luēmus | luētis | luent | |
perfect | luī | luistī | luit | luimus | luistis | luērunt, luēre | |
pluperfect | lueram | luerās | luerat | luerāmus | luerātis | luerant | |
future perfect | luerō | lueris | luerit | luerimus | lueritis | luerint | |
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | luam | luās | luat | luāmus | luātis | luant |
imperfect | luerem | luerēs | lueret | luerēmus | luerētis | luerent | |
perfect | luerim | luerīs | luerit | luerīmus | luerītis | luerint | |
pluperfect | luissem | luissēs | luisset | luissēmus | luissētis | luissent | |
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | lue | — | — | luite | — |
future | — | luitō | luitō | — | luitōte | luuntō | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | luere | luisse | — | — | — | — | |
participles | luēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
luendī | luendō | luendum | luendō | — | — |
Descendants
- → Spanish: luir (learned)
References
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 692
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, separate, free”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λύω (lúō), English loose.
Verb
luō (present infinitive luere, perfect active luī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I expiate.
- Synonym: expio
- I pay.
- Synonyms: ērogō, persolvo, solvo, pendo, absolvo, dissolvo
- I suffer.
- I satisfy.
- Synonym: expleo
Conjugation
Conjugation of luō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | luō | luis | luit | luimus | luitis | luunt |
imperfect | luēbam | luēbās | luēbat | luēbāmus | luēbātis | luēbant | |
future | luam | luēs | luet | luēmus | luētis | luent | |
perfect | luī | luistī | luit | luimus | luistis | luērunt, luēre | |
pluperfect | lueram | luerās | luerat | luerāmus | luerātis | luerant | |
future perfect | luerō | lueris | luerit | luerimus | lueritis | luerint | |
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | luam | luās | luat | luāmus | luātis | luant |
imperfect | luerem | luerēs | lueret | luerēmus | luerētis | luerent | |
perfect | luerim | luerīs | luerit | luerīmus | luerītis | luerint | |
pluperfect | luissem | luissēs | luisset | luissēmus | luissētis | luissent | |
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | lue | — | — | luite | — |
future | — | luitō | luitō | — | luitōte | luuntō | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | luere | luisse | — | — | — | — | |
participles | luēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
luendī | luendō | luendum | luendō | — | — |
Derived terms
- reluō
- solvō
Related terms
- luēs
References
- “luo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “luo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- luo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- luo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be punished for a thing, expiate it: poenam luere (alicuius rei) (Sull. 27. 76)
- to atone for something by..: luere aliquid aliqua re (De Sen. 20)
- to be punished for a thing, expiate it: poenam luere (alicuius rei) (Sull. 27. 76)
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681
Mandarin
Romanization
luo
- Nonstandard spelling of luō.
- Nonstandard spelling of luó.
- Nonstandard spelling of luǒ.
- Nonstandard spelling of luò.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Portuguese
Noun
luo m (invariable)
- Luo (member of a tribal group in eastern Africa)
- Luo (a language spoken by the Luo people)