'o
See also: Appendix:Variations of "o" and ʻo
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Old Neapolitan lo, from Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum < ille. Compare Italian lo.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /o/
Article
'o m
- the
Pronoun
'o m (accusative)
- him
- it
Coordinate terms
| Number | Person | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Reflexive | Possessive | Prepositional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first-person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | ||
| second-person, familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
| second-person, formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | |||
| third-person, masculine | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
| third-person, feminine | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | |||
| plural | first-person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | ||
| second-person, plural | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | |||
| third-person, masculine | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
| third-person, feminine | llòro | 'e (le) | |||||
See also
- 'a
- 'e
- ll'
- ô
O'odham
Verb
'o
- third-person singular imperfect indicative of 'o
See also
O'odham Auxiliary
| Person | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1SG 'I' | Long | 'añ | 'añt | o |
| Short | ñ | nt | ||
| 2SG 'THOU' | Long | 'ap | 'apt | |
| Short | a | pt | ||
| 3SG 'S/HE/IT' | Long/Short | 'o | ||
| 1PL 'WE' | Long | 'c | 'att | |
| Short | c | tt | ||
| 2PL 'Y'ALL' | Long | 'am | 'amt | |
| Short | m | mt | ||
| 3PL 'THEY' | Long | 'at | 'o | |
| Short | t | |||
Samoan
Particle
'o
- Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative
Tahitian
Article
'o
- it is
- the (before proper nouns used as subjects)
Usage notes
Used in front of proper nouns or pronouns; or common nouns with the article te ('o te).
By exception, it is used emphatically before the pronoun 'oe ('o 'oe).
See also
- 'e
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “'o” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.