po

See also: Po, PO, and Appendix:Variations of "po"

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəʊ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

From Middle English po (found also in pocock), from Old English pāwa, pēa (“peacock”), from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō. Cognate with Dutch pauw, German Pfau. See also peacock.

Noun

po (plural pos)

(obsolete) A peacock. [8th–19th c.]

Etymology 2

A diminutive of pot.

Noun

po (plural pos)

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot. [from 19th c.]
- 1988, Richard Hoggart, A Local Habitation, 1918-40, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 67:
  ‘Pos’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.
- 1989, Leonard Woolf, Frederic Spotts (editor), Letters of Leonard Woolf, page 86,
  There are always several spitoons & pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 44:
  Shaking the last few drops from off the end he looked down in surprise at the great head of steam that brimmed above the po, belatedly apprised of just how icy the October garret was.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:chamber pot

Descendants

Yoruba: póò

Anagrams

OP, Op., op, op.

Akan

Pronunciation

Tone: LL[1]

Verb

po

to bully
po mo - to bully you

References

Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, Basel, page 381

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *apā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é (“then, at that time”). Compare German ob (“if, whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), English if.According to Brian D. Joseph, it is a difficult word with unclear root. Hamp claims origin from Proto-Indo-European *pest (“so”)[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ/
Audio (file)

Particle

po

yes
Used with the present and imperfect tense of a verb to show a continuous action.
It corresponds to the English "be + gerund" formation.

References

Joseph, B. D. the puzzle of albanian po. 2011

Amondawa

Verb

po

do (make, work, perform)

References

V. da Silva Sinha et al, Event-based time intervals in an Amazonian culture, in Space and Time in Languages and Cultures: Language, Culture, and Cognition

Asaro'o

Alternative forms

fo (Molet Kasu, Molet Mur)

Noun

po

water

Balkan Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Macedonian по- (po-) or dialectal Serbo-Croatian.[1]

Particle

po

-er, more; forms comparative adjectives and adverbs.[1][2][3][4][5]
follows the definite article to form the superlative[4][5]

References

Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “po(-)²”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 219ab
Ronald Lee (2005), “Lesson eighteen”, in Learn Romani: Das-dúma Rromanes, reprint edition, Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, published 2017, →ISBN, page 269
Marcel Courthiade (2009), “po¹”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 279a
Anna-Maria Meyer (2020), “The Impact of Slavic Languages on Romani”, in Yaron Matras; Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-28105-2_9, →ISBN, pages 277-278
Yūsuke Sumi (2018) ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, pages 96-97

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog po.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poʔ/

Particle

pò

(polite)marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing
Dagos po kamo.
Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.
Ma, maduman po ako sa simbahan.
Mom, I am going to church.
Synonym: tabi

Borôro

Noun

po

Synonym of pobo (“water”)

References

Mônica Cidele da Cruz, Povo Umutína : a busca da identidade linguística e cultural [Les Umutína : À la recherche d’une identité linguistique et culturelle], Université Unicamp / Campinas, 2012, page 40

Chickasaw

Pronoun

po

our

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pōu
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pou
  - Wade–Giles: pʻou¹
  - Yale: pōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pou
  - Palladius: поу (pou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou¹
  - Yale: pōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

po

(Internet slang) to post
fb狂po相，朋友易受傷 [Cantonese, trad.]
fb狂po相，朋友易受伤 [Cantonese, simp.]
From:
fb kwong⁴ pou¹ soeng^3-2, pang⁴ jau⁵ ji⁶ sau⁶ soeng¹ [Jyutping]
post too many images on Facebook and you might damage your [relationships with] friends

Noun

po

(Internet slang) an Internet post, thread, topic, etc

Derived terms

po主 (pōuzhǔ)

po文

Cornish

Conjunction

po

or

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpo]
audio (file)

Noun

po

Abbreviation of pondělí (“Monday”).

Etymology 2

From Old Czech po, from Proto-Slavic *po, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó.

Preposition

po + locative

after

po + accusative

(space, time, scales, lists) up to, for
(dimension) all through

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from French pot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poː/
Rhymes: -oː
audio (file)

Noun

po m (plural po's, diminutive pootje n)

chamber pot

Descendants

→ Papiamentu: pò

Anagrams

op

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [po]
Audio:
(file)
Hyphenation: po

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian по (po) and Polish po.

Preposition

po

A grammatical particle used with quantity words to indicate rate or a distributive quantity: each, apiece, at, @
Mi kudrados ĉiutage po 10 horoj. ― I will sew 10 hours a day.
Oni povas nokti po 6 frankoj. ― You can spend the night for 6 francs (a night).
La kurso daŭras dum 10 tagoj po 30 minutoj. ― The course lasts 10 days at 30 minutes (a day).
La komitato estas rebalotota ĉiun trian jaron po triono. ― A third of the committee is reelected every third year.
La gastoj trinkis po (unu) glaseton da vino. ― The guests each drank one glass of wine.
Ili ricevis po 5 pomojn. ― They received 5 apples apiece.
Elektu al vi po 3 homojn el ĉiu tribo. ― Choose for yourselves 3 people (apiece) from each tribe.
Antonym: -ope

Derived terms

po-
poa

Noun

po (accusative singular po-on, plural po-oj, accusative plural po-ojn)

The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese poo, from Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus n, from Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Compare Portuguese pó. Doublet of polvo, which was borrowed from Spanish polvo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ]

Noun

po m (plural pos)

dust
- 1276, M. Lucas Álvarez; P. Lucas Dominguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 375:
  et este pan deue a seer qual o Deus der no logar et seer linpo de palla et de poo, d'eruellada et de mosceyra, et deue a seer ben seco et ben linpo et bõõ pan
  and this grain must be that that God gives at that place, and it must be clean of chaff and dust, of vetch and fodder, and it must be well dry and well clean and good grain
powder
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 141:
  E Nota que o poo dos collos das abroteas ual mays que todos llos outros, et dos ditos poos deuen vsar nos llugarres neruossos et jntrincados de veas et darterias
  Take note that the powder of the rhizomes of the asphodels has more value than all the rest, and that these powders should be used in places that are nervous and entangled with veins and arteries

Derived terms

poalla
poeira

References

“poo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“poo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“po” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“po” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“po” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guaraní

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /po/

Noun

po (plural pokuéra)

hand

Numeral

po

five

Verb

po

jump

Conjugation

(che) apo
(nde) repo
(ha'e) opo
(ñande) japo
(ore) ropo
(peẽ) pepo
(ha'ekuéra) opo

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1

From Portuguese pau. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pó.

Noun

po

tree
stick

Etymology 2

From Portuguese pó. Cognate with Kabuverdianu puera.

Noun

po

dust

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French peau (“skin”).

Noun

po

(anatomy) skin

Hausa

Etymology

Probably from French pot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pôː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [pôː]

Noun

pô m (possessed form pôn)

children's toilet

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto po, Russian по (po).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /po/

Preposition

po

for, at the price of, in exchange for; per
Me kompris la domo po quaradek mil euri. ― I bought the house for forty thousand euros.

Imonda

Noun

po

water

Japanese

Romanization

po

Rōmaji transcription of ぽ
Rōmaji transcription of ポ

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa (“after, by”); compare Latvian pa-, Old Prussian po (“after, by, under”), Proto-Slavic *po (“after, by, at”). From Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó, *h₂epó (“away, from”). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu, “from”), Sanskrit अप (ápa, “away, off”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 (a-p /apa/, “away”), Latin ab (“from”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of”). See pa-, pó- for more.

Preposition

põ

(with instrumental case) under, beneath (movement, position)
(with instrumental or genitive case) beside, near, along (movement, position)
(with instrumental or dative case) expresses the direction of movement
eik põ dešinei ― go to the right
(with genitive case) after, following a certain time period, event; after the disappearance or loss of
(with genitive case) expresses gradual progression; one after another
mẽtai põ mẽtų ― year after year
(with dative case) until, up to a certain time
Teñ jiẽ gyvẽna ir̃ põ šiái diẽnai ― they live there until this day
(with accusative case) around, throughout the whole of
keliáuti põ Europą ― travel around Europe
(with accusative case) used to express division into equal parts
vaikaĩ gãvo põ gãbalą sū́rio ― the kids got a piece of cheese each
põ truputį ― little by little
(with genitive, instrumental or dative case) expresses the manner of an action

Related terms

apačia
pa-, po-

Lower Sorbian

Preposition

po

Superseded spelling of pó.

Mandarin

Romanization

po (po⁵ / po⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄆㄛ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 桲.

po

Nonstandard spelling of pō.
Nonstandard spelling of pó.
Nonstandard spelling of pǒ.
Nonstandard spelling of pò.

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.

Middle English

Alternative forms

pa, paa, paue, pe, poo, poue

Etymology

Inherited from Old English pāwa, pēa, from Proto-Germanic *pāwô, from Latin pāvō. Influenced by the first element of Old Norse páfugl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔː/, /ˈpau̯(ə)/, /ˈpɛː/
(Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː/

Noun

po (plural poos)

peacock

Derived terms

pecok

Descendants

English: pea, po (both archaic)

References

“pō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.

Nupe

Etymology

Cognate to Gbiri-Niragu pobo.

Verb

po

to burn, to roast

References

R. Blench, The Benue-Congo languages
Samuel Crowther, A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Nupe Language (1864)

Paraguayan Guaraní

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /po/

Etymology 1

Shortened form of japo.

Noun

po

hand

Etymology 2

From po (“five fingers”).

Numeral

po

five

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic

Verb

po

to jump

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔ
Syllabification: po

Preposition

po

(+ locative) after (later in time or sequence)
W piątki po pracy często chodzimy do pubu. ― On Fridays after work we often go to the pub.
Cały dzień czyta książkę po książce o polityce. ― All day long he reads book after book about politics.
(+ accusative) after (in pursuit of)
Jadą po nas! Zmykajcie! ― They're coming after us! Scram!
(+ locative) around, about
Mój brat spędził miesiąc podróżując po Polsce. ― My brother spent a month travelling around Poland.
(+ locative) past
Wykłady zaczynają się o kwadrans po ósmej. ― Lectures begin at quarter past eight.
(+ locative) on
Kobiety siedzą po prawej stronie, a mężczyźni po lewej. ― Women sit on the right hand, and men on the left.
(+ locative) for (indicates that a container was previously used for something)
Co zrobić ze słoikiem po dżemie? ― What can I do with an empty jam jar?
(+ locative) from
Tę całą biżuterię odziedziczyłam po matce. ― I inherited all this jewellery from my mother.
Od razu rozpoznałem go po grzmiącym głosie. ― I instantly recognised him from the booming voice.
(+ locative) after (in allusion to), for
Nazwaliśmy naszego syna po zmarłym wujku. ― We named our son after his late uncle.
(+ locative) done for (doomed)
Jest już po tobie, brachu. ― You're done for, bro.
(+ accusative) for (in order to obtain)
Musimy pójść do sklepu po mleko. ― We have to go to the shop for milk.
(+ accusative) up to, as far as
Woda w piwnicy była po kolana. ― The water in the cellar was up to our knees.
(+ accusative) in, for, at (denotes a quantity of something)
Mam trzy zgrzewki po sześć puszek, czyli osiemnaście puszek. ― I have three multipacks of six cans, i.e. eighteen cans.
Kupiłem te bilety po 20 złotych, a oferuję je po 10. ― I bought these tickets for 20 złoty each, but I'm offering them for 10.
(+ historic dative, only with adjectives) according to, in the way of, a la, as
Jego ulubioną potrawą jest karkówka po cygańsku. ― His favourite dish is gypsy pork.
Lubię ją, ale tylko po przyjacielsku. ― I like her, but only as a friend.
(+ historic dative, only with adjectives) in (the language of)
Świetnie mówisz po polsku jak na cudzoziemca. ― You speak great Polish for a foreigner.
Nie umiem pisać po chińsku. ― I don't know how to write in Chinese.

Usage notes

Dative adjectives that end in -ski for the lemma take the archaic suffix -sku instead of the usual -skiemu when used with this preposition.

Derived terms

aż po
po co
po czym
po drodze
po kryjomu
po polsku
po prostu

Conjunction

po

like
when

Rapa Nui

Noun

po

night

Samoan

Noun

po

night

Sardinian

Alternative forms

pro

Etymology

From Latin pro.

Preposition

po

(Campidanese) for

Senggi

Noun

po

water

References

Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 113

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From pol, from Proto-Slavic *polъ. See po-.

Alternative forms

pȏl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pôː/

Adverb

pȏ (Cyrillic spelling по̑)

(Bosnia, Serbia) half
sat i po ― hour and a half
četiri i po ― four thirty
čov(j)ek i po ― an excellent man

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *po, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)po.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pô/

Preposition

pȍ (Cyrillic spelling по̏)

(+ accusative case) for
otići po ml(ij)eko ― to go and get the milk
po c(ij)eli dan ― all day long
po šesti put ― for the sixth time
biti štetan po nekoga/nešto ― to be harmful for sb/sth
dobro/loše po njega ― good/bad for him
(+ locative case) over, through, across, in, on
udariti po glavi ― to hit on the head
sn(ij)eg je pao po cesti ― snow fell on the road
voda se prolila po podu ― water spilled over the floor
šetati po šumi ― to walk in the woods
(+ locative case) by, with, through (using an intermediary or medium)
Poslao sam mu paket po zajedničkom prijatelju. ― I've sent him a package via a mutual friend.
po zraku/vodi ― by air/water
(+ locative case) by, according to
sve ide po planu ― everything is going according to the plan
Amerika je prva država po bogatstvu u sv(ij)etu. ― America is the richest country in the world.
po glavi stanovnika ― per capita
živ(j)eti po principima ― to live according to principles
po mom(e) mišljenju ― in my opinion
po mom računu ― by my reckoning
po meni ― in my opinion; as far as I'm concerned
svirati po sluhu ― to play by ear
suditi po vanjštini ― to judge by appearance
(+ locative case) after
po svršetku sukoba ― after (the end of) the conflict
(+ locative case) during
po kiši/suncu ― in the rain/sun
po danu ― during the day
(+ locative case) in miscellaneous senses in various phrasal constructs
razum(ij)e se (samo) po sebi ― it goes without saying
neka bude po tvome ― let it be your way
jednak po veličini ― equal in size
sve je po starom ― everything is/goes in the accustomed/usual manner
po običaju ― as usual, according to custom
po vr(ij)ednosti ― in value
po svoj prilici ― in all likelihood
po rodu ― by birth
po naravi/prirodi ― in nature
po toj c(ij)eni ― at this price
po paragrafu 13 ― under section 13
po što po to ― by all means
po mogućnosti ― if possible
po redu ― in order, one after another
po mom ukusu ― (according) to my taste
po kvaliteti ― by quality
po tome ― according to this/that, accordingly, consequently, then
po zakonu ― according to the law, by the law
po duljini ― lengthwise

Particle

po (Cyrillic spelling по)

(+ accusative case or nominative case) denoting distribution and succession; by, per, each, apiece
Popili smo svi po čašicu rakije. ― We all drank a glass of rakija each.
korak po korak ― step by step
jedan po jedan ― one by one
triput po satu ― three times per hour
Svi smo dobili po jabuku. ― Each of us received an apple.

References

“po” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“po” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *po.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ/

Preposition

po

(with locative) around, about
(with locative) along, through (the length of)
according to
(with accusative) in the manner of
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Spanish

Etymology

From pues.

Interjection

po

(colloquial, Chile) emphatical
¡Si po! ― Yes, of course!
¡Ya, po! ― Come on!
Synonym: pues

Usage notes

Always used at the end of a sentence.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Particle

po

definite / specific locative class suffix, definite place indicator
tupo shuleni ― we are (there) at the school

Inflection

Inflected forms of -po

Noun class	singular positive	plural positive	singular negative	plural negative
1st-Person	nipo	tupo	sipo	hatupo
2nd-Person	upo	mpo	hupo	hampo
M-wa class / 3rd-Person	yupo	wapo	hayupo	hawapo
M-mi class	upo	ipo	haupo	haipo
Ma class	lipo	yapo	halipo	hayapo
Ki-vi class	kipo	vipo	hakipo	havipo
N class	ipo	zipo	haipo	hazipo
U class	upo	upo	haupo	haupo
Pa class	papo	papo	hapapo	hapapo
Ku class	kupo	kupo	hakupo	hakupo
Mu class	mupo	mupo	hamupo	hamupo

Tagalog

Etymology

From a clipping of p'oon (“lord”),[1] a contraction of panginoon (“lord”). Compare Malay empu, Indonesian empu, Old Javanese mpu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpoʔ/, [ˈpoʔ]

Particle

pô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓ)

marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing
Tuloypo kayo. ― Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.
Pupuntapo ako sa simbahan, Inay. ― I am going to church, Mother.
Synonym: ho

Usage notes

The word po is more formal and polite than ho.

Derived terms

ipamopo
mamopo
mapagpo
mapamopo
mapopoin
pamopoan
pamopoin
papamopoin
papopo
pinopopo
pinopopoan
popo
popoin
pupuin
walang-pupo

References

Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 139

Tapachultec

Etymology

Lehmann considers the possibility of a connection to Zoque words for "white" (poopo).

Noun

po

moon

Usage notes

This is the form Lehmann says is given in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists; the form given in Johnston's vocabulary is poot.

References

Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.

Tewa

Noun

póː (high tone)

moon

Noun

pòː (low tone)

water

Noun

pǒː (gliding tone)

trail, road

References

Marianne Mithun, The Languages of Native North America
John Peabody Harrington, The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians
My Life in San Juan Pueblo: Stories of Esther Martinez (uses the spelling pˀoe, and mentions a fourth meaning, "pumpkin, squash")

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?] (whence also Tocharian A puk). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

po

entire, whole

Determiner

po

each, every, all

Inflection

(masc. nom. pl.): poñc

Derived terms

olyapo (“more, rather than”) (olya + po)

Umotína

Noun

po

water

References

Mônica Cidele da Cruz, Povo Umutína : a busca da identidade linguística e cultural [Les Umutína : À la recherche d’une identité linguistique et culturelle], Université Unicamp / Campinas, 2012, page 40

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin post (“behind”).

Preposition

po

behind
Antonym: fo

Waris

Noun

po

water

References

Bob Brown, Waris grammar sketch, 1990 (2012), page 29

Western Yugur

Etymology

Relate to Shor по, Khakas пу (pu) Tofa бо, Tuvan бо (bo), Karaim бу , Krymchak бу, Southern Altai бу (bu), Kyrgyz бул (bul), etc.

Pronoun

po

this

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɒ˧/

Noun

po

spleen

References

John Duffy, Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community →ISBN, 2007)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k͡pò/

Verb

pò

(transitive) to mix, to stir
Má pò ó pọ̀ síbẹ̀. ― Don't mix it together yet.
(transitive) to beat, to whisk
Bá mi po ẹyin. ― Help me beat the eggs.
(transitive) to knead
(transitive) to make warm drinks, baby food, or medicine.
A gbọ́dọ̀ lo omi gbígbóná nígbà tí a bá fẹ́ po tíì. ― We must use hot water when we want to make tea.

Usage notes

po when followed by a direct object.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k͡pó/

Verb

pó

to be too small
awó dára lẹ́yẹ, ṣùgbọ́n orí pó o ― The guinea fowl is a beautiful bird, but it has a very small head

[1] Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

[2] Joseph, B. D. the puzzle of albanian po. 2011

[bi-3] Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “po(-)²”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 219ab

[4] Ronald Lee (2005), “Lesson eighteen”, in Learn Romani: Das-dúma Rromanes, reprint edition, Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, published 2017, →ISBN, page 269

[5] Marcel Courthiade (2009), “po¹”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 279a

[me-6] Anna-Maria Meyer (2020), “The Impact of Slavic Languages on Romani”, in Yaron Matras; Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-28105-2_9, →ISBN, pages 277-278

[su-7] Yūsuke Sumi (2018) ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, pages 96-97

[8] Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 139

po

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Synonyms

Descendants

Anagrams

Akan

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Albanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Particle

References

Amondawa

Verb

References

Asaro'o

Alternative forms

Noun

Further reading

Balkan Romani

Etymology

Particle

References

Bikol Central

Etymology

Pronunciation

Particle

Borôro

Noun

References

Chickasaw

Pronoun

Chinese

Etymology

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Verb

Noun

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Cornish

Conjunction

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Preposition

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

Descendants

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Preposition

Derived terms

Noun

See also

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

References

Guaraní

Pronunciation

Noun

Numeral

Verb

Conjugation

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1