o'o

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oo"

Nias

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoʔo/

Noun

o'o (mutated form go'o)

  1. kunai (species of grass, Imperata cylindrica)

References

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 165.

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *oʔo (“meat”), from Proto-Tupian.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní so'o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈʔɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: o‧'o

Noun

o'o (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute to'o, R1 ro'o, R2 so'o)

  1. meat; flesh (muscle tissue of an animal)
  2. pulp (edible part of a fruit)
  3. body
    Synonym: eté

References

  1. ^ Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 185, line 3

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