ō U+014D, ō
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON
Composition:o [U+006F] + ◌̄ [U+0304]
Ō
[U+014C]
Latin Extended-A Ŏ
[U+014E]

Translingual

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Symbol

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ō

  1. (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel o

English

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Symbol

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ō

  1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOAT vowel

Fijian

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Noun

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ō

  1. cloud

Halkomelem

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Alternative forms

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Letter

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ō (upper case Ō)

  1. (Stó꞉lō) A letter of the Halkomelem alphabet.

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Hawaiian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (journey provisions), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (ibid.), cognate with Maori ō (food, provisions).[1][2]

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ō

  1. food, provisions, rations

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

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ō

  1. A greeting said when answering the telephone, much like the English hello.

References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ō”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 274
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qoho”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Japanese

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Romanization

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ō

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おう
  2. Rōmaji transcription of おお
  3. Rōmaji transcription of オー

Latgalian

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Letter

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ō (upper case Ō)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Livonian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ō (upper case Ō)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Mandarin

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ō (o1, Zhuyin )

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Maori

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Etymology 1

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ō (upper case Ō)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (journey provisions), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (ibid.) (cognate of Hawaiian ō (food, provisions)).[1][2]

Noun

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ō

  1. food, provisions

Preposition

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ō

  1. possessive article used before a pronoun, like the functions of and -’s in English
    Ka pekepeke te kurī ō tāua.Our dog is jumping.

Verb

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ō

  1. to have, to own
    He whare nui ō rāua.The [couple] has a big house.

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 287
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qoho”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

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  • ō” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Samogitian

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ō (upper case Ō)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ō and written in the Latin script.

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Noun

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ō ?

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

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Silesian

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Etymology

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The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ō for development of the glyph itself.

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ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).

Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /øː/, /œ/

Letter

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ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

  1. (in handwriting) Alternative form of ö

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Tokelauan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈoː]
  • Hyphenation: ō

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *o-u.

Determiner

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ō

  1. (inalienable) thy, your
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Etymology 2

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Te ō (2.1).

From Proto-Polynesian *o. Cognates include Tongan oo and Samoan .

Noun

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ō

  1. rabbitfish

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 33
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