luo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "luo"

Translingual

Symbol

luo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Luo.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Luo terms

Esperanto

Etymology

From lui +‎ -o, from French louer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo/
• Rhymes: -uo

Noun

luo (uncountable, accusative luon)

1. rent

For quotations using this term, see Citations:luo.

Finnish

Etymology 1

luo- +‎ -(k) (k-lative singular), from Proto-Finnic *loo-, possibly from Proto-Uralic *luwe (“downstream”). Related to Ingrian looks (~ luokse), Karelian luoh (~ luo) and Veps lon (~ luona).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯ˣ/, [ˈluo̞̯(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation^(key): luo

Postposition

luo [with genitive]

1. (of movement) to, up to, to ('s place)

   Synonyms: luokse, tykö

   Antonyms: luota, tyköä

   Miehen luo tuli nainen. ― A woman came to the man.

   Menin Pekan luo. ― I went to Pekka's place.

Usage notes

luo cannot take a possessive suffix; luokse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

Inflection

Declension of luo noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative – – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive luota – sublative – – accusative – – lative luo – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive luona – situative – – translative luokse – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

The inflection mostly conforms to a now obsolete system of generic locative cases: lative, locative and separative. See Appendix:Finnish adverbial cases for more information.

Derived terms

• loinen
• luokse
• luona
• luottaa

 

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

Further reading

• “luo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯/, [ˈluo̞̯]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation^(key): luo

Verb

luo

1. third-person singular present indicative of luoda

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯ˣ/, [ˈluo̞̯(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation^(key): luo

Verb

luo

1. present active indicative connegative of luoda

   En luo mitään. ― I don't create anything.

2. second-person singular present imperative of luoda

   Luo se! ― Create it!

3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of luoda

   Älä luo sitä! ― Don't create it!

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.oː/, [ˈɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate 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

1. to wash
2. to 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)

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)

Further reading

• 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 *lewh₁- (“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

1. to let go, set free
2. to atone for

   Synonym: expio

3. to pay (a debt)

   Synonyms: ērogō, persolvo, solvo, pendo, absolvo, dissolvo

4. to suffer (a punishment)
5. to satisfy (someone)

   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

Further reading

• “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^[2], 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)
    
• 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 (luo⁵ / luo⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄨㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囉 / 啰

Romanization

luo

1. Nonstandard spelling of luō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of luó.
3. Nonstandard spelling of luǒ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of luò.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Portuguese

Noun

luo m (invariable)

1. Luo (member of a tribal group in eastern Africa)
2. Luo (a language spoken by the Luo people)