Definitions and meaning of oo
oo
Etymology 1
Representation of a long-o sound.
Noun
oo (plural oos)
- (obsolete) The Greek letter omega.
Etymology 2
Wikispecies
From Hawaiian ‘ō‘ō, resembling its call.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊoʊ/
Noun
oo (plural oos)
- Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct. [from 19th c.]
- 1898, Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen:
- On this visit I made careful inquiries as to the success of Mr. Gay's efforts to raise the "Oo" bird on this island.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 161:
- Several years earlier, she had arranged to bring three pairs of the rapidly vanishing ‘ō‘ō bird from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i, hoping they would form a new colony.
Synonyms
Translations
Etymology 3
See ooh.
Interjection
oo
- Alternative form of ooh
Cebuano
Interjection
oo
- yes
Antonyms
Chickasaw
Verb
oo (stative, irregular)
- to be (something)
Usage notes
- It replaces the use of ya in sentences where a Class II subject marker cannot be used. It never takes any subject markers.
- It cannot be used alone and must always be used with verb endings such as -tok, -taam, -a'chi, etc.
- For the future tense, a'chi can be used as a standalone word rather than a suffix completely replacing the use of a verb and having the meaning "will be". Similarly, a'ni, "might be" could possibly work in a similar fashion, replacing the presence of an explicit verb as well, although it is not normally used in sentences expressing being something.
- The prefix hoo- is never used with any forms of the verb "to be" (ya, oo, a'chi).
- To ask questions such as "Is it a/an....", see the entries for the noun suffixes -to̠ (used after consonants) and -hto̠ (used after vowels).
Synonyms
Estonian
Noun
oo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter O.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoː/, [ˈo̞ː]
- Rhymes: -oː
- Syllabification: oo
Etymology 1
From Latin ō.
Noun
oo
- The name of the Latin-script letter O.
Declension
Inflected forms are often substituted with corresponding form of o-kirjain (“letter o”)
Etymology 2
Verb
oo
- spoken language form of ole (“imperative and connegative form of olla - to be”)
Ingrian
Pronunciation
Verb
oo
- present active indicative connegative of olla
Manx
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronoun
oo (emphatic uss)
- you (singular, informal)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ān.
Article
oo
- a, one
Etymology 2
A rendering of Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection).
Particle
oo
- Alternative form of O.
Ojibwe
Particle
oo
- oh!
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/oo-pc-disc
Scots
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English wull.
Noun
oo (plural oos or oose)
- wool
- (in the plural) fluff
Etymology 2
From we; of Old English origin.
Pronoun
oo (personal pronoun, non-emphatic)
- (South Scots) we
- (South Scots) us
Somali
Conjunction
oo
- that
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Interjection
oo
- (informal) yes
Antonyms
Võro
Noun
oo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter O.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Yami
Noun
oo
- (anatomy) head
Source: wiktionary.org- (Scots) wool.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)