abo

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English [edit]

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Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

1922, shortened from aborigine.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

abo (plural abos)

  1. (Australia, offensive, slang) An aborigine; aboriginal. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]

Synonyms [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 6:

Finnish [edit]

Noun [edit]

abo

  1. abo

Declension [edit]

Anagrams [edit]


Hiligaynon [edit]

Adjective [edit]

ábo

  1. lazy

Noun [edit]

abó

  1. ash

Noun [edit]

ábo

  1. A type of small fish that is said to be lazy

Interjection [edit]

abô

  1. an exclamation that denotes aversion, contempt, or negation, equivalent to fie

Verb [edit]

abó (diminutive abó-ábo)

  1. to turn into ash

Lower Sorbian [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

abo

  1. or

Old Polish [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

albo

  1. or

Tagalog [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun [edit]

abo

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
  2. solid remains of a cremated or decayed body
  3. powder substance erupted by a volcano
  4. grey