io

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ἰώ (iṓ), “‘Io’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaɪəʊ/

[edit] Noun

Singular
io

Plural
ios

io (plural ios)

  1. A type of moth, the io moth.

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

Esperanto i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -o (correlative suffix of objects)

[edit] Pronoun

io (plural ioj, accusative singular ion, accusative plural iojn)

  1. something (indeterminate correlative of objects)

[edit] Usage notes

Like other indeterminate correlatives, io can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality:

io ajn — “anything”

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Pronoun

io (personal, first person)

  1. I, the first person
    Io te ama. - “I love you.”

[edit] Istro-Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin ego.

[edit] Pronoun

io (first-person singular, plural noi)

  1. I

[edit] Declension

nominative io
accusative stressed mire
unstressed me (m')
dative stressed mi
unstressed âm
genitive m. sg. meu/mev
f. sg. me
m. pl. meľ
f. pl. mele

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Latin ego (“‘I’”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵoH. Near cognates include French je, Portuguese eu, Romanian eu, and Spanish yo.

[edit] Pronoun

io (personal, first person, possessive mio)

  1. I, the first person

[edit] Inflection

subject io
object mi
prepositional me
reflexive mi

[edit] See also

  • ‎meco ‎(“‘with me’”)‎
  • ‎noi ‎(“‘we’”)‎ — plural

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Echoic; compare Greek ἰώ (iṓ), or English yo.

[edit] Interjection

iō!

  1. An exclamation of joy or pain, or for getting one's attention.

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, whence also Old Norse ei

[edit] Adverb

io

  1. always
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