lo

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Note: This is lowercase Lo, not uppercase io.

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Interjection 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Related terms 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Asturian 2.1 Article 3 Basque 3.1 Noun 4 Chickasaw 4.1 Pronoun 5 Galician 5.1 Pronoun 5.1.1 Usage notes 5.1.2 Related terms 6 Interlingua 6.1 Pronoun 6.1.1 Related terms 7 Italian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Article 7.3 Pronoun 7.4 References 8 Lojban 8.1 Cmavo 9 Mandarin 9.1 Pinyin 9.1.1 Usage notes 10 Norwegian 10.1 Noun 10.1.1 Derived terms 10.2 Verb 11 Spanish 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Article 11.3 Pronoun 11.3.1 See also 12 Swedish 12.1 Pronunciation 12.2 Noun 12.2.1 Synonyms 13 Xhosa 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Adjective 13.2.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ləʊ/, SAMPA: /l@U/
• (US) IPA: /loʊ/, SAMPA: /loU/

   Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -əʊ

[edit] Interjection

lo

1. (archaic) Look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
2. (colloquial) A shortened form of "hello" ('lo; see hallo)

[edit] Translations

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• lo and behold

[edit] Adjective

lo

1. (informal) Simplified spelling variant of low.

   Can you turn the fan down to lo?

[edit] Derived terms

• lo-tech

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• hi
• mid

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of lo
• ol'

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Article

lo n. sg. (masculine el, feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. (definite) the

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Noun

lo

1. sleep

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[edit] Pronoun

lo

1. I

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Pronoun

lo m. (accusative)

1. Mutated form of o. (him)

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The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word

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• la
• no
• o

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Pronoun

lo

1. it, that (direct object)

   Tu lo audi? - Do you hear it?

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• illo

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin illum, by dropping il- and -m. Latin illum is the accusative singular of ille.^[1]

[edit] Article

lo

1. (the form of il that is used before the so-called impure consonants, that is, s+consonant, gn, ps, x or z; before a vowel it becomes l’) the

   l’osso - the bone

   lo stato - the state

   lo zoo - the zoo

[edit] Pronoun

lo

1. him

   Lo conosci? - Do you know him?

2. this or that thing, it

   quando te lo diedi - when I gave it to you.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002). Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), p. 123, Bologna: il Mulino. ISBN 88-15-08638-2.

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[edit] Lojban

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lo

1. Indicates that the thing being talked about in the following word is really the thing that is described by the word by definition.

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[edit] Pinyin

lo (form of lo0 or lo5)

1. 咭:

[edit] Usage notes

Almost all syllables transliterated from Chinese speech contain one of four diacritics indicating tone. This is one of the only syllables in the Chinese language that is transcribed only in a toneless form.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

lo n. (definite singular loet; uncountable)

1. lint

[edit] Derived terms

• loe

[edit] Verb

lo

1. past tense of le

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Latin illum, accusative of ille

Pronoun form from Latin illud, neuter of ille

[edit] Article

lo

1. (neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives) the

   lo pobre - the poor one

[edit] Pronoun

lo

1. (impersonal neuter pronoun) it, that

   lo es = that's right (lit. that's it)

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

lo

1. lynx

[edit] Synonyms

• lodjur

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[edit] Xhosa

[edit] Pronunciation

• /lɔ/

[edit] Adjective

lo

1. this, this one

[edit] Related terms

• lowo
• lowaya