wo

See also Appendix:Variations of "wo"

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• whoa

Etymology 1

Variant of who.

Interjection

wo

1. A falconer's call to a hawk.
2. A call to cause a horse to slow down or stop; whoa.

Etymology 2

Variant of woe.

Noun

wo (plural wos)

1. Obsolete spelling of woe.
   • 1815, Philip Freneau, A collection of poems, on American affairs and a variety of other subjects, page 82[1]:

     Such feeble arms, to work internal wo!

Anagrams

• ow

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Ewe

Pronoun

wo

1. them
2. they

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German

Etymology

From Old High German hwar, from Proto-Germanic *hwa-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, whence also wer. Cognate with English where.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /voː/

Adverb

wo

1. where
2. (dialectal) somewhere

Conjunction

wo

1. when

Related terms

• woanders, wobei

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French haut (“high”).

Adjective

wo

1. high
2. tall

Adverb

wo

1. high

Related terms

• wotè

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Low German

Alternative forms

• woans

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɔu̯/

Adverb

wo

1. how

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Mandarin

Romanization

wo

1. Nonstandard spelling of wō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of wǒ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of wò.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Middle English

Noun

wo (plural wos)

1. Alternative form of woo.

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Saterland Frisian

Adverb

wo

1. how, to what degree