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/
• Rhymes: -oː

Adverb

wo

1. where
2. (dialectal) somewhere

Conjunction

wo

1. (colloquial) when, or any other conjunction concerning time or an event

   Colloquial: Vielleicht ist morgen der erste Tag, wo ich es schaffe, pünktlich zu sein. (..., where...)

   Proper Standard: Vielleicht ist morgen der erste Tag, an dem ich es schaffe, pünktlich zu sein. (..., on which...)

   Maybe tomorrow is the first day, where I manage to be on time.

2. (nonstandard) any other conjunction

Usage notes

While in everyday life it is somewhat common to use wo to form a conjunction concerning time, using it to replace other conjunctions, e.g. welcher (“whom”), is considered to be a sign of low intelligence. (It was, for example, used in the speech of Forrest Gump.)
The usage of wo as a general conjunction not uncommon, and hence less scorned, in the Swabian areas.

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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German Low German

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German wô, from Old Saxon, from Proto-Germanic *hwō. Cognate with English how, German wie, Dutch hoe.

Alternative forms

• (in some dialects) woans

Pronunciation

• (in some dialects) IPA: /vɔu̯/
• (classical) IPA: [wɔʊ̯]

Adverb

wo

1. how

   Wo vele dage?

   How many days?

Etymology 2

Compare English who, whom, whose.

Pronoun

wo

1. (Low Prussian, relative) who, which

   (Low Prussian) Dat, wo ös...

   That, which is...

Usage notes

The dative form (also used for the accusative) is woom (wom), the genitive form is woos (wos).

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Japanese

Romanization

wo

1. See うぉ
2. See ウォ

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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

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Zulu

Pronoun

-wo

1. Combining stem of wona.

See also

Class 3 concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	umu-1, um-
Basic noun prefix:	mu-1, m-
Subject concord:	u-, -wu-
Object concord:	-wu-
Possessive concord:	wa-
Adjective concord:	omu-1, om-
Relative concord:	o-
Pronoun:	wona, -wo
1 With single-syllable nouns.
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.

Class 6 concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	ama-
Basic noun prefix:	ma-
Subject concord:	a-, -wa-
Object concord:	-wa-
Possessive concord:	a-
Adjective concord:	ama-
Relative concord:	a-
Pronoun:	wona, -wo
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.