ō

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

ō U+014D, ō LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON Composition: o [U+006F] + ◌̄ [U+0304] ← Ō [U+014C] Latin Extended-A Ŏ → [U+014E]

Translingual

Symbol

ō

1. (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel o

English

Symbol

ō

1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOAT vowel

Fijian

Noun

ō

1. cloud

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (“journey provisions”), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (“ibid.”), cognate with Maori ō (“food, provisions”).

Noun

ō

1. food, provisions, rations

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

ō

1. A greeting said when answering the telephone, much like the English hello.

Japanese

Romanization

ō

1. Rōmaji transcription of おう
2. Rōmaji transcription of おお
3. Rōmaji transcription of オー

Latgalian

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /oː/

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Mandarin

Romanization

ō (o¹, Zhuyin ㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喔
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噢
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵

Maori

Etymology 1

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twelfth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (“journey provisions”), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (“ibid.”) (cognate of Hawaiian ō (“food, provisions”)).

Noun

ō

1. food, provisions

Preposition

ō

1. possessive article used before a pronoun, like the functions of and -’s in English

   Ka pekepeke te kurī ō tāua. ― Our dog is jumping.

Verb

ō

1. to have, to own

   He whare nui ō rāua. ― The [couple] has a big house.

Further reading

• “ō” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Samogitian

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ō and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Noun

ō ?

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) ā, ėlguojė ā, bė, cė, čė, dė, ē, ėlguojė ē, ė̄, ėlguojė ė̄, ėf, gė / gie, hā, ī, ėlguojė ī, jot, kā, ėl, ėm, ėn, ō, ėlguojė ō, pė, ėr, ės, ėš, tė, ū, ėlguojė ū, vė, zė / zet, žė / žet

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ō for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Swedish

Etymology

From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /øː/, /œ/

Letter

ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

1. (in handwriting) Alternative form of ö

See also

• ā
• o̲ (“&”)

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoː]
• Hyphenation: ō

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *o-u.

Determiner

ō

1. (inalienable) thy, your

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners

	Definite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	toku, tota1	to māua	to mā	to mātou	oku, ota1	o māua	o mā	o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	to tāua	to tā	to tātou	―	o tāua	o tā	o tātou
2nd person	tō	toulua		toutou	ō	oulua		outou
3rd person	tona	to lāua	to lā	to lātou	ona	o lāua	o lā	o lātou
	Definite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	taku, tata1	ta māua	ta mā	ta mātou	aku, ata1	a māua	a mā	a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ta tāua	ta tā	ta tātou	―	a tāua	a tā	a tātou
2nd person	tau	taulua		tautou	au	aulua		autou
3rd person	tana	ta lāua	ta lā	ta lātou	ana	a lāua	a lā	a lātou
	Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	hoku, hota1	ho māua	ho mā	ho mātou	ni oku, ni ota1	ni o māua	ni o mā	ni o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ho tāua	ho tā	ho tātou	―	ni o tāua	ni o tā	ni o tātou
2nd person	hō	houlua		houtou	ni ō	ni oulua		ni outou
3rd person	hona	ho lāua	ho lā	ho lātou	ni ona	ni o lāua	ni o lā	ni o lātou
	Indefinite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	haku, hata1	ha māua	ha mā	ha mātou	ni aku, ni ata1	ni a māua	ni a mā	ni a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ha tāua	ha tā	ha tātou	―	ni a tāua	ni a tā	ni a tātou
2nd person	hau	haulua		hautou	ni au	ni aulua		ni autou
3rd person	hana	ha lāua	ha lā	ha lātou	ni ana	ni a lāua	ni a lā	ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

Etymology 2

Te ō (2.1).

From Proto-Polynesian *o. Cognates include Tongan oo and Samoan lō.

Noun

ō

1. rabbitfish

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 33