во

See also: -во, в/о, во-, and Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Komi-Permyak

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ëde. Cognates include Finnish vuosi.

Noun

во • (vo)

1. year

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɔ]
• IPA^(key): [u] (non-standard)

Preposition

во • (vo)

1. in

   Што правиш во мојата соба?

   What are you doing in my room?

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Nivkh

Noun

во (vo)

1. village

References

• 2000, Hidetoshi Shiraishi, "Nivkh consonant alternation does not involve hardening" in Journal of Chiba University Eurasian Society (3): 89–119.

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Russian

Alternative forms

• в (v)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [və]
• IPA^(key): [vɐ] (before a stressed syllable)

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Etymology 1

Preposition

во • (vo)

1. (location) in, at, on (+ prepositional case)
2. (direction) to, into (+ accusative case)
3. (time) at, in, on

Usage notes

• The form во is used before some awkward consonant clusters, such as во второ́м, во вто́рник, во Флори́де. In most cases, use в (v) instead.

Etymology 2

Particle

во • (vo)

1. (colloquial) clipped form of вот
   • 1982, Сергей Донатович Довлатов (Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov), Зона (Записки надзирателя); translated as Anne Frydman, transl., The Zone: A Prison Camp Guard's Story, A.A. Knopf, 1985, page 74:

     — Во мужи́к, гоноре́и не зна́ет! Да трипа́к же, трипа́к!

     — Vo mužík, gonoréi ne znájet! Da tripák že, tripák!

     "That's a peasant for you, doesn't know what gonorrhoea is! It's the clap, the clap!"

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Croatia): во̑л

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋôː/

Noun

во̑ m (Latin spelling vȏ)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) ox

Declension

Declension of во

	singular	plural
nominative	во̑	во̀лови
genitive	вола	волова
dative	волу	воловима
accusative	вола	волове
vocative	во̏ле	волови
locative	волу	воловима
instrumental	волом	воловима

References

• “во” in Hrvatski jezični portal