agoo

See also: Agoo

Akan

Interjection

agoo (Twi)

1. hello
2. excuse me, let me through

   Synonym: ma me kwan

Usage notes

Used to announce one's presence, often with the expected response amee. Not used over the phone.

Hanunoo

Alternative forms

• aguo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)aʀuhu. Compare Tagalog aguho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡuʔu/ [ʔaˈɡu.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -uʔu
• Syllabification: a‧go‧o

Noun

agoo (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤᜳᜢ) (botany)

1. she-oak (Casuarina equisetifolia)

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 22
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRuhu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI