blo

See also: Blo, blø, and blo'

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Basila with o as a placeholder, influenced by Oji-Ouji.

Symbol

blo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anii.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Anii terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bloː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: blo
• Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

blo (comparative bloder, superlative bloodste)

1. alternative form of blood

Declension

Declension of blo
uninflected	blo
inflected	blode
comparative	bloder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		blo	bloder	het bloodst het bloodste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	blode	blodere	bloodste
	n. sing.	blo	bloder	bloodste
	plural	blode	blodere	bloodste
definite		blode	blodere	bloodste
partitive		blo's	bloders	—

Franco-Provençal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɔ]

Noun

blo (plural blo) (Beaujolais)

1. alternative form of blât (“wheat”)

References

• bllât in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• ploo (Wiesemann spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈploː/
• Rhymes: -oː
• Syllabification: blo

Adjective

blo (comparative bloer, superlative bloest)

1. alternative form of blau

Declension

Declension of blo (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
weak inflection	nominative	blo	blo	blo	bloe
	accusative	bloe	blo	blo	bloe
	dative	bloe	bloe	bloe	bloe
strong inflection	nominative	bloer	bloe	bloes	bloe
	accusative	bloe	bloe	bloes	bloe
	dative	bloem	bloer	bloem	bloe

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blo/, [bloː]
  • Rhymes: -oː

• Audio:

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Adjective

blo (masculine bloen, neuter blot, comparative méi blo, superlative am bloosten)

1. blue

Declension

Declension of blo

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		hien ass blo	si ass blo	et ass blo	si si(nn) blo
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	bloen	blo	blot	blo
	independent without determiner			bloes	bloer
dative	after any declined word	bloen	bloer	bloen	bloen
	as first declined word	bloem		bloem

See also

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)

wäiss	gro	schwaarz
rout	orange; brong	giel
	gréng
turquoise	blo (hellblo, himmelblo)	blo (donkelblo)
violett; indigo	magenta; mof	rosa; pink

Further reading

• blo in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bla, bloo, bloe

Etymology

From Old Norse blá, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔː/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /blaː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

blo (uncountable)

1. bruise
2. blueness

Descendants

• English: blow
• Scots: blae, blaw, bla, blea, ble

References

• “blō, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

Adjective

blo

1. bruised, injured, visibly hurt
2. bluish, greyish
3. dark-skinned
4. upset, sad

Related terms

• bloman

Descendants

• English: blow
• Scots: blae, blaw, bla, blea, ble

References

• “blō, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blew, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• ble

Noun

blo m

1. blue

Pijin

Alternative forms

• blo'
• blong

Etymology

From English belong.

Preposition

blo

1. Of; belonging to.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• blau (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader)
• blov (Puter)

Etymology

From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Adjective

blo m (feminine singular blava, masculine plural blos, feminine plural blavas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) blue