delo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "delo"

English

Etymology

From delegate + -o.

Noun

delo (plural delos)

1. (Australia, slang) A delegate (representative).

Mauritian Creole

Noun

delo

1. alternative form of dilo

References

• Rachel Eva Strandquist, Article Incorporation in Mauritian Creole (2005), page 31
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 248

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• djȅlo (Ijekavian)
• dilo (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêlo/
• Hyphenation: de‧lo

Noun

dȅlo n (Cyrillic spelling де̏ло) (Ekavian)

1. work
2. piece of work
3. deed, act

Declension

Declension of delo

	singular	plural
nominative	delo	dela
genitive	dela	dȇlā
dative	delu	delima
accusative	delo	dela
vocative	delo	dela
locative	delu	delima
instrumental	delom	delima

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French de l'eau.

Noun

delo

1. water

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN, page 76

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělo. First attested in the 10th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dèːlɔ/

Noun

dẹ́lo n

1. work, labour
2. employment

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	délo
gen. sing.	déla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	délo	déli	déla
genitive (rodȋlnik)	déla	dél	dél
dative (dajȃlnik)	délu	déloma	délom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	délo	déli	déla
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	délu	délih	délih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	délom	déloma	déli

Further reading

• “delo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdelo/ [ˈd̪e.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: de‧lo

Verb

delo

1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with lo

Swedish

Noun

delo ?

1. dispute, disagreement, quarrel

Tayo

Etymology

From French de l'eau.

Noun

delo

1. water

   Synonym: dolo

References

• Sabine Ehrhart, Le créole français de St-Louis (le tayo) en Nouvelle-Calédonie (1993), page 114

Volapük

Adverb

delo

1. by day

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːlɔ/, /ˈdɛlɔ/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• dêl

Verb

delo

1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of dod

Etymology 2

Verb

delo (first-person singular present delaf)

1. alternative form of delio (“to deal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of delo

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
delo	ddelo	nelo	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.