luo

See also: Luo, luó, luò, luō, luǒ, lu'o, and Luò

Esperanto

Etymology

From French louer.

Noun

luo (uncountable, accusative luon)

1. rent

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:luo.

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Finnish

(index lu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluo(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: luo

Etymology 1

Postposition

luo

1. (of movement) to, (with a person's home or some such as an object) to ('s place). Truncated form of luokse.

   • Miehen luo tuli nainen.
     • A woman came to the man.
   • Menin Pekan luo. (cf. luona)
     • I went to Pekka's place.

2. (obsolete) a word with unknown meaning somehow referring to a place

Inflection

Declension of luo noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative luo- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive luota – sublative – – accusative – – lative luo – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive luona – situative – – translative luokse – oppositive – – instructive – – abessive – – comitative – –

The inflection mostly conforms to a now obsolete system of generic local cases: locative (-nA), lative (-tA) and separative (-ksi).

Synonyms

• (to; to sb's place) luokse, tykö

Antonyms

• (to; to sb's place) luota, tyköä

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: luo
• Rhymes: juo, suo, tuo
• IPA^(key): /ˈluoː/

Verb

luo

1. Third-preson singular indicative present form of luoda.

   • Hän luo jotakin uutta.
     • S/he is creating something new.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: luo
• Rhymes: juo, suo, tuo
• IPA^(key): /ˈluo(ʔ)/

Verb

luo

1. Indicative present connegative form of luoda.

   • (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät luo mitään.
     • I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't create anything.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of luoda.

   • Luo!
     • Create!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of luoda.

   • Älä luo!
     • Don't create!

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.oː/, [ˈɫʊ.oː]

Etymology 1

Back-formed from the compounds (e.g. abluō), hence doublet of original lavō.

Verb

luō (present infinitive luere, perfect active luī); third conjugation, no passive

1. I wash.
2. I cleanse, purge.

Inflection

Conjugation of luo (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	luō	luis	luit	luimus	luitis	luunt
	imperfect	luēbam	luēbās	luēbat	luēbāmus	luēbātis	luēbant
	future	luam	luēs	luet	luēmus	luētis	luent
	perfect	luī	luistī	luit	luimus	luistis	luērunt, luēre
	pluperfect	lueram	luerās	luerat	luerāmus	luerātis	luerant
	future perfect	luerō	lueris	luerit	luerimus	lueritis	luerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	luam	luās	luat	luāmus	luātis	luant
	imperfect	luerem	luerēs	lueret	luerēmus	luerētis	luerent
	perfect	luerim	luerīs	luerit	luerīmus	luerītis	luerint
	pluperfect	luissem	luissēs	luisset	luissēmus	luissētis	luissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lue	—	—	luite	—
	future	—	luitō	luitō	—	luitōte	luuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		luere	luisse	—	—	—	—
participles		luēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		luere	luendī	luendō	luendum	—	—

References

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 692

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to cut off, separate, free”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λύω (lúō), English loose.

Verb

luō (present infinitive luere, perfect active luī); third conjugation, no passive

1. I expiate.
2. I pay.
3. I suffer.
4. I satisfy.

Inflection

Conjugation of luo (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	luō	luis	luit	luimus	luitis	luunt
	imperfect	luēbam	luēbās	luēbat	luēbāmus	luēbātis	luēbant
	future	luam	luēs	luet	luēmus	luētis	luent
	perfect	luī	luistī	luit	luimus	luistis	luērunt, luēre
	pluperfect	lueram	luerās	luerat	luerāmus	luerātis	luerant
	future perfect	luerō	lueris	luerit	luerimus	lueritis	luerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	luam	luās	luat	luāmus	luātis	luant
	imperfect	luerem	luerēs	lueret	luerēmus	luerētis	luerent
	perfect	luerim	luerīs	luerit	luerīmus	luerītis	luerint
	pluperfect	luissem	luissēs	luisset	luissēmus	luissētis	luissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lue	—	—	luite	—
	future	—	luitō	luitō	—	luitōte	luuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		luere	luisse	—	—	—	—
participles		luēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		luere	luendī	luendō	luendum	—	—

Derived terms

• reluō
• solvō

Related terms

• luēs

References

• luo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• luo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• luo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be punished for a thing, expiate it: poenam luere (alicuius rei) (Sull. 27. 76)
    
  • to atone for something by..: luere aliquid aliqua re (De Sen. 20)
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681

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Mandarin

Romanization

luo

1. Nonstandard spelling of luō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of luó.
3. Nonstandard spelling of luǒ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of luò.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Portuguese

Noun

luo m (plural luo)

1. Luo (member of a tribal group in eastern Africa)
2. Luo (a language spoken by the Luo people)