pô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "po"

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin pavor.

Noun

pô m (plural pôs)

1. fear

Labu

Noun

pô

1. water

References

• Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo/

• Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

Verb

pô

1. Apocopic form of pôr; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
2. Eye dialect spelling of pôr, representing Caipira Portuguese.

Etymology 2

Reduction of porra (“damn!”).

Interjection

pô

1. (Brazil, vulgar) It expresses astonishment, annoyance, boredom

   Pô, que difícil!

   Damn, how difficult!

   Isso é legal, pô.

   Damn, this is cool.

Usage notes

In Brazil, pô is only very slightly less offensive than porra itself

Sicilian

Preposition

pô

1. Contraction of pi lu (“for the”).

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɵ/
• Syllabification: pô

Preposition

pô

1. Denotes location; behind [+accusative]
2. Denotes point to which an action lasts; up to [+accusative]
3. Denotes destination of movement; up to [+accusative]
4. Denotes distributive meaning with a numeral; each; per [+accusative]
5. Denotes conformity according to which something happens; along, according to [+dative]
6. Denotes distributive meaning with stô and tësinc; each [+dative]
7. With an ordinal numeral, denotes position in a sequence or enumeration; of all [+dative] or [+locative]
8. (rare) Denotes movement along a surface; along, around [+dative]
9. Denotes movement along a surface; along, around [+locative] or rarely [+dative]
10. Denotes time; after [+locative]

Derived terms

prefixes

• pô-

 

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “pʉ̀ɵ̯”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 898

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• bô

Etymology

From French pot d’échappement (literally “pot of escapement”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [po˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [pow˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [pow˧˧]

Noun

pô

1. Short for ống pô (“exhaust pipe”).