suo

See also: suō, suõ, suǒ, suò, šuo, and ŝuo

Catalan

Verb

suo

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Finnish

Etymology 1

From , possibly from Proto-Uralic *towe (but *t > *s is irregular), or alternatively an early borrowing from Pre-Germanic *soyg^w-ó-/*soyg^w-í-. Cognates include Estonian soo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification^(key): suo

Noun

suo

1. swamp, bog, marsh, mire

Declension

Inflection of suo (Kotus type 19/suo, no gradation)
nominative		suo	suot
genitive		suon	soiden soitten
partitive		suota	soita
illative		suohon	soihin
		singular	plural
nominative		suo	suot
accusative	nom.	suo	suot
	gen.	suon
genitive		suon	soiden soitten
partitive		suota	soita
inessive		suossa	soissa
elative		suosta	soista
illative		suohon	soihin
adessive		suolla	soilla
ablative		suolta	soilta
allative		suolle	soille
essive		suona	soina
translative		suoksi	soiksi
abessive		suotta	soitta
instructive		—	soin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of suo (Kotus type 19/suo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative suoni suoni accusative nom. suoni suoni gen. suoni genitive suoni soideni soitteni partitive suotani soitani inessive suossani soissani elative suostani soistani illative suohoni soihini adessive suollani soillani ablative suoltani soiltani allative suolleni soilleni essive suonani soinani translative suokseni soikseni abessive suottani soittani instructive — — comitative — soineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative suosi suosi accusative nom. suosi suosi gen. suosi genitive suosi soidesi soittesi partitive suotasi soitasi inessive suossasi soissasi elative suostasi soistasi illative suohosi soihisi adessive suollasi soillasi ablative suoltasi soiltasi allative suollesi soillesi essive suonasi soinasi translative suoksesi soiksesi abessive suottasi soittasi instructive — — comitative — soinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative suomme suomme accusative nom. suomme suomme gen. suomme genitive suomme soidemme soittemme partitive suotamme soitamme inessive suossamme soissamme elative suostamme soistamme illative suohomme soihimme adessive suollamme soillamme ablative suoltamme soiltamme allative suollemme soillemme essive suonamme soinamme translative suoksemme soiksemme abessive suottamme soittamme instructive — — comitative — soinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative suonne suonne accusative nom. suonne suonne gen. suonne genitive suonne soidenne soittenne partitive suotanne soitanne inessive suossanne soissanne elative suostanne soistanne illative suohonne soihinne adessive suollanne soillanne ablative suoltanne soiltanne allative suollenne soillenne essive suonanne soinanne translative suoksenne soiksenne abessive suottanne soittanne instructive — — comitative — soinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative suonsa suonsa accusative nom. suonsa suonsa gen. suonsa genitive suonsa soidensa soittensa partitive suotaan suotansa soitaan soitansa inessive suossaan suossansa soissaan soissansa elative suostaan suostansa soistaan soistansa illative suohonsa soihinsa adessive suollaan suollansa soillaan soillansa ablative suoltaan suoltansa soiltaan soiltansa allative suolleen suollensa soilleen soillensa essive suonaan suonansa soinaan soinansa translative suokseen suoksensa soikseen soiksensa abessive suottaan suottansa soittaan soittansa instructive — — comitative — soineen soinensa

Derived terms

• soinen
• soistua

Compounds

compounds

• aapasuo
• karpalosuo
• keidassuo
• kohosuo
• korpisuo
• kuivatussuo
• kumpusuo
• palsasuo
• rahkasuo
• rimpisuo
• rämesuo
• soidensuojelu
• suoalue
• suoaukea
• suoaukeama
• suohaukka

• suokaasu
• suokasvi
• suokasvillisuus
• suokorte
• suokukka
• suokukko
• suolampi
• suolöytö
• suomalmi
• suometsä
• suomuurain
• suomyrtti
• suoniitty
• suonkuivatus
• suonojitus
• suonraivaus

• suontutkimus
• suopelto
• suopursu
• suoputki
• suopöllö
• suoruumis
• suosaareke
• suosirri
• suoturve
• suotyyppi
• suoviljely
• suovilla
• suoyhdistymä
• suoyhdistymätyyppi
• turvesuo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯ˣ/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯(ʔ)] (imperative and connegative forms)
• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification^(key): suo

Verb

suo

1. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular present indicative of suoda

   Hän suo sen minulle.

   He allows it to me.

   Jos Luoja suo ― God willing

2. (deprecated template usage) present active indicative connegative of suoda

   Hän ei suo armoa.

   He does not give mercy.

3. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of suoda

   Suo se minulle!

   Allow it to me!

4. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of suoda

   Älä suo sitä!

   Don't allow it!

Anagrams

• osu

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé.

Adjective

1. his, her, its

   i suoi figli - his/her/its children

   le sue macchine - his/her/its cars

   casa sua - his/her/its house

   suo padre - his/her/its father

2. (often capitalised) your (polite singular form)

   i Suoi figli - your children

   le Sue macchine - your cars

   casa Sua - your house

   Suo padre - your father

Pronoun

suo (as the adjective)

1. his, hers, its own.

   Sono i suoi - They are his/hers/its own.

2. (often capitalised) yours (polite singular form)

   Sono i Suoi - They are yours.

See also

• loro
• mio
• nostro
• tuo
• vostro

Anagrams

• uso, usò

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Karelian

Etymology

From .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [suo], [suɔ]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: suo

Noun

suo (genitive suon, partitive suodu)

1. swamp, bog, marsh, mire

Declension

Declension of suo, {{{grad1}}}-{{{grad2}}} gradation singular plural nominative suo suokse genitive suon – partitive suodu suottah inessive suon suonke elative suos suoči illative suospäi suot adessive suoh suoloin ablative suol suoloi essive suolpäi suot translative suole suolois abessive suonnu suoloispäi instructive suoloih comitative suoloil

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.oː/, [ˈs̠uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.o/, [ˈsuːo]

• Audio (Classical):

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-. Cognates include Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”), Lithuanian siūti, and Old English siwian (English sew).

Verb

suō (present infinitive suere, perfect active suī, supine sūtum); third conjugation, limited passive

1. I sew, stitch.
2. I join, fasten together.
3. (figuratively) I devise, cobble.

Conjugation

The verb suō has a limited passive conjugation. Only third-person passive forms are known from surviving texts.

Conjugation of suō (third conjugation, only third-person forms in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suō	suis	suit	suimus	suitis	suunt
	imperfect	suēbam	suēbās	suēbat	suēbāmus	suēbātis	suēbant
	future	suam	suēs	suet	suēmus	suētis	suent
	perfect	suī	suistī	suit	suimus	suistis	suērunt, suēre
	pluperfect	sueram	suerās	suerat	suerāmus	suerātis	suerant
	future perfect	suerō	sueris	suerit	suerimus	sueritis	suerint
passive	present	—	—	suitur	—	—	suuntur
	imperfect	—	—	suēbātur	—	—	suēbantur
	future	—	—	suētur	—	—	suentur
	perfect	—	—	sūtus est	—	—	sūtī sunt
	pluperfect	—	—	sūtus erat	—	—	sūtī erant
	future perfect	—	—	sūtus erit	—	—	sūtī erunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suam	suās	suat	suāmus	suātis	suant
	imperfect	suerem	suerēs	sueret	suerēmus	suerētis	suerent
	perfect	suerim	suerīs	suerit	suerīmus	suerītis	suerint
	pluperfect	suissem	suissēs	suisset	suissēmus	suissētis	suissent
passive	present	—	—	suātur	—	—	suantur
	imperfect	—	—	suerētur	—	—	suerentur
	perfect	—	—	sūtus sit	—	—	sūtī sint
	pluperfect	—	—	sūtus esset, sūtus foret	—	—	sūtī essent, sūtī forent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sue	—	—	suite	—
	future	—	suitō	suitō	—	suitōte	suuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		suere	suisse	sūtūrum esse	suī	sūtum esse	sūtum īrī
participles		suēns	—	sūtūrus	—	sūtus	suendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		suendī	suendō	suendum	suendō	sūtum	sūtū

Derived terms

• consuō
• insuō
• sūtēla
• sūtilis

• sūtor
• sūtum
• sūtūra

Related terms

• sūtōrīcius
• sūtōrius
• sūtrīballus
• sūtrīna

• sūtrīnum
• sūtrīnus
• sūtrīx

Etymology 2

Inflected form of suus (“his, her, hers, its”).

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) suō

1. dative masculine singular of suus
2. dative neuter singular of suus
3. ablative masculine singular of suus
4. ablative neuter singular of suus

References

• “suo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
    
  • (ambiguous) to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: suis rebus or sibi consulere
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider one's own advantage in everything: omnia ad suam utilitatem referre
    
  • (ambiguous) to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere
    
  • (ambiguous) to win a man over to one's own way of thinking: aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducere
    
  • (ambiguous) to freely express one's opinions: sententiam suam aperire
    
  • (ambiguous) to act in accordance with one's convictions: suo iudicio uti
    
  • (ambiguous) to go one's own way, proceed independently: suo consilio uti
    
  • (ambiguous) to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
    
  • (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
    
  • (ambiguous) to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus
    
  • (ambiguous) to set one's hope on some one: spem suam ponere, collocare in aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
    
  • (ambiguous) self-confidence: fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to indulge one's caprice: sibi or ingenio suo indulgere (Nep. Chabr. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
    
  • (ambiguous) to live on one's means: de suo (opp. alieno) vivere
    
  • (ambiguous) to squander all one's property: dissipare rem familiarem (suam)
    
  • (ambiguous) to invite some one to one's house: invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5)
    
  • (ambiguous) to give audience to some one: sui potestatem facere, praebere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to separate from, divorce (of the man): aliquam suas res sibi habere iubere (Phil. 2. 28. 69)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep up a usage: consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere,[TR1] servare
    
  • (ambiguous) to have no debts: in suis nummis versari (Verr. 4. 6. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) (a state) has its own laws, is autonomous: suis legibus utitur (B. G. 1. 45. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
    
  • (ambiguous) to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
    
  • (ambiguous) to waive one's right: de iure suo decedere or cedere
    
  • (ambiguous) in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
    
  • (ambiguous) to accept battle: potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to reduce a country to subjection to oneself: populum in potestatem suam redigere (B. G. 2. 34)
    
  • (ambiguous) to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
    
  • (ambiguous) with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    

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Ludian

Etymology

From .

Noun

suo

1. swamp

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Mandarin

Romanization

suo

1. Nonstandard spelling of suō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of suǒ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of suò.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Portuguese

Verb

suo