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See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"
ō U+014D, ō
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON
Composition:o [U+006F] + ◌̄ [U+0304]
← Ō
[U+014C] 		Latin Extended-A Ŏ →
[U+014E]

Translingual

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Symbol

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ō

  1. (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel o

English

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Symbol

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ō

  1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOAT vowel

Halkomelem

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

  1. (Stó꞉lō) A letter of the Halkomelem alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Musqueam:

Stó꞉lō:

Cowichan:

Hawaiian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (“journey provisions”), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (“ibid.”), cognate with Māori ō (“food, provisions”).[1][2]

Noun

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ō

  1. food, provisions, rations

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

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ō

  1. A greeting said when answering the telephone, much like the English hello.

References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ō”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 274
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qoho”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Japanese

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Romanization

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ō

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おう
  2. Rōmaji transcription of おお
  3. Rōmaji transcription of オー

Khiamniungan Naga

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ō

  1. (Patsho) news

Latgalian

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Letter

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ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Livonian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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ō (o1, Zhuyin ㄛ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喔
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噢
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵

Māori

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Māori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Determiner
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ō

  1. your of more than one thing
Usage notes
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A possessive determiner which must be followed by a noun, unlike āu and ōu. This is the neutral or informal form and is not governed by the a and o categories. It cannot be stressed, in which case either āu or ōu must be used, depending on the category of the noun.

Declension
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Māori possessive pronouns
singular object dual/plural object
A category O category neutral A category O category neutral
singular
subject 		1st person tāku tōku taku āku ōku aku
2nd person tāu tōu tō āu ōu ō
3rd person tāna tōna tana āna ōna ana
dual
subject 		1st person, inclusive tā tāua tō tāua — ā tāua ō tāua —
1st person, exclusive tā māua tō māua — ā māua ō māua —
2nd person tā kōrua tō kōrua — ā kōrua ō kōrua —
3rd person tā rāua tō rāua — ā rāua ō rāua —
plural
subject 		1st person, inclusive tā tātou tō tātou — ā tātou ō tātou —
1st person, exclusive tā mātou tō mātou — ā mātou ō mātou —
2nd person tā koutou tō koutou — ā koutou ō koutou —
3rd person tā rātou tō rātou — ā rātou ō rātou —

A category: alienable possession; possessor has control of the relationship.
O category: inalienable possession; possessor has no control over the relationship.

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

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ō

  1. possessive article used before a pronoun, like the functions of and -’s in English
    Ka pekepeke te kurī ō tāua. ― Our dog is jumping.

Verb

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ō

  1. to have, to own
    He whare nui ō rāua. ― The [couple] has a big house.

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (“journey provisions”), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (“ibid.”) (cognate of Hawaiian ō (“food, provisions”)).[1][2]

Noun

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ō

  1. food, provisions

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), “ō”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 287
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qoho”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Further reading

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  • John C. Moorfield (2011), “ō”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Samogitian

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Letter

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ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ō and written in the Latin script.

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Noun

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ō ?

  1. The name of the Latin script letter O/o.

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Silesian

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Etymology

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The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. 3 main scripts exist, the Steuer Alphabet made in 1934, the Silesian Phonetic Alphabet in 2006, and the Elementary alphabet made in the late 2000s. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ō for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

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ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Elementary Alphabet:

Swedish

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Etymology

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From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).

Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /øː/, /œ/

Letter

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ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

  1. (in handwriting) alternative form of ö

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Tokelauan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈoː]
  • Hyphenation: ō

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *o-u.

Determiner

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ō

  1. (inalienable) thy, your
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Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. toku, tota1 to māua to mā to mātou oku, ota1 o māua o mā o mātou
incl. ― to tāua to tā to tātou ― o tāua o tā o tātou
2nd person tō toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to lā to lātou ona o lāua o lā o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. taku, tata1 ta māua ta mā ta mātou aku, ata1 a māua a mā a mātou
incl. ― ta tāua ta tā ta tātou ― a tāua a tā a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta lā ta lātou ana a lāua a lā a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. hoku, hota1 ho māua ho mā ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1 		ni o māua ni o mā ni o mātou
incl. ― ho tāua ho tā ho tātou ― ni o tāua ni o tā ni o tātou
2nd person hō houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho lā ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o lā ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. haku, hata1 ha māua ha mā ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1 		ni a māua ni a mā ni a mātou
incl. ― ha tāua ha tā ha tātou ― ni a tāua ni a tā ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha lā ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a lā ni a lātou

1) Sympathetic

Etymology 2

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Te ō (2.1).

From Proto-Polynesian *o. Cognates include Tongan oo and Samoan lō.

Noun

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ō

  1. rabbitfish

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 33
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