oo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oo"

English

Etymology 1

Representation of a long-o sound.

Noun

oo (plural oos)

  1. (obsolete) The Greek letter omega.

Etymology 2

Wikispecies From Hawaiian ‘ō‘ō, resembling its call.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊəʊ/

Noun

oo (plural oos)

  1. Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct. [from 19th c.]
    • 1898, Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen:
      On this visit I made careful inquiries as to the success of Mr. Gay's efforts to raise the "Oo" bird on this island.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 161:
      Several years earlier, she had arranged to bring three pairs of the rapidly vanishing ‘ō‘ō bird from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i, hoping they would form a new colony.

Estonian

Noun

oo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O.

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoː/, [ˈo̞ː]

Etymology 1

Noun

oo

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O.
Declension

Inflected forms are often substituted with corresponding form of o-kirjain (“letter o”)

Inflection of oo (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative oo oot
genitive oon oiden
oitten
partitive oota oita
illative oohon oihin
singular plural
nominative oo oot
accusative nom. oo oot
gen. oon
genitive oon oiden
oitten
partitive oota oita
inessive oossa oissa
elative oosta oista
illative oohon oihin
adessive oolla oilla
ablative oolta oilta
allative oolle oille
essive oona oina
translative ooksi oiksi
instructive — oin
abessive ootta oitta
comitative — oineen

Etymology 2

Verb

oo

  1. spoken language form of ole (“imperative and connegative form of olla - to be”)
    Mä oon sitten ruma! — Etkä oo!
    I'm so-o ugly! — No, you are not!
    Oo nyt vähän aikaa paikallas!
    Be still for a moment, will you!

Manx

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /u/, /uː/

Etymology

From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

oo (emphatic uss)

  1. you (singular, informal)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ān.

Article

oo

  1. a, one
    • c. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe's Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 11:1:
      Forſoþe þe erþe was of oo lip, and of þe ſame wordis.
      Truly the earth was of one tongue, and of the same words.

Etymology 2

A rendering of Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection).

Particle

oo

  1. Alternative form of O.

Scots

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old English wull.

Noun

oo (plural oos or oose)

  1. wool
  2. (in the plural) fluff

Etymology 2

From we; of Old English origin.

Pronoun

oo (personal pronoun, non-emphatic)

  1. (South Scots) we
  2. (South Scots) us

Somali

Conjunction

oo

  1. that

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoːʔo/

Interjection

oo

  1. (informal) yes

Antonyms

Võro

Noun

oo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yami

Noun

oo

  1. (anatomy) head
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