во

See also: -во, в/о, во-, and Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Komi-Permyak

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ëde. Cognates include Finnish vuosi.

Noun

во (vo)

  1. year

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɔ]
  • IPA(key): [u] (non-standard)

Preposition

во (vo)

  1. in
    Што правиш во мојата соба?
    What are you doing in my room?

Nivkh

Noun

во (vo)

  1. village

References

  • 2000, Hidetoshi Shiraishi, "Nivkh consonant alternation does not involve hardening" in Journal of Chiba University Eurasian Society (3): 89–119.

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [və]
  • IPA(key): [vɐ] (before a stressed syllable)
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Preposition

во (vo)

  1. (location) in, at, on (+ prepositional case)
  2. (direction) to, into (+ accusative case)
  3. (time) at, in, on
Usage notes
  • The form во is used before some awkward consonant clusters, such as во второ́м, во вто́рник. In most cases, use в (v) instead.

Etymology 2

Particle

во (vo)

  1. (colloquial) clipped form of вот
    • 1982, Сергей Донатович Довлатов (Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov), Зона (Записки надзирателя); translated as Anne Frydman, transl., The Zone: A Prison Camp Guard's Story, A.A. Knopf, 1985, page 74:
      Во мужи́к, гоноре́и не зна́ет! Да трипа́к же, трипа́к!
      Vo mužík, gonoréi ne znájet! Da tripák že, tripák!
      "That's a peasant for you, doesn't know what gonorrhoea is! It's the clap, the clap!"

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋôː/

Noun

во̑ m (Latin spelling )

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia) ox

Declension

References

  • во” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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