# odo
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo odo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoː.doː/
* Hyphenation: odo

### Noun

odo m (plural odo's)
* (chiefly Suriname) an African Surinamese proverb

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Compare English, Italian and French ode, German Ode, Yiddish אָדע (ode), Polish oda, Russian о́да (óda).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈodo]
* Rhymes: -odo
* Hyphenation: o‧do

### Noun

odo (accusative singular odon, plural odoj, accusative plural odojn)
* ode

#### Descendants

* Ido: odo

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto odo, English ode, French ode, German Ode, Italian ode, Russian о́да (óda), Spanish oda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈodo/

### Noun

odo (plural odi)
* ode

## Igala
### Noun

òdò
* settlement

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.do/
* Rhymes: -ɔdo
* Hyphenation: ò‧do

### Verb

odo
* first-person singular present indicative of udire

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* oda

### Etymology

Possibly from an earlier edo, a cognate of Old Norse eða and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau), from Proto-Germanic *efþau or Proto-Germanic *ehþau.

### Adverb

ōdo
* possibly, about, perhaps

#### References

* Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔdɔ/

### Preposition

odo (+ genitive)
* Alternative form of od

### Further reading

* “odo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

odo
* proverb, saying

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: odo

## West Makian
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate ara, Tidore ora.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈo.d̪o/

#### Noun

odo
* the moon

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈo.d̪o/

#### Verb

odo
* (intransitive) to jump

##### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Probable cognate with Igala òfo (“zero”) and related to òfo (“empty, nothing, loss”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ò.dō/

#### Numeral

òdo
* zero
    Òdo ni wọ́n gbá nínú ìdánwó yẹn.They got a zero on that test.
** 2021 March 30, “FIFA 2022 World cup qualifiers: Japan wọ́ Mongolia nílẹ̀ gẹrẹrẹrẹ pẹ̀lú góòlù mẹ́rìnlá sí òdo [FIFA 2022 World cup qualifiers: Japan drags Mongolia across the ground with fourteen goals to zero]”, in BBC News Yorùbá:Ni ọjọ Aje ni orilẹede Canada ti kọkọ [na] orilẹede [Cayman] Islands pẹlu ami ayo mọkanla si odo.On Monday, Canada first beat the Cayman Islands with a score of eleven to zero.

##### Alternative forms

* òfo

##### Derived terms

* olódo (“a dunce, a stupid person, one who receives poor grades”)

### Etymology 2

A very old term no longer used except in a few dialects, compare with Igala òkò, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ò-kò

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ò.dō/

#### Noun

òdo
* (rare) pig
    Synonym: ẹlẹ́dẹ̀
** 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting Fabunmi, M. A., Àyájọ́ Ohùn Ifẹ̀ Ibadan‎, number LDC2008L03, 1972, Nigeria: Onibon-oje Press & Book Industries Ltd, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Ọmọ yọyọ ni ti òdoNumerous children are a feature of the pig (incantation)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.dò/

#### Noun

odò
* river
    Synonyms: ẹri, omi
    Odò Ọya ni òdo t'ó tóbi jùlọ ní Ìwọ Oòrùn Áfíríkà.The Niger River is the biggest river in West Africa.
** 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Ẹ̀mí àbàtà níí módòó ṣàn; ọláa baba níí mú ọmọọ́ yan.Just as the liveliness of the marshy land ensures the flowing of the river; so a father's good reputation makes a child feel proud (proverb admonishing good behavior)
* lower or inner part
    Fáwẹ̀lì odòLow vowel
** 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Mo fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà sí odò inú mi.I kept the matter deep inside me.
* south
    Synonyms: gúúsù, àwúsẹ̀
    Antonyms: àríwá, òkè, àwúsí

##### Derived terms

* akérémọdò (“stream/brook”)
* bèbè odò (“river bank”)
* etídò (“river side”)
* ẹ̀bádò (“river side”)
* ẹ̀kúndò (“riverflood”)
* odoodò (“every river”)
* odòkódò (“any river, bad river”)
* ojúdò (“the midstream of a river”)
* olódò (“river spirit”)
* rúkèrúdò (“tumult, unrest”)
* ìgbòkègbodò (“activity, routine”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.dò/

#### Noun

odò
* Mansonia altissima (Bété, mansonia, or African black walnut)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.dō/

#### Noun

odo
* core of a syllable
    Odo sílébùSyllable rhyme/nucleus

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.dō/

#### Noun

odo
* Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (white yam, West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame)

### Etymology 7

Cognate with Igbo odō and Edo odó, equivalent to o- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dó (“to pound”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.dó/

#### Noun

odó
* pounding mortar
    Synonym: ọ̀ị́ṣẹ́
    Níbo ni àwọn odó tí a máa ń lò láti gún iyán?.Where are the pounding mortars that we use to pound yam?
** 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:Wọ́n ń gún iyán nínú odó.They were pounding pounded yam food in a pounding mortar.

##### Derived terms

* odó ìlù (“drum shell”)
* odókódó (“any pounding mortar or a bad pounding mortar”)
* olódó (“a seller, owner, bearer or maker of mortars”)
* ọmọdó (“pestle”)
* ọmọrí-odó (“pestle”)
* ìyá-odó (“pounding mortar”)

### References

* Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN

## Zazaki
### Pronoun

odo
* yours