# avo
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɑːvəʊ/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈævəʉ/
* Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːvəʊ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese avo.

#### Noun

avo (plural avos)
* A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.

### Etymology 2

Clipping of avocado.

#### Noun

avo (plural avos)
* (informal, Australia, South Africa) Clipping of avocado.
** 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand, page 68:Given the challenges of trying to propagate avocados, one might wonder why we don't simply get hold of seeds and/or nursery starts and go that route – especially since avos tend to grow somewhat 'true to seed.'

### Anagrams

* VOA, OAV, AoV, AOV, OVA, ova

## Coastal Kadazan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habəl (“weave cloth”).

### Verb

avo
* to weave

#### Derived terms

* mangavo
* naavo
* ovohon

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈavo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -avo
* Hyphenation: a‧vo

### Noun

avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)
* grandfather
    Mia avo estas la patro de mia patro. ― My grandfather is the father of my father.
* (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) old man
** 2009, “Fek al Esperanto! [Fuck Esperanto!]”, in Fek al Esperanto!‎, performed by La Pafklik:Mi parolas pri merda lingvo Elpensita de stulta avoI'm talking about a shitty language Thought up by a stupid old man

#### Derived terms

* Avo Frosto

#### Related terms

* avinjo
* avino
* avoĉjo
* geavoj
* praavino
* praavo
* prageavoj

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑ̝ʋo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑʋo
* Hyphenation: avo

### Noun

avo
* Abbreviation of avokysymys.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of avo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
avoni
avoni
accusative
nom.
avoni
avoni
gen.
avoni
genitive
avoni
avojeni
partitive
avoani
avojani
inessive
avossani
avoissani
elative
avostani
avoistani
illative
avooni
avoihini
adessive
avollani
avoillani
ablative
avoltani
avoiltani
allative
avolleni
avoilleni
essive
avonani
avoinani
translative
avokseni
avoikseni
abessive
avottani
avoittani
instructive
comitative
—avoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
avosi
avosi
accusative
nom.
avosi
avosi
gen.
avosi
genitive
avosi
avojesi
partitive
avoasi
avojasi
inessive
avossasi
avoissasi
elative
avostasi
avoistasi
illative
avoosi
avoihisi
adessive
avollasi
avoillasi
ablative
avoltasi
avoiltasi
allative
avollesi
avoillesi
essive
avonasi
avoinasi
translative
avoksesi
avoiksesi
abessive
avottasi
avoittasi
instructive
comitative
—avoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
avomme
avomme
accusative
nom.
avomme
avomme
gen.
avomme
genitive
avomme
avojemme
partitive
avoamme
avojamme
inessive
avossamme
avoissamme
elative
avostamme
avoistamme
illative
avoomme
avoihimme
adessive
avollamme
avoillamme
ablative
avoltamme
avoiltamme
allative
avollemme
avoillemme
essive
avonamme
avoinamme
translative
avoksemme
avoiksemme
abessive
avottamme
avoittamme
instructive
comitative
—avoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
avonne
avonne
accusative
nom.
avonne
avonne
gen.
avonne
genitive
avonne
avojenne
partitive
avoanne
avojanne
inessive
avossanne
avoissanne
elative
avostanne
avoistanne
illative
avoonne
avoihinne
adessive
avollanne
avoillanne
ablative
avoltanne
avoiltanne
allative
avollenne
avoillenne
essive
avonanne
avoinanne
translative
avoksenne
avoiksenne
abessive
avottanne
avoittanne
instructive
comitative
—avoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
avonsa
avonsa
accusative
nom.
avonsa
avonsa
gen.
avonsa
genitive
avonsa
avojensa
partitive
avoaan avoansa
avojaan avojansa
inessive
avossaan avossansa
avoissaan avoissansa
elative
avostaan avostansa
avoistaan avoistansa
illative
avoonsa
avoihinsa
adessive
avollaan avollansa
avoillaan avoillansa
ablative
avoltaan avoltansa
avoiltaan avoiltansa
allative
avolleen avollensa
avoilleen avoillensa
essive
avonaan avonansa
avoinaan avoinansa
translative
avokseen avoksensa
avoikseen avoiksensa
abessive
avottaan avottansa
avoittaan avoittansa
instructive
comitative
—avoineen avoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* avokaulainen
* avokelanauhuri

### Further reading

* “avo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈavo/

### Noun

avo (plural avi)
* grandparent

#### Derived terms

* avino (“grandmother”)
* avulo (“grandfather”)
* geavi (“grandfathers and grandmothers”)
* preavino (“great-grandmother”)
* preavo (“great-grandparent”)
* preavulo (“great-grandfather”)
* pregeavi (“great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers”)

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Akin to Finnish avo.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑʋo̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑʋo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑʋo
* Hyphenation: a‧vo

### Noun

avo
* (in compounds) openness

#### Derived terms

* avomeri
* avonain
* avosuu

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 24

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.vo/
* Rhymes: -avo
* Hyphenation: à‧vo

### Noun

avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)
* ancestor, forefather
    Synonyms: antenato, ascendente

#### Derived terms

* avito
* bisavo
* trisavo

### Anagrams

* ova

## Ivatan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Yami avo.

### Noun

avo
* ash

## Latin
### Noun

avō
* dative/ablative singular of avus

## Malagasy
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.

### Adjective

avo
* high
* lofty, eminent

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From the ending of oitavo.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.vu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.bu/ [ˈa.βu]
* Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
* Hyphenation: a‧vo

### Noun

avo m (plural avos)
* one of fractions/equal parts of a unit divided in more than 10 equal parts
    Doze avos de 240 são 20.A twelfth of 240 is 20.
    Três quinze avos = $^3$⁄$_{15}$.Three fifteenths = $^3$⁄$_{15}$
* (numismatics) avo (one-hundredth of a pataca)

### References

* ↑ “avo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “avo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Ivatan avo.

### Noun

avo
* ash