# ao
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Adverb

ao (not comparable)
* Initialism of amongst/among/and others.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese あお (ao).

#### Noun

ao (uncountable)
* grue ("blue or green", considered one color)

### Anagrams

* OA

## Anuta
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tikopia ao.

### Noun

ao
* day (period of 24 hours)
* day (period between sunrise and sunset)

### References

* Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

## Aromanian
### Adverb

ao
* Alternative form of aoa

#### Synonyms

* aotsi

## Bahnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔa:w, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaawʔ (“upper garment”). Cognates include Vietnamese áo, Khmer អាវ (aau), Muong ảo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaːw/

### Noun

ao
* shirt

## Borôro
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɔ̯/

### Noun

ao
* hair

## Carabayo
### Etymology

Compare Yuri ato (“father”).

### Noun

ao
* father

### References

* Seifart and Echeverri, Evidence for the Identification of Carabayo, the Language of an Uncontacted People of the Colombian Amazon, as Belonging to the Tikuna–Yurí Linguistic Family, PLoS ONE 9(4) (2014)

## Estonian
### Noun

ao
* genitive singular of agu

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* ó

### Etymology

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + masculine definite article o (“the”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ/

### Contraction

ao m (feminine á, masculine plural aos, feminine plural ás)
* Contraction of a o (“to the, towards the”).

## Guaraní
### Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi aoba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈo]
* Rhymes: -o
* Hyphenation: a‧o

### Noun

ao
* clothes

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈao̯/, [ˈɐo̯]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw (compare Tagalog araw).

#### Noun

ao
* light
* daylight
* day
* dawn

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ao
* world
* earth

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Maori ao).

#### Noun

ao
* cloud

## Italian
### Interjection

ao
* Alternative spelling of ahó

## Japanese
### Romanization

ao
* Rōmaji transcription of あお

## Lavukaleve
### Verb

ao
* (intransitive) go in, enter

## Mandarin
### Romanization

ao
* Nonstandard spelling of āo.
* Nonstandard spelling of áo.
* Nonstandard spelling of ǎo.
* Nonstandard spelling of ào.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Maore Comorian
### Adjective

-ao (declinable)
* Alternative form of -awo (“their”)

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw (compare Tagalog araw).

#### Noun

ao
* daytime

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ao
* world

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Hawaiian ao).

#### Noun

ao
* cloud

##### Derived terms

* Aotearoa

### References

* “ao” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
* Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 14-5

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Noun

ao
* clothing, clothes

## Minanibai
### Noun

ao
* water

### References

* Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* ò (archaic)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aw/ [aʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /aw/
* Hyphenation: ao

### Contraction

ao (feminine à, masculine plural aos, feminine plural às)
* Contraction of a o (“to the (masculine singular)”).

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:ao.

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ao (“to scoop up”). Cognates include Tokelauan ao and Maori ao.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.o/
* Hyphenation: a‧o

### Verb

ao
* (transitive) to serve (food)

### References

* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 395

## Samoan
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Tagalog araw).

#### Noun

ao
* day

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Hawaiian ao).

#### Noun

ao
* cloud

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

-ao (declinable)
* their (third-person plural animate possessive adjective)

#### See also
## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔaʔo/ [ˈʔaː.ʔo]
* Rhymes: -aʔo
* Syllabification: a‧o

### Interjection

ao (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜂ) (Bataan, informal)
* yes (said for emotional emphasis)
    Synonym: oo nga
    Antonym: hindi

### Anagrams

* OA

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.o]

### Noun

ao
* planks for a canoe

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.o]
* Hyphenation: a‧o

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaho. Cognates include Hawaiian ao and Samoan ao.

#### Noun

ao
* daylight
* daytime

#### Verb

ao
* (intransitive) to be daylight

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qao. Cognates include Hawaiian ao and Samoan ao.

#### Noun

ao
* cloud

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *ao. Cognates include Maori ao and Samoan ao.

#### Verb

ao
* (transitive) to gather

### Etymology 4

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao. Cognates include Maori ao and Samoan ao.

#### Verb

ao
* (intransitive) to be good at gathering food

### Etymology 5

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao (“authority”). Cognates include Tahitian ao (“heaven”) and Samoan ao (“chief”).

#### Noun

ao
* head, chief

### Etymology 6

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

#### Verb

ao
* (transitive) to shape (wood)

### Etymology 7

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ao. Cognates include Tahitian ao and Tuvaluan ao.

#### Noun

ao
* A grossly misformed coconut without any flesh or juice inside.

##### Synonyms

* tama

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 2

## Tongan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.o/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qao, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Hawaiian ao).

#### Noun

ao
* cloud

##### Derived terms

* aoaofia

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

ao
* headdress
* front of an island

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔaːw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔaːw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔaːw˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 澳 (“bay, inlet”, SV: áo). Compare Thai อ่าว (àao), Khmer អាវ (ʼaaw).

#### Noun

(classifier cái) ao • (㘭, 坳, 泑, 𪵲, 𬇚)
* pond
** Nguyễn Khuyến, "Thu điếu (Autumn Fishing)"
    Ao thu lạnh lẽo; nuớc trong veo; Một chiếc thuyền câu bé tẻo teo;
       The cold autumn pond; the clear water; A tiny, itsy-bitsy, fishing boat;
** 1686 Matsuo Bashō, Haru no Hi, "No. 41"; 2007 Vietnamese translation by Nhật Chiêu; English translation by Reginald Horace Blyth
    Ao cũ, con ếch nhảy vào, vang tiếng nước xao.The old pond; A frog jumps in — The sound of the water.

##### Derived terms

* ao đầm
* ao hồ

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ao • (呦)
* to measure roughly, to measure approximately

##### Derived terms

* ao ước
* ước ao

### Further reading

* "ao" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* awó
* aghó

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ó/

#### Noun

aó
* (Ekiti) Ekiti form of awó (“guinea fowl; (in particular) Western crested guineafowl”)
    Synonyms: ẹtù, etù

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala àwó, Olukumi awó, Itsekiri éwó, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *à-wó, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *à-wó

#### Alternative forms

* àwó (Ọ̀wọ̀)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.ó/

#### Noun

àó
* (Ekiti) slap
    Synonyms: ìfọ́tí, àbàtàó, àbàrá, ìgbátí

##### Derived terms

* àbàtàó

### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* awo

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ō/

#### Noun

ao
* (Ekiti) Alternative form of awo (“secret, that which is secretive”)
    Synonyms: àṣírí, ohun ìkọ̀kọ̀
* (Ekiti) Alternative form of awo (“cult, sect; especially pertaining to Ifa or the Ifa oracle”)
* (Ekiti) Alternative form of awo (“the worship of Ifá”)
* (Ekiti) Alternative form of awo (“priest of Ifá or Ọrúnmìlà”)
    Synonyms: babaláo, aláo, ọlị́fá
* (Ekiti, by extension) Alternative form of awo (“respected member of a guild; especially one of musicians and dramatists”)
* (Ekiti) a prefix in given names and surnames used by Ifa priests and their descendants

##### Derived terms

* babaláo, aláo (Ifa priest)
* ulé-ao (“traditional Ifa temple or shrine”)
* Aóòláyì
* Aóòláyè (“a Yoruba name meaning "The Ifa oracle does not lie"”)
* Ọlọ́fịnṣao (“a Yoruba name meaning "Olofin worships Ifa"”)

##### Related terms

* Ịfá
* ilé-awo

### Etymology 4

Compare with Ifè àwò

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.ō/

#### Noun

ào
* (Ekiti) Ekiti form of àwo (“plate”)
    Synonyms: tánganran, aféfe

### Etymology 5

From a- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ò (“to look”)

#### Alternative forms

* uò

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ò/

#### Noun

aò
* (Ekiti) Ekiti form of awò (“lens”)
    Synonym: aò-ojú

##### Derived terms

* aò-ojú (“glasses”)