# ō

| ō | U+014D, &#333; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON |
| Composition: | o [U+006F] + ◌̄ [U+0304] |
| ← Ō [U+014C] | Latin Extended-A | Ŏ → [U+014E] |

## Translingual
### Symbol

ō
* (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel o

## English
### Symbol

ō
* (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOAT vowel

## Fijian
### Noun

ō
* cloud

## Halkomelem
### Alternative forms

* o

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o/

### Letter

ō (upper case Ō)
* (Stó꞉lō) A letter of the Halkomelem alphabet.

#### See also

* Musqueam
* (Latin-script letters) c, c̓, č, h, k, kʷ, k̓ʷ, l, l̓, ƛ̓, ɬ, m, m̓, n, n̓, p, p̓, q, q̓, qʷ, q̓ʷ, s, š, t, t̓, t̓ᶿ, θ, w, w̓, x, xʷ, ꭓ, ꭓʷ, y, y̓, ʔ, a, a꞉, e, e꞉, i, i꞉, u, u꞉, ə
* Stó꞉lō
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, E e, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lh lh, M n, O o, Ō ō, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Th th, Thʼ thʼ, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, W w, X x, Xw xw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, Y y, ʼ, ꞉
* Cowichan
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Aa aa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, E e, Ee ee, H h, Hw hw, I i, Ii ii, K k, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lʼ lʼ (ʼl), Lh lh, M m, Mʼ mʼ (ʼm), N n, Nʼ nʼ (ʼn), O o, Oo oo, Ou ou, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Th th, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, Tth tth, Tthʼ tthʼ, U u, W w, Wʼ wʼ (ʼw), X x, Xw xw, Y y, Yʼ yʼ (ʼy), ʼ

## Hawaiian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (“journey provisions”), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (“ibid.”), cognate with Maori ō (“food, provisions”).

#### Noun

ō
* food, provisions, rations

### Etymology 2

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

#### Interjection

ō
* A greeting said when answering the telephone, much like the English hello.

### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ō”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 274
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qoho”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

## Japanese
### Romanization

ō
* Rōmaji transcription of おう
* Rōmaji transcription of おお
* Rōmaji transcription of オー

## Latgalian
### Letter

ō (upper case Ō)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

## Livonian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /oː/

### Letter

ō (upper case Ō)
* The twenty-third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

## Mandarin
### Romanization

ō (o$^1$, Zhuyin ㄛ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喔
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵

## Maori
### Etymology 1
#### Letter

ō (upper case Ō)
* The twelfth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (“journey provisions”), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (“ibid.”) (cognate of Hawaiian ō (“food, provisions”)).

#### Noun

ō
* food, provisions

#### Preposition

ō
* possessive article used before a pronoun, like the functions of and -’s in English
    Ka pekepeke te kurī ō tāua. ― Our dog is jumping.

#### Verb

ō
* to have, to own
    He whare nui ō rāua. ― The [couple] has a big house.

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 287
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qoho”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* “ō” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Samogitian
### Letter

ō (upper case Ō)
* The twenty-first letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ō and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

### Noun

ō ?
* The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) ā, ėlguojė ā, bė, cė, čė, dė, ē, ėlguojė ē, ė̄, ėlguojė ė̄, ėf, gė / gie, hā, ī, ėlguojė ī, jot, kā, ėl, ėm, ėn, ō, ėlguojė ō, pė, ėr, ės, ėš, tė, ū, ėlguojė ū, vė, zė / zet, žė / žet

## Silesian
### Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ō for development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

ō (lower case, upper case Ō)
* The twenty-first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

## Swedish
### Etymology

From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /øː/, /œ/

### Letter

ō (lower case, upper case Ō)
* (in handwriting) Alternative form of ö

#### See also

* ā
* o̲ (“&”)

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈoː]
* Hyphenation: ō

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *o-u.

#### Determiner

ō
* (inalienable) thy, your

##### See also
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *o. Cognates include Tongan oo and Samoan lō.

#### Noun

ō
* rabbitfish

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 33