# repo
## English
### Etymology

Clippings.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹɛpoʊ/, /ˈɹiːpoʊ/

### Noun

repo (countable and uncountable, plural repos)
* (informal) Clipping of repossession. Most commonly of a vehicle, house or condominium.
    Can you do a repo tomorrow? It's an SUV in Springfield.
* (informal) Clipping of repositioning.
    That cruise ship starts its repo tomorrow; it's going to the Caribbean for the winter.
* (countable, finance, informal) A repurchase agreement: a type of derivative which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate.
* (countable, computing, informal) Clipping of repository (“storage location for files”).
    Hyponym: monorepo

#### Derived terms

* repo depot
* repo man
* reverse repo

### Verb

repo (third-person singular simple present repos, present participle repoing, simple past and past participle repoed)
* (transitive, informal) repossess
    I had my car repoed when I became unable to keep up the payments.

### Further reading

* Reposession on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Repositioning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
** Repositioning cruise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Repurchase agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Pero, oper, pore, reop, rope

## Chinese
### Etymology

From clipping of English repost. Equivalent to English re- +‎ po (“post”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹiː²² pʰou̯⁵⁵/

### Verb

repo
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to repost

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Ultimately from English rap, likely influenced by Russian рэп (rɛp) and to differentiate from rapo (“turnip”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrepo]
* Rhymes: -epo
* Hyphenation: re‧po

### Noun

repo (accusative singular repon, plural repoj, accusative plural repojn)
* (music) a rap; an instance of rapping
* (music, uncountable) Clipping of repmuziko (“rap music”)

#### Derived terms

* repi (“to rap”)
* repmuziko (“rap music”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *repä (compare Erzya ривезь (riveź)), borrowed from early Indo-Iranian (compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *HlawpaHćás, Sanskrit लोपि (lopi), Persian روباه (rubâh); Germanic terms like Swedish räv are probably parallel borrowings from Indo-Iranian).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrepo/, [ˈre̞po̞]
* Rhymes: -epo
* Hyphenation: re‧po

### Noun

repo (poetic)
* (archaic, literary) fox, Vulpes vulpes
** 2003, “Ketun joululaulu [Fox's Christmas Carol]”, performed by Lauluyhtye Rajaton, lyrics from Kanteletar:Niin repo etehen juoksi; repo rukka, raukka poika. Sie oot kengältä kepiä; sekä liukas liikunnalta.Thus ran the fox forward; poor fox, wretched boy. You have light shoes; and quick movements.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of repo (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
reponi
reponi
accusative
nom.
reponi
reponi
gen.
reponi
genitive
reponi
repojeni
partitive
repoani
repojani
inessive
revossani
revoissani
elative
revostani
revoistani
illative
repooni
repoihini
adessive
revollani
revoillani
ablative
revoltani
revoiltani
allative
revolleni
revoilleni
essive
reponani
repoinani
translative
revokseni
revoikseni
abessive
revottani
revoittani
instructive
comitative
—repoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
reposi
reposi
accusative
nom.
reposi
reposi
gen.
reposi
genitive
reposi
repojesi
partitive
repoasi
repojasi
inessive
revossasi
revoissasi
elative
revostasi
revoistasi
illative
repoosi
repoihisi
adessive
revollasi
revoillasi
ablative
revoltasi
revoiltasi
allative
revollesi
revoillesi
essive
reponasi
repoinasi
translative
revoksesi
revoiksesi
abessive
revottasi
revoittasi
instructive
comitative
—repoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
repomme
repomme
accusative
nom.
repomme
repomme
gen.
repomme
genitive
repomme
repojemme
partitive
repoamme
repojamme
inessive
revossamme
revoissamme
elative
revostamme
revoistamme
illative
repoomme
repoihimme
adessive
revollamme
revoillamme
ablative
revoltamme
revoiltamme
allative
revollemme
revoillemme
essive
reponamme
repoinamme
translative
revoksemme
revoiksemme
abessive
revottamme
revoittamme
instructive
comitative
—repoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
reponne
reponne
accusative
nom.
reponne
reponne
gen.
reponne
genitive
reponne
repojenne
partitive
repoanne
repojanne
inessive
revossanne
revoissanne
elative
revostanne
revoistanne
illative
repoonne
repoihinne
adessive
revollanne
revoillanne
ablative
revoltanne
revoiltanne
allative
revollenne
revoillenne
essive
reponanne
repoinanne
translative
revoksenne
revoiksenne
abessive
revottanne
revoittanne
instructive
comitative
—repoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
reponsa
reponsa
accusative
nom.
reponsa
reponsa
gen.
reponsa
genitive
reponsa
repojensa
partitive
repoaan repoansa
repojaan repojansa
inessive
revossaan revossansa
revoissaan revoissansa
elative
revostaan revostansa
revoistaan revoistansa
illative
repoonsa
repoihinsa
adessive
revollaan revollansa
revoillaan revoillansa
ablative
revoltaan revoltansa
revoiltaan revoiltansa
allative
revolleen revollensa
revoilleen revoillensa
essive
reponaan reponansa
repoinaan repoinansa
translative
revokseen revoksensa
revoikseen revoiksensa
abessive
revottaan revottansa
revoittaan revoittansa
instructive
comitative
—repoineen repoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* kettu
* repolainen

#### Derived terms

* Repola
* repolainen
* Reponen
* reporanka
* revonhäntä
* Revonlahti
* revonrousku
* revonsara
* revontulet
* tulirepo

#### See also

* repostella

### References

* ↑ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “repo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

### Further reading

* “repo”, 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 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* pore, rope

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French repos (“rest”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣepo/

### Noun

repo
* rest

## Ingrian
### Alternative forms

* repoi (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi, from Proto-Uralic *repä. Cognates include Finnish repo and Estonian rebu.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈrepo/, [ˈre̞po̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈrepoi̯/, [ˈre̞b̥o̞i̯]
* Rhymes: -epo, -epoi̯
* Hyphenation: re‧po

### Noun

repo
* fox
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19:Repo i kana. Repo repi kanan.A fox and a hen. The fox snatches the hen.
** 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 41:Tere repo, mitä siä tääl issut?Hello fox, why are you sitting here?
** 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:— Se ono repo, — sannoo.— That is a fox, — he said.

#### Derived terms

* Repola
* revontulet

### References

* Fedor Tumansky (1790) “ребо”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 471

## Karelian

Regional variants of repo :
| North Karelian (Viena) | repo |
| South Karelian (Tver) | rebo |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi. Cognates include Finnish repo and Veps reboi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrepo/
* Hyphenation: re‧po

### Noun

repo (genitive revon, partitive repuo)
* (North Karelian) fox

#### Declension
### References

* P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “repo”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- (“to creep”). Compare with Lithuanian rėplióti, roplóti (“to creep”), Latvian rãpât, râpt (“to creep”), Middle High German rebe (“offshoot, bud”), Middle High German reben (“to move, stir”), Persian رفتن (raftan, “to go”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈreː.poː/, [ˈreːpoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈre.po/, [ˈrɛːpo]

### Verb

rēpō (present infinitive rēpere, perfect active rēpsī, supine rēptum); third conjugation, no passive
* to creep, crawl

#### Derived terms

* arrēpō
* corrēpō
* dērēpō
* ērēpō
* intrōrēpō
* irrēpō
* obrēpō
* perrēpō
* prōrēpō
* rēptilis
* rēptō
* surrēpō

#### Descendants

* Italian: ripire, → repere

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rēpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520

### Further reading

* “repo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “repo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* repo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Maori
### Noun

repo
* swamp

## Polabian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rě̀pa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛˈpɔ/

### Noun

repo f
* turnip

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

repo (Cyrillic spelling репо)
* vocative singular of repa

## Spanish
### Noun

repo m (plural repos)
* a bush, Rhaphithamnus spinosus

### Further reading

* “repo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tahitian
### Noun

repo
* soil

### Adjective

repo
* dirty

#### References

* Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
* “repo” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈrepo/, [ˈrepo]
* Rhymes: -epo
* Hyphenation: re‧po

### Noun

repo
* fox

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn