# owo
## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* OwO
* 0w0

### Etymology

o (opened eye) + w (curled mouth) + o (opened eye)

### Pronunciation

* English:
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈəʊ.wəʊ/
** (General American) IPA: /ˈoʊ.woʊ/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Rhymes: -əʊwəʊ
* Norwegian: IPA: /¹uːʋu/
* Polish:
** IPA: /ˈɔ.wɔ/, /ˈɔ.vɔ/
** Rhymes: -ɔwɔ, -ɔvɔ
** Syllabification: o‧wo
* Spanish: IPA: /ˈowo/, /ˈoɣo/

### Symbol

owo
* An emoticon representing an innocent, cutesy surprised face with a cat-like smile.

#### Usage notes

* The emoticon experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 and 2019 in connection with the furry fandom; either sincerely (but humorously) by furries themselves or ironically in the context of teasing of furries.

#### Related terms

* uwu
* :3
* -_-

## Ogea
### Noun

owo
* arm

### Further reading

* Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.vɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔvɔ
* Syllabification: o‧wo

### Pronoun

owo
* neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ów

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Olukumi ẹ́ghó, Nupe ewó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho see Yoruba dialectal forms for other cognates. Proposed to be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó, and perhaps a doublet of hóró and wóró.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.wó/

#### Noun

owó
* money, cash
* cowrie
    Synonym: ẹyọ-owó

##### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - owó (“money”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ào | Ìdóàní | eyó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Àkùngbá | Àkùngbá Àkókó | eghó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ṣúpárè | Ṣúpárè Àkókó | ewó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ọ̀bà | Ọ̀bà Àkókó | eghó, ewó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | eghó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | owó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | oghó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | oghó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | oghó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | oghó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | Usẹn | eghó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | eghó, oghó |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ẹ́ghó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | eó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Ìfàkì Èkìtì | eó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ió, eó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | eó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | oó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | eó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Ìgbẹsà | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Ọ̀tà | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Agége | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Ìlogbò Erémi | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ayétòrò | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Igbógila | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìlaròó | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìṣàwọ́njọ | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ewó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ọ̀húnbẹ́ | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Onigbolo | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìlárá | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìmẹ̀kọ | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Southern Nago | Ìsakété | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Southern Nago | Ìfànyìn | owó |
| Proto-Yoruba | Overseas Yoruba | Lucumí | Lucumí | Havana | owó |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. ||||||

##### Derived terms

* ẹ̀dínwó (“discount”)
* ẹ̀yáwó (“loan”)
* lówó (“to have money”)
* lówó bí ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ (“to be as rich as a shekere”)
* náwó (“to spend money”)
* olówó (“rich, rich person”)
* owó ẹyọ (“cowry”)
* owó iná (“electric bill”)
* owó omi (“water bill”)
* owó orí (“tax”)
* owó orí ìyàwó (“bride price”)
* owó oṣù (“salary”)
* owó ọ̀yà (“wage”)
* owó ìfẹ̀yìntì (“pension”)
* àìlówólọ́wọ́ (“poverty”)

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* òò (Ekiti)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ò.wò/

#### Noun

òwò
* business, trade, commerce
    Synonyms: káràkátà, ajé
    Lára òwò ni owó wá. ― It is from business that money comes.
* commercial enterprise

##### Derived terms

* ajẹmówò (“commercial”)
* ibùjókò òwò (“commercial centre”)
* ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ iṣẹ́-ọwọ́ (“trade school”)
* olówò (“businessperson”)
* oníṣòwò (“merchant”)
* ṣòwòṣòwò (“trader”)
* àkọsílẹ̀ òwò (“bill of exchange”)
* ìgbọ̀wọ́ ìdókòwò (“investment trust”)
* òwò aláìfòfin ìjọbadè (“free trade”)
* òwò pẹ̀lú orílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn (“foreign trade”)
* òwò àgbáyé (“international trade”)