# apo
## English
### Adjective

apo (not comparable)
* (biochemistry, of a protein) In an inactive, unbound state
** 2009 January 30, Robert B. Best, Gerhard Hummer, “BIOCHEMISTRY: Unfolding the Secrets of Calmodulin”, in Science‎:In this scenario, unbound proteins are predominantly in the ligand-free ("apo") structure.

### Noun

apo (plural apos)
* (biochemistry) Short for apolipoprotein.

### See also

* apo koinou

### Anagrams

* POA, Pa-O, PAO, AOP, poa, OPA, OAP, Pao, Pa'O

## Albanian
### Adverb

apó
* or

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* “apo”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* Newmark, L. (1999) “apo”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

## Bahnar
### Alternative forms

* hơpo

### Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔmpəw, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mp(ɔ)ʔ (“to dream”); cognate with Halang hơpô, Koho mpao, Semai mpo, Pacoh apo/mpo, Old Mon 'ampo' (modern Mon လ္ပံ (kəpɔˀ)), Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] enfūa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔapɔː/

### Verb

apo
* to dream

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apo/, [a.po̞]

### Etymology 1

Perhaps from Spanish sapo, with simplification of los sapos to los apos. Alternatively, both words might have the same Pre-Roman origin.

#### Noun

apo anim
* toad

##### See also

* igel

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

apo inan
* hoof

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “apo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “apo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔapoʔ/ [ˈʔa.poʔ]
* Hyphenation: a‧po

### Noun

apò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)
* grandparent
* goblin
    Synonym: duwende

#### Derived terms

* apuon
* makuapo

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧po
* IPA: /ʔaˈpo/ [ʔɐˈpo]

### Noun

apó
* grandchild

### Verb

apó
* to have a grandchild or grandchildren

## East Futuna
### Etymology

From English apple.

### Noun

apo
* (Alo) apple

#### Synonyms

* pomo (Sigave)

### References

* Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN

## Eastern Bontoc
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Noun

apo
* grandchild

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Noun

apó
* grandchild

### Noun

ápò
* grandfather

## Ibaloi
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Noun

apo
* grandchild

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧po
* IPA: /ʔaˈpo/, [ʔɐˈpu]

### Noun

apó
* (usually endearing, familiar) grandparent
* (usually endearing, familiar) master; mistress
* sir; madam
* grandchild

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈapo/ [ˈa.po]
* Rhymes: -apo
* Syllabification: a‧po

### Noun

apo (plural apo-apo)
* (dialectal) flat-topped hills

### Further reading

* “apo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.po/
* Rhymes: -apo
* Hyphenation: à‧po

### Preposition

apo
* Alternative form of appo

### Anagrams

* poa

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ʔaˈpo/ [ʔʌˈpo]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: a‧po

### Noun

apó (plural ap-apo)
* grandchild
* A respectful term of address to a person of higher rank or position; sir, madam

## Kari'na
### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *apô; compare Apalaí apo, Trió apë, Wayana apë, Waiwai apo, Akawaio apö, Pemon apue, Ye'kwana ajö, Yao (South America) iapelly.

### Pronunciation

* (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA: [aːpo]
* (East Suriname) IPA: [aʔpo]

### Noun

apo (possessed apory)
* arm

### References

* Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 232
* Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “apo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 91; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 92

## Kayapa Kallahan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Noun

apo
* grandchild

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* apiō

### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *apō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to get, grab; to join”). Cognate with apex, Hittite 𒄩𒀊 (ḫapp-, “to join, attach”), Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten”).
The term is only attested in another form than the participle in the work of the grammarian Sextus Pompeius Festus and in the Etymologiae of Saint Isidore of Seville.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.poː/, [ˈäpoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.po/, [ˈäːpo]

### Verb

apō (present infinitive apere, perfect active apī, supine aptum); third conjugation
* to fasten; attach, connect; join, bind
** c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.15.1: […] linguam autem dēbēre aiunt non esse līberam nec vagam, sed vinclīs de pectore īmō ac dē corde aptīs movērī et quasi gubernārī.They say that the tongue should not be free and wandering, but that it should be moved and, so to say, steered by cords attached to the deep chest and heart.
** 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 17, line 9:Apex, quod est sacerdotum īnsigne, dictus est ab eō, quod comprehendere antīquī vinculō apere dīcēbant. Unde aptus est, quī conventienter alicui iūnctus est.The apex, which is the ensign of the Flamen, is called so because of the fact that in, the old language, tying with a rope was called apere. Whence aptus is something which is conventiently joined to something.

#### Derived terms

* apīscor
* aptō
* aptus
* coepiō

#### Related terms

* apex
* cōpula

### References

* “apo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* apo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
* Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120
* De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “apīscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47
* Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *apō, see also Old English apa, Old High German affo, Old Norse api.

### Noun

apo m
* ape

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: āpe
** Low German: Ape
** German Low German: Aap
** Plautdietsch: Op

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀅𑀧𑁄 (Brahmi script)
* अपो (Devanagari script)
* অপো (Bengali script)
* අපො (Sinhalese script)
* အပေါ or ဢပေႃ (Burmese script)
* อโป or อะโป (Thai script)
* ᩋᨷᩮᩤ (Tai Tham script)
* ອໂປ or ອະໂປ (Lao script)
* អបោ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄛𑄮 (Chakma script)

### Noun

apo m
* nominative singular of apa (“ap (root)”)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ʔaˈpo/ [ʔɐˈpo] (“grandchild”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -o
** IPA: /ˈʔapoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.poʔ] (“grandparent; ancestor; master; boss”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -apoʔ
* Syllabification: a‧po

### Noun

apó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)
* grandchild

#### Derived terms

* apo sa pamangkin
* apo sa sakong
* apo sa sinapupunan
* apo sa tagiliran
* apo sa talampakan
* apo sa tuhod
* inapo
* kaapu-apuhan
* pag-aapuhan

### Noun

apò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓ)
* grandparent
    Synonyms: (male) lolo, (female) lola, (dialectal) nuno
* ancestor
    Synonyms: nuno, ninuno, kanuno-nunuan
* master
    Synonyms: amo, panginoon
* boss; chief
    Synonyms: puno, hepe

#### Derived terms

* apuin
* kaapuan
* pagkaapo

### Further reading

* “apo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “apo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*apu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 303

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Noun

apó
* grandchild

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”), from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)”).

### Noun

apo
* grandchild

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Igala ákpó

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.k͡pó/

#### Noun

apó
* quiver
    ikú ọdẹ ń bẹ nínú apó ― What will be the death of the hunter is lurking inside the quiver

##### Derived terms

* Aníkúlápó (“A Yoruba name meaning, One who has death in their quiver”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.k͡pò/

#### Noun

àpò
* The tree Cola acuminata, the kola nut comes from this plant

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.k͡pò/

#### Noun

àpò
* pocket, pouch, bag, pod
* two hundred naira

##### Derived terms

* akápò (“treasurer”)
* apó àgbọn (“coconut pod”)
* àpò ẹ̀fọn (“mosquito net”)
* àpò irinṣẹ́-abẹ (“dissection kit”)
* àpò ìtọ̀ (“bladder, urethra”)
* àpò ìwé (“bookbag, envelope”)
* àpòlá (“stomach”)
* àpòòyẹ̀fun-òdòdó (“anther”)