# lo
## Translingual
### Symbol

lo
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Lao.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Lao terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ləʊ/
* (US) IPA: /loʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophones: low, Lowe
* Rhymes: -əʊ

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.

#### Interjection

lo
* (archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
** c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest‎, act III, scene ii:Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.
** 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1:Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night, Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.
** first published 1611, reprinted c. 1900, The Bible, King James version, Luke 15:29:[...], Lo, these many years do I serve thee, [...].
** 1925, Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original by Luo Guanzhong:Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.
** 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 588:"Tambi will be here in..." He computed carefully. "... in exactly twenty seconds." And, lo, Tambi appeared at that very moment.

##### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:lo

##### Related terms

* lo and behold

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Variant of low.

#### Adjective

lo (not comparable)
* Informal spelling of low.

##### Derived terms

* hi-lo
* lo-cal
* lo-fi
* lo-tech

##### Related terms

* hi
* mid

### Etymology 3
#### Interjection

lo
* Clipping of hello.

##### Alternative forms

* 'lo, 'llo

### Etymology 4

Clipping of location.

#### Noun

lo (plural los)
* (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of location.
    Ayo, send me your lo.

### Etymology 5
#### Particle

lo
* Alternative form of lol

#### See also

* lo-lo

### Etymology 6

Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 / 啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.

#### Alternative forms

* loh

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: [ˈloː˧˨]

#### Particle

lo
* (Singlish, Manglish, rare or in set phrases) Sentence-final particle denoting finality or completion.
    Synonyms: (Singlish) liao, already

#### See also

* lo hei

### Anagrams

* -ol, OL, Ol., ol, ol'

## Aragonese
### Pronoun

lo
* him (direct object)

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* llo (archaic)

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illud, neuter of ille.

### Article

lo n sg (masculine el, feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)
* (definite) the

### Pronoun

lo
* it (third-person singular neuter direct pronoun)

## Basque
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo/ [lo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -o
* Hyphenation: lo

### Noun

lo inan
* sleep

#### Derived terms

* lo egin (“to sleep”)
* logela (“bedroom”)

### Further reading

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* (Central) IPA: /lu/
* (Valencia) IPA: /lo/
* Rhymes: -o

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille.

#### Pronoun

lo (enclitic, contracted 'l, proclitic el, contracted proclitic l')
* him (direct object)

##### Usage notes

* -lo is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩.
    Has d'ajudar-lo. ― You have to help him.

##### Declension

$^1$ Behaves grammatically as plural.   $^2$ Behaves grammatically as third person. $^3$ Only as object of a preposition.   $^4$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

#### Article

lo m (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)
* (archaic or dialectal) the (definite article)
    Synonym: (standard) el

### Further reading

* “lo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “lo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “lo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “lo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chickasaw
### Pronoun

lo
* I

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lō
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄛ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lō
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lo
*** Wade–Giles: lo$^1$
*** Yale: lō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lho
*** Palladius: ло (lo)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔ⁵⁵/

### Noun

lo
* (neologism, mostly in compounds) Lolita fashion
    lo娘 ― lo niáng ― a girl who regularly dresses in lolita fashion

#### Derived terms

* lo娘 (lōniáng)
* lo裝 / lo装 (lōzhuāng)

## Cornish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *lluɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *leigā. Cognate with Breton loa (Vannes dialect loé, lui) and Welsh llwy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [loː]

### Noun

lo f (plural loyow)
* spoon

#### Derived terms

* lo an jowl (“trapdoor”)
* lo de (“teaspoon”)
* lo ledan (“ladle”)
* lo salad (“salad server”)
* lo vras (“tablespoon”)
* lo-balas (“trowel”)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo lo, Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan ló, all probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (“revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lo f (plural lo's)
* (chiefly Suriname) matrilineal clan within a Maroon tribe
** 2023 August 28, Samuel Wens, “Saramaccaners hebben naast Aboikoni nu ook Banai als granman [In addition to Aboikoni, Saramaccans now also have Banai as paramount chief]”, in De Ware Tijd‎, retrieved 6 January 2024:Stefanus Poeketi, kapitein van Dawme en voorzitter van de ‘Twaalfoe Lo’, stelde dat de functie van granman niet uitsluitend door één lo zal worden uitgeoefend. Hij kondigde aan dat notarieel vastgelegd zal worden dat het ‘granmanschap’ gaat rouleren onder de twaalf lo’s van de Saramaccaanse stam.Stefanus Poeketi, village chief of Dawme and chairman of the 'Twaalfoe Lo', stated that the position of paramount chief will not be held exclusively by one clan. He announced that it will be notarially certified that the 'paramount chieftaincy' will rotate among the twelve clans of the Saramaccan tribe.

### References

* ↑ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 469.
* ↑ Klaus Hamberger (2009) “Matrilinéarité et culte des aïeules chez les Éwé [Matrilinearity and Ancestress Cults among the Ewe]”, in Journal des africanistes‎, volume 79, number 1, Paris: Société des africanistes, →ISSN Invalid ISSN, retrieved 8 January 2024, pages 241-279.

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [lo]
* Hyphenation: lo

### Noun

lo (accusative singular lo-on, plural lo-oj, accusative plural lo-ojn)
* The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin illum.

#### Alternative forms

* le

#### Determiner

lo m (prevocalic l', feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)
* the (masculine singular definite article)

#### Pronoun

lo m (prevocalic l') (ORB, broad)
* him, it (third-person singular masculine accusative)

##### See also

| singular | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic$^1$ | possessive$^2$ |
| 1st person | jo | mè | mè | mè | min |
| 2nd person | te | tè | tè | tè | tin |
| 3rd person masculine | il | lo / le | lui | lui | sin |
| 3rd person feminine | el | la | lyé | lyé | | sin |
| 3rd person neuter | o | o | y | — | sin |
| 3rd person reflexive | — | sè | sè | sè | | | sin |
| plural | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic$^1$ | possessive$^2$ |
| 1st person | nos | nos | nos | nos | noutro |
| 2nd person | vos | vos | vos | vos | voutro |
| 3rd person masculine | ils | los / les | lor | lor | lor |
| 3rd person feminine | els | les | lor / lyés | lor / lyés | | lor |
| 3rd person reflexive | — | sè | sè | sè | | | lor |
| $^1$ Disjunctive or object of a preposition. | $^1$ Disjunctive or object of a preposition. | $^2$ Generally preceded by a definite article. | $^2$ Generally preceded by a definite article. | $^2$ Generally preceded by a definite article. | $^2$ Generally preceded by a definite article. |

#### References

* le [1] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* lo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lo (Old Dauphinois)
* Alternative form of lop (“wolf”)

#### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lŭpus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 457

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

lo (Old Dauphinois)
* Alternative form of lèc (“lake”)

#### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lacus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 126

## Galician
### Etymology 1

See o. Compare Portuguese lo.

#### Article

lo m sg (feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)
* Alternative form of o (“the”, masculine singular)
    Para seres forte debes come-lo caldo.You must eat the broth for growing strong.

##### Usage notes

The l- forms of article are compulsorily used after the preposition por and adverb u. It is optional when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, after unstressed pronouns nos, vos and lles (when they are enclitc) of ambos, entrambos, todos, tras and copulative conjunction (e mais and tonic pronouns vós and nós followed by a numerical precision).

##### Related terms

* la
* o

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

lo m (accusative)
* Alternative form of o (“him”)

##### Usage notes

The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word.

##### Related terms

* la
* no
* o

## Ido
### Etymology

Back-formation of co (“this”), to (“that”), based on la (“the”), ol (“it”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo/, /lɔ/

### Pronoun

lo
* referring to a previous sentence or phrase, i.e. a fact rather than an object; it, the
    Il esas mortinta de tri monati, e vu ne savas lo!He's been dead for three months, and you didn't know it (that he's been dead for three months)!

### References

* ↑ Progreso, VI, 238

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Betawi Kota lo (“you”), from Hokkien 汝 (lú). Doublet of lu.

#### Pronoun

lo
* (chiefly Jakarta, slang) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours
    Oke, kalau lo baper, yuk cabut. ― OK, if you are sensitive, let's go!

##### Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:
* anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
* antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
* coen (slang, East Java)
* ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
* kamu (intimate)
* ko, kowe (informal, Java)
* kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
* lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
* mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

#### References

* ↑ 2018, Yuni Astuti, Saipeh Baper, CV Jejak (Jejak Publisher) (→ISBN), page 53:

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

lo
* Alternative spelling of loh.

#### Particle

lo
* Alternative spelling of loh.

### Further reading

* “lo” 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.

## Interlingua
### Pronoun

lo
* it, that (direct object)
    Tu lo audi? – Do you hear it?

#### Related terms

* illo

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^°$/lo/$^°$, /lo/$^°$
** Hyphenation: lo
* IPA: (many dialects) /o/$^°$
* Rhymes: -o

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, illud, by dropping il- and -m.

#### Article

lo m sg (plural gli)
* the form of il that is used before the so-called impure consonants, that is, s+consonant (impure s), gn, pn, ps, x, y, or z, and before i+vocal; before a vowel it becomes l'; the
    l’osso ― the bone
    lo stato ― the state
    lo zio ― the uncle
    lo ione ― the ion

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin illum.

#### Alternative forms

* -lo (enclitic)

#### Pronoun

lo m sg (plural li, female la)
* (accusative) him
    Lo conosci? ― Do you know him?
* (accusative) it, this or that thing
    Synonym: ciò
    Quando te lo diedi. ― When I gave it to you.

##### See also

| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | — |
| Singular | second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | te | te | — | — |
| Singular | third | m | lui | si$^2$, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se$^2$ | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Singular | third | f | lei, Lei$^1$ | si$^2$, s', -si | la, La$^1$, l', L'$^1$, -la, -La$^1$ | le$^3$, Le$^1$, -le$^3$, -Le$^1$ | glie, se$^2$ | lei, Lei$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | — |
| Plural | second | — | voi, Voi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | ve | voi, Voi$^4$ | — | — |
| Plural | third | m | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | li, Li$^1$, -li, -Li$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | third | f | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | le, Le$^1$, -le, -Le$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| $^1$ | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. |
| $^2$ | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. |
| $^3$ | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. |
| $^4$ | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). |

### References

* ↑ lo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 123

## Japanese
### Romanization

lo
* Rōmaji transcription of ろ゚
* Rōmaji transcription of ロ゚

## Laboya
### Verb

lo
* to go
    Synonyms: kako, attu

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “lo”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 60

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lo (“the; him; it”). As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

### Pronoun

lo (Hebrew spelling לו)
* accusative of el
** 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎, Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 10:Delantre de ti io mi orgolio abato I mi corason lo razgo con kevranto¹)I suppress my pride before you, and my heart tears it with despair.

### Article

lo
* neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the; that (which is)
** 2008, Matilda Gini Barnatán, Viviana Rajel Barnatán, Darío Meta Barnatán, La ija i la madre komo la unya i la karne‎, Ibersaf Editores, →ISBN, page 69:Agora soltanto So reflekto de Tu Brilyo Yo no me demando Sospiro Mirando en lo Alto So felis Dunke bivo…Now letting go, I am [an] image of your radiance, I wonder not; I sigh, looking above, I am happy, therefore I live…

### References

* ↑ “lo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Lashi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɔ˧]
* Hyphenation: lo

### Verb

lo
* (auxiliary) Used to mark a change of state towards an achieved action.
** 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 1:3 [Genesis 1:3]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible], page 2:Mangsoo gi «Booˮ bang buiˮ weʼ» ga꞉ langˮ booˮ bang bueˮ lo.God [be like] «Light, happen!», so light happened.

### References

* Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 29
* Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 73

## Lolopo
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Loloish *ʔ-l(y)a¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꉐꆂ (hxa nie), Burmese လျှာ (hlya), S'gaw Karen ပျ့ၤ (plaȳ), Tedim Chin lei², Drung pvlai, Chepang ले (le).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɮo³³]

### Noun

lo
* (Yao'an) tongue

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

Derived from French l’ (“the”) + French eau (“water”), with the definite article re-analyzed as part of the noun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo/
* Rhymes: -o

### Noun

lo
* Alternative form of dolo (“water; body of water; tear”)

### References

* Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole (1998), →ISBN

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /loː/

### Adverb

lo
* Alternative form of elo

## Malagasy
### Adjective

lo
* rotten, spoiled

## Mandarin
### Romanization

lo (lo$^5$ / lo$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄛ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咯

### Romanization

lo
* Nonstandard spelling of lō.

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *lō.

### Noun

lô f or n
* clearing in a forest

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* lôon

#### Descendants

* Dutch: lo (obsolete outside toponyms)

### Further reading

* “loo”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “loo”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page loo

## Neapolitan
### Pronoun

lo
* Alternative form of 'o

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

lo n (definite singular loet, uncountable)
* lint

#### Derived terms

* loe

### Verb

lo
* past of le

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /luː/

### Etymology 1

Compare with Icelandic ló. May have something to do with Old Norse lagðr.

#### Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)
* woollen hairs that shed off knitted or woven fabrics

##### Derived terms

* navlelo
* stampelo

##### See also

* lòden

### Etymology 2

Derived from Old Norse ló, lóa.

#### Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)
* any of various birds of the family Charadriidae, the plovers and dotterels

##### Derived terms

* brunsidelo
* brunskulderlo
* diademlo
* fjell-lo
* fjørelo
* heilo
* kanadalo
* kvitbrystlo
* rusthalslo
* sibirlo
* skeivnebblo
* svarthovudlo
* tundralo
* åkerlo

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Norse lóð f or n.

#### Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)
* (agriculture) a harvested (especially grain), that has been cut but not threshed
* (agriculture, collective) grain, husk and straw
* (agriculture) a grain harvest
* (agriculture, collective) hay

### Etymology 4

Inherited from Old Norse ló f or n (“a clearing in the forest; meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m.

#### Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)
* Used in placenames: meadow
    Synonyms: grasslette, eng

##### Related terms

* Follo
* Hafslo
* Lom
* Oslo

### Etymology 5

Derived from Dutch and/or Middle Low German.

#### Noun

lo m (definite singular loen, indefinite plural loar, definite plural loane)
* (nautical) part of a vessel whose side faces the wind

##### Synonyms

* lovart

##### Antonyms

* le

#### Adjective

lo (singular and plural lo)
* located or situated on the windy side

#### See also

* luv (Bokmål)

### Etymology 6

Derived from Middle Low German lot (genitive lodes). Doublet of lodd.

#### Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)
* a shotgun shell

##### Derived terms

* torelo f

### Etymology 7

Akin to Icelandic löð.

#### Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)
* (tools) a nail header (used by a blacksmith in production of iron nails)

##### Derived terms

* saumlo
* spikarlo

### Etymology 8

Unknown.

#### Noun

lo n (definite singular loet, indefinite plural lo, definite plural loa)
* natural fertilizer
* dung

### Etymology 9

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

lo
* past tense of le

### Etymology 10

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

lo
* imperative of loa and loe

### References

* “lo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* LO, OL, ol, o.l.

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* lou (Mistralian)
* le (Toulouse, Massat)
* eth (Gascon)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan lo, from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lu]
* Audio:(file)

### Article

lo (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)
* the; masculine singular definite article

#### Usage notes

* In the Provençal dialect, the masculine and feminine plural is lei.

## Old French
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum; compare Old Occitan lo.

### Article

lo
* (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of le; masculine singular oblique definite article

### Pronoun

lo
* (9th and 10th centuries) Alternative form of le; masculine singular object pronoun

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Article

lo
* Alternative form of o

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu from Latin illum.
Compare Old French lo.

### Article

lo (feminine la)
* the; masculine singular definite article

#### Descendants

* Occitan: lo

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese o.

### Pronoun

lo
* accusative of el
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:Sant iuã euangeliſta fo de bethſaẏda. e p̃dico en aſia de pues lo fizo penar domiciari$^g$ el emꝑador de roma. mãdo lo met̃ en una cuba dolio firuient.Saint John [the] Evangelist was from Bethsaida, and he preached in Asia. And then Domitian the emperor of Rome had him condemned, [so] he ordered he be put into a vat of boiling oil.
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 89r.:Et ſi la muelen ⁊ traen los poluos della sobre uaſos o otra manera alguna de plata, o de metal, faz lo claro ⁊ muy fremoſo. ⁊ eſſo miſmo faz alas eſpadas ⁊ alos cuchielos, ⁊ demas aguza los.And if they grind it and use the dust on cups or other silver or metalware, it makes it shiny and beautiful. And it does the same with swords and knives, and it also sharpens them.
* accusative of ello

### Article

lo
* neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the; that (which is)
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 41v:Aplegos el Reẏ […] diſçrael adacab Reẏ đ iħrɫm. e fueron en ſemble e dixo el Reẏ diſrɫ al Reẏ de iħrɫm uaẏamos aramot galaad q̃ es ẏ él Reẏ de ſyria elidiemos é prender loemos. e dixo ioſaphat el Reẏ de iħrɫm ẏo ire cõtigo lo mẏo tuẏo eſ. el mio pueblo tuẏo es. emios cauallos tuẏos.The king […] of Israel approached Ahab, king of Jerusalem. And they came together, and the king of Israel said to the king of Jerusalem, “Let us go to Ramoth-Gilead, for the king of Syria is there, and let us fight and we will capture him.” And Jehoshaphat the king of Jerusalem said, “I will go with you. What is mine is yours. My people are yours, and my horses are yours.”

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “lo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 308

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

Derived from Portuguese logo (“soon”) and Spanish luego (“soon; later”).

### Verb

lo
* shall; will; indicates the future tense of a verb.

## Phalura
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo, ɽo/

#### Determiner

lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)
* that agr: distal mascunline singular pronoun

#### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “lo”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo, ɽo/

#### Pronoun

lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)
* it
* he distal mascunline pronoun

#### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “lo”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Central Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈlɔ/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈlʲɔ]

### Preposition

lo
* (Poznań, Przemyśl) Alternative form of dla (“for”)

### Further reading

* Waldemar Wierzba (2013) “lo”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 132
* Aleksander Saloni (1899) “lo”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 241

## Portuguese
### Etymology

See o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lu/
* Hyphenation: lo

### Pronoun

lo
* Alternative form of o (third-person masculine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary
    Contá-lo (contar) ― To tell it.
    Contámo-lo (contamos) ― We told it.
    Fi-lo (fiz) ― I did it.
    Tem-lo (tens) ― You have it.

#### Coordinate terms

* no (following a nasal vowel), o (following an oral vowel)

#### See also

See Template:Portuguese personal pronouns for further pronouns.

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lad

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin lātus.

### Adjective

lo m (feminine singular loa, masculine plural los, feminine plural loas)
* (Sutsilvan) wide, broad

#### Synonyms

* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
* (Puter, Vallader) larg

## Silesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Syllabification: lo

### Preposition

lo
* by, at, on
* to
* for

### Further reading

* Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “lo”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 159

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronoun

lo
* this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronoun

lo
* this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lo (“the; him; it”). As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo/ [lo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: lo

### Pronoun

lo
* accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)
    lo veo ― I see it
* impersonal neuter pronoun clitic of ello; it, that
    lo es ― That’s it

#### Derived terms

* a lo
* lo de
* lo que
* lo que sea

#### See also

| | | | | nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive |
| first person | singular | singular | singular | yo | me | me | mí$^1$ |
| first person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | nosotros | nos | nos | nosotros |
| first person | plural | feminine | feminine | nosotras | nos | nos | nosotras |
| second person | singular | tuteo | tuteo | tú | te | te | ti$^1$ |
| second person | singular | voseo | voseo | vos | te | te | vos |
| second person | singular | formal$^3$ | formal$^3$ | usted | le, se$^4$ | lo/la$^5$ | usted |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | masculine$^2$ | vosotros | os | os | vosotros |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | feminine | vosotras | os | os | vosotras |
| second person | plural | formal/general$^3$ | formal/general$^3$ | ustedes | les, se$^4$ | los/las$^5$ | ustedes |
| third person | singular | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | él | le, se$^4$ | lo | él |
| third person | singular | feminine | feminine | ella | le, se$^4$ | la | ella |
| third person | singular | neuter | neuter | ello$^7$ | le, se$^4$ | lo | ello |
| third person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | ellos | les, se$^4$ | los | ellos |
| third person | plural | feminine | feminine | ellas | les, se$^4$ | las | ellas |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | reflexive | — | se | se | sí$^1$ |
* Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
* Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
* Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
* If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
* Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
* Used primarily in Spain
* Used only in rare circumstances

### Article

lo
* neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the, that which is
    Haremos lo necesario. ― We will do the necessary / what is necessary.
    Lo blanco simboliza la pureza. ― The [colour] white symbolizes purity.
    Lo asombroso es que... ― The amazing [thing] is that...

#### Usage notes

* Lo usually gives the adjective an abstract quality (as above). It can also refer to a thing, but el is more common in this case, e.g. el / lo blanco de los ojos (“the white of the eye”). Lo can never be used when the adjective refers back to a noun, e.g. el barco grande y el pequeño (“the big boat and the small one”).

### Further reading

* “lo”, 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

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology 1

Derived from English row, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).

#### Alternative forms

* ro (obsolete)

#### Verb

lo
* to row
    Synonym: lolo
** 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:da somma no sabi va lo[A sma no sabi fu lo]That guy doesn't know how to row.

#### Noun

lo
* oar
** 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:da boto habi aiti lo[A boto abi aiti lo.]The boat has eight oars.

#### Derived terms

* lobangi
* loboto
* lolo
* loman
* losingi

### Etymology 2

Derived from English row, ultimately probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).

#### Alternative forms

* ro (obsolete)

#### Noun

lo
* row (a line of objects of people)
** 1855, Hendrik Charles Focke, Neger-Engelsch woordenboek [Negro English Dictionary]‎, Leiden: P.H. van den Heuvell:Dem práni álla na wan ro[Den prani ala na wan lo]They planted everything in a row.
* multitude, a great amount or number
* (obsolete) gang
** 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:tideh wan tarra lo Ningre dorro agehn[Tide wan tra lo nengre doro agen.][original: heute ist schon wieder eine andre Bande Neger angekommen.]Yet another gang of Negroes arrived today.
* (obsolete) herd, pack, a (a group of animals)
** 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:wan lo pingo[original: eine Heerde, ein Zug, Schwarm wilde Schweine.]A herd of white-lipped peccaries.

##### Derived terms

* wanlo

### Etymology 3

Probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (“revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan”). Cognate of Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan ló.

#### Noun

lo
* tribe, clan

### Etymology 4

Likely from English low, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Doublet of lagi.

#### Adjective

lo
* (obsolete) flat, low-lying
** 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:da grunn de lo[A gron de lo.]The piece of land is low-lying.

##### Derived terms

* logron
* lopresi

### References

* ↑ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 469.
* ↑ Klaus Hamberger (2009) “Matrilinéarité et culte des aïeules chez les Éwé [Matrilinearity and Ancestress Cults among the Ewe]”, in Journal des africanistes‎, volume 79, number 1, Paris: Société des africanistes, →ISSN, retrieved 8 January 2024, pages 241-279.

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Interjection

lo
* oh!

## Swedish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish lō, from Old Norse lóa, derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *luhsaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /luː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lo c
* lynx
    Synonyms: lodjur, lokatt

#### Derived terms

* lodjur
* lounge

### Interjection

lo
* (slang) An intensifier put at the end of a sentence.

### References

* lo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* lo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* lo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Slangopedia

### Anagrams

* o.l.

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

Derived from English law.

### Noun

lo
* law

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 慮 (“be concerned; worry about”, SV: lự).

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

lo • (𢗼, 𢥈)
* to bother; to worry
    Taylo rồi chân cũng lo ― Taylor's Hands and Feet Are All Nervy (a 1964 Nhân Dân article by Hồ Chí Minh)
* to attend to; to care for

#### Derived terms

* âu lo
* chăm lo
* lo lắng
* lo sợ
* lo xa

## Welsh
### Noun

lo m
* Soft mutation of llo.

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Noun

lo m
* Soft mutation of glo.

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l̪o/

### Conjunction

lo
* and
    Muhammad lo Hasan ― Muhammad and Hasan
    namu de esi lo ifa ― chicken eggs and kenari nuts
* (coordinating) and
    imaa me lo ido me ― he made a grab for it and caught it
* forms composite numbers
    awoinye lo minye ― eleven (literally, “ten and one”)
    atus siwe lo awoisiwe lo siwe ― nine hundred and ninety-nine (literally, “nine hundred and ninety and nine”)

#### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Wutunhua
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ལོ (lo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lo]

### Noun

lo
* year
    Synonym: nian

### References

* Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

## Xhosa
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ló]

#### Pronoun

ló
* this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ló]

#### Pronoun

ló
* this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

-lo
* Combining stem of lona.

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lò/

#### Verb

lò
* (transitive) to use; to engage; to exploit

##### Usage notes

* lo before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* ìlò (“the act of using”)
* lílò
* ṣàmúlò

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lò/

#### Verb

lò
* to become parboiled (specifically relating to yam tubers in the process of making yam flour, èlùbọ́)
    Synonym: bọ̀
    èlùbọ́ ti lò ― The yam tuber used to prepare èlùbọ́ has become parboiled

##### Usage notes

* lo before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* lo-èlùbọ́
* ìlò

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lò/

#### Verb

lò
* to become bendable or flexible
    Synonym: rọ̀

##### Usage notes

* lo before a direct object

##### Derived terms

* alò
* ìlò

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ló/

#### Verb

ló
* to lose interest in something; to become disheartened
    Synonyms: sú, gọ́

##### Derived terms

* aló
* ìló

## Zaniza Zapotec
### Noun

lo
* eye

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /lo˨˦/
* Tone numbers: lo$^1$
* Hyphenation: lo

### Etymology 1
#### Particle

lo (1957–1982 spelling lo)
* Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state or a new situation.
** 2016, Gij Baujcingq Moq Caeuq Geij Bonj Gij Baujcingq Daeuzdaeuz [The New Testament with A Few Books of the Old Testament], Hong Kong: New Bridge Publishing Company Limited, →ISBN, Lizsij dih Gaihcij [Genesis] 1:3:Gajlaeng Cangqdiq naeuz: “Rongh!” Yiengq couh doq miz rongh lo.And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
* Used at the end of a sentence to express affirmation or conclusiveness.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lo (Sawndip form ⿰女卢, 1957–1982 spelling lo)
* (dialectal) daughter-in-law

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

lo (Sawndip form ⿰口卢, 1957–1982 spelling lo)
* (dialectal) to worry; to be anxious

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo˧˩/

### Noun

lò
* basket

#### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40

## Zulu
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈló/

#### Pronoun

lo
* this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈló/

#### Pronoun

lo
* this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo/

#### Pronoun

lo
* Combining stem of lona.

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lo (3-8)”