# suo
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsu.u]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsu.o]

### Verb

suo
* first-person singular present indicative of suar

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *soo, of disputed further origin. Cognates include Estonian soo.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsuo̯/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯]
* Rhymes: -uo
* Hyphenation: suo

#### Noun

suo
* swamp, bog, marsh, mire

##### Declension

Possessive forms of suo (Kotus type 19/suo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
suoni
suoni
accusative
nom.
suoni
suoni
gen.
suoni
genitive
suoni
soideni soitteni
partitive
suotani
soitani
inessive
suossani
soissani
elative
suostani
soistani
illative
suohoni
soihini
adessive
suollani
soillani
ablative
suoltani
soiltani
allative
suolleni
soilleni
essive
suonani
soinani
translative
suokseni
soikseni
abessive
suottani
soittani
instructive
comitative
—soineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
suosi
suosi
accusative
nom.
suosi
suosi
gen.
suosi
genitive
suosi
soidesi soittesi
partitive
suotasi
soitasi
inessive
suossasi
soissasi
elative
suostasi
soistasi
illative
suohosi
soihisi
adessive
suollasi
soillasi
ablative
suoltasi
soiltasi
allative
suollesi
soillesi
essive
suonasi
soinasi
translative
suoksesi
soiksesi
abessive
suottasi
soittasi
instructive
comitative
—soinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
suomme
suomme
accusative
nom.
suomme
suomme
gen.
suomme
genitive
suomme
soidemme soittemme
partitive
suotamme
soitamme
inessive
suossamme
soissamme
elative
suostamme
soistamme
illative
suohomme
soihimme
adessive
suollamme
soillamme
ablative
suoltamme
soiltamme
allative
suollemme
soillemme
essive
suonamme
soinamme
translative
suoksemme
soiksemme
abessive
suottamme
soittamme
instructive
comitative
—soinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
suonne
suonne
accusative
nom.
suonne
suonne
gen.
suonne
genitive
suonne
soidenne soittenne
partitive
suotanne
soitanne
inessive
suossanne
soissanne
elative
suostanne
soistanne
illative
suohonne
soihinne
adessive
suollanne
soillanne
ablative
suoltanne
soiltanne
allative
suollenne
soillenne
essive
suonanne
soinanne
translative
suoksenne
soiksenne
abessive
suottanne
soittanne
instructive
comitative
—soinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
suonsa
suonsa
accusative
nom.
suonsa
suonsa
gen.
suonsa
genitive
suonsa
soidensa soittensa
partitive
suotaan suotansa
soitaan soitansa
inessive
suossaan suossansa
soissaan soissansa
elative
suostaan suostansa
soistaan soistansa
illative
suohonsa
soihinsa
adessive
suollaan suollansa
soillaan soillansa
ablative
suoltaan suoltansa
soiltaan soiltansa
allative
suolleen suollensa
soilleen soillensa
essive
suonaan suonansa
soinaan soinansa
translative
suokseen suoksensa
soikseen soiksensa
abessive
suottaan suottansa
soittaan soittansa
instructive
comitative
—soineen soinensa :

##### Derived terms

* soinen
* Suokas
* Suokko
* aapasuo
* afrikansuopöllö
* afrikansuorotta
* alleninsuoapina
* andiensuorotta
* australiansuorotta
* avosuo
* Heinisuo
* hillasuo
* Honkasuo
* hyllysuo
* Karhusuo
* karpalosuo
* keidassuo
* kohosuo
* korpisuo
* kuivatussuo
* kumpusuo
* Lahdensuo
* lettosuo
* palsasuo
* rahkasuo
* rimpisuo
* Ruskeasuo
* rämesuo
* Salmensuo
* soidensuojelu
* suoalue
* suoaukea
* suoaukeama
* suohaukka
* suohopeatäplä
* suohorsma
* Suojoki
* Suojärvi
* suokaasu
* suokalkkarokäärme
* suokaski
* suokasvi
* suokasvillisuus
* suokenkä
* suokirjosiipi
* Suoknuuti
* suokorte
* suokukka
* suokukko
* Suolahti
* suolampi
* suolöytö
* suomaa
* suomalmi
* suomarakatti
* suometsä
* suomuurain
* suomyrkkysumakki
* suomyrtti
* Suomäki
* Suoniemi
* suoniitty
* suonkuivatus
* suonojitus
* Suonperä
* Suonpää
* suonraivaus
* suonsilmä
* suonsilmäke
* Suontakanen
* Suontausta
* suontutkimus
* Suonvieri
* suo-ohdake
* suopelto
* suoperäinen
* suopotkupallo
* suopuikkija
* suopursu
* suoputki
* suopöllö
* Suoranta
* suoruumis
* suosaareke
* suosirri
* suosopuli
* suosuksi
* suoturve
* suotyyppi
* suovehka
* suoviljely
* suovilla
* suoyhdistymä
* Tattarisuo
* turvesuo
* valesuorotta
* Ämmässuo

#### Further reading

* “suo”, 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 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsuo̯/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯] (third-person indicative)
* IPA: /ˈsuo̯ˣ/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
* Rhymes: -uo
* Hyphenation: suo

#### Verb

suo
* third-person singular present indicative of suoda
    Hän suo sen minulle. ― He allows it to me.
    Jos Luoja suo ― God willing
* present active indicative connegative of suoda
    Hän ei suo armoa. ― He does not give mercy.
* second-person singular present imperative of suoda
    Suo se minulle! ― Allow it to me!
* second-person singular present active imperative connegative of suoda
    Älä suo sitä! ― Don't allow it!

### Anagrams

* osu

## Galician
### Verb

suo
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of suar

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* seo, sio, só, soe, soo, sou, su, suoio (Old Italian)

### Etymology

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsu.o/
* Rhymes: -uo
* Hyphenation: sù‧o
* Audio:(file)

### Determiner

suo (feminine sua, masculine plural suoi, feminine plural sue)
* his, her, its
    i suoi figli ― his/her/its children
    le sue macchine ― his/her/its cars
    casa sua ― his/her/its house
    suo padre ― his/her/its father
** c. 1260 [c. 85 BCE], “Dice Tullio della pronunziagione” (chapter 32), in Brunetto Latini, transl., La rettorica [Rhetorics], translation with commentary of Dē inventiōne by Marcus Tullius Cicerō (in Classical Latin), lines 11–14; republished as Francesco Maggini, editor, La rettorica di Brunetto Latini‎, Florence: Galletti e Cocci, 1915, page 55:[…] se lla condizione richiede che debbia parlamentare a cavallo, sì dee elli avere cavallo di grande rigoglio, sì che quando il segnore parla il suo cavallo gridi et anatrisca e razzi la terra col piede […] if the circumstances require him to negotiate on horseback, he must have a horse of great vigour, so that, while the lord is speaking, his horse will cry and neigh, and stomp the ground with its hoof
* (often capitalized) your (polite singular form)
    i Suoi figli ― your children
    le Sue macchine ― your cars
    casa Sua ― your house
    Suo padre ― your father

### Pronoun

suo (feminine sua, masculine plural suoi, feminine plural sue)
* his, hers, its
    Sono i suoi ― They are his/hers/its.
* (often capitalised/capitalized) yours (polite singular form)
    Sono i Suoi ― They are yours.

### Usage notes

* The use or non-use of the definite article in conjunction with the determiner and possessive pronoun is the same as for mio; see the usage note there.

### See also

* loro
* mio
* nostro
* tuo
* vostro

### Anagrams

* uso, usò

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsu.oː/, [ˈs̠uoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsu.o/, [ˈsuːo]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *sūō, from earlier *sūjō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewh₁-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-, an alternative form of *syewh₁-. Cognates include Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”), Lithuanian siūti, and Old English siwian (English sew).

#### Verb

suō (present infinitive suere, perfect active suī, supine sūtum); third conjugation, third person-only in the passive
* to sew, stitch
* to join, fasten together
* (figuratively) to devise, cobble

##### Conjugation

The verb suō has a limited passive conjugation. Only third-person passive forms are known from surviving texts.

##### Derived terms

* adsuō
* assuō
* consuō
* insuō
* obsūtus
* sūtēla
* sūtilis
* sūtor
* sūtum
* sūtūra

##### Related terms

* sūtōrīcius
* sūtōrius
* sūtrīballus
* sūtrīna
* sūtrīnum
* sūtrīnus
* sūtrīx

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

suō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of suus

### References

* “suo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “suo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse (ambiguous) to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse (ambiguous) to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu) (ambiguous) to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere) (ambiguous) to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: suis rebus or sibi consulere (ambiguous) to consider one's own advantage in everything: omnia ad suam utilitatem referre (ambiguous) to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere (ambiguous) to win a man over to one's own way of thinking: aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducere (ambiguous) to freely express one's opinions: sententiam suam aperire (ambiguous) to act in accordance with one's convictions: suo iudicio uti (ambiguous) to go one's own way, proceed independently: suo consilio uti (ambiguous) to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius (ambiguous) to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse (ambiguous) to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15) (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse (ambiguous) to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus (ambiguous) to set one's hope on some one: spem suam ponere, collocare in aliquo (ambiguous) to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere (ambiguous) self-confidence: fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37) (ambiguous) a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47) (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3) (ambiguous) to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi (ambiguous) to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3) (ambiguous) to indulge one's caprice: sibi or ingenio suo indulgere (Nep. Chabr. 3) (ambiguous) to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo) (ambiguous) to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37) (ambiguous) to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi (ambiguous) to live on one's means: de suo (opp. alieno) vivere (ambiguous) to squander all one's property: dissipare rem familiarem (suam) (ambiguous) to invite some one to one's house: invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5) (ambiguous) to give audience to some one: sui potestatem facere, praebere alicui (ambiguous) to separate from, divorce (of the man): aliquam suas res sibi habere iubere (Phil. 2. 28. 69) (ambiguous) to keep up a usage: consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere,[TR1] servare (ambiguous) to have no debts: in suis nummis versari (Verr. 4. 6. 11) (ambiguous) (a state) has its own laws, is autonomous: suis legibus utitur (B. G. 1. 45. 3) (ambiguous) to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere (ambiguous) to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati (ambiguous) to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum) (ambiguous) to waive one's right: de iure suo decedere or cedere (ambiguous) in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco (ambiguous) to accept battle: potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...) (ambiguous) to reduce a country to subjection to oneself: populum in potestatem suam redigere (B. G. 2. 34) (ambiguous) to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself) (ambiguous) with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure

## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soo. Cognates include Finnish suo and Estonian soo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsuo̯/
* Hyphenation: suo
* Rhymes: -uo̯

### Noun

suo (genitive suon, partitive suodu)
* bog, swamp

#### Declension
### References

* Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 10
* Tatjana Boiko (2019) “suo”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soo.

### Noun

suo
* swamp

## Mandarin
### Romanization

suo
* Nonstandard spelling of suō.
* Nonstandard spelling of suǒ.
* Nonstandard spelling of suò.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsu.u/
* Rhymes: -uu
* Hyphenation: su‧o

### Verb

suo
* first-person singular present indicative of suar

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* suu, sou

### Etymology

From Latin suus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsuo/

### Pronoun

suo (plural suos, feminine sua, feminine plural suas)
* his, her, hers

#### Related terms

* bostru, vostru
* issoro
* meu
* nostru
* tuu, tou, tuo

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsu.o]

### Noun

suo
* the obtuse barracuda (Sphyraena obtusata)

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh