o-

See also: о- and Appendix:Variations of "o"

English

Noun

o-

  1. A blood type that has no antigens. It lacks the A, B and Rh factors on the blood cells. It is the universal donor for blood and can give blood to any blood type, but can only receive O- blood.

Prefix

o-

  1. (organic chemistry) ortho-

See also

Basque

Alternative forms

Prefix

o-

  1. Combining form of ogi (“bread”)

Usage notes

  • If the following element of the compound starts with /b/ or /ɡ/, these are devoiced to /p/ and /k/ respectively.
  • If the following element starts with a vowel, /s̺/ or /s̻/, the combining form ot- is used instead.

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • å- (East Central)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana. Compare German an-, Dutch aan-, English on-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oː/ (West Central)

Prefix

o-

  1. Separable verb prefix that indicates a direction, goal, destination and a contact made therein.
    ‎o- + ‎schraufn (“to screw”) → ‎oschraufn (“to screw on”)
    ‎o- + ‎greifn (“to grab, seize”) → ‎ogreifn (“to touch, handle”)
    ‎o- + ‎brenna (“to burn”) → ‎obrenna (“to scorch”)

Derived terms

Bavarian terms prefixed with o-

Cayuga

Prefix

o-

  1. noun prefix

References

Frances Froman, Alfred J. Keye, Lottie Keye, Carrie Dyck (2002) English-Cayuga/Cayuga-English Dictionary, University of Toronto, page 705

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See o.

Prefix

o-

  1. around, all around
  2. a complete action, a perfective verb
  3. something else

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with o-

Further reading

  • o-/ob(e)- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Japanese

Romanization

o-

  1. Rōmaji transcription of お

Lakota

Prefix

o-

  1. Forms nouns from some verbs.
    ‎o- + ‎wótA (“to eat”) → ‎owóte (“dining room”)
    ‎o- + ‎yuŋkÁ (“to lie, recline”) → ‎oyúŋke (“a bed”)

Mohawk

Etymology

io- with loss of initial glide

Prefix

o-

  1. noun prefix
  2. her (in kinship terms)

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

o-

  1. Second-person singular relative concord.

Etymology 2

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

Prefix

o-

  1. Class 1 relative concord.

Etymology 3

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

Prefix

o-

  1. Class 3 relative concord.

Ojibwe

Prefix

o-

  1. A prefix denoting the third person

Usage notes

o- is the unmarked form, and appears before stems that begin with a consonant. It may be omitted in many contexts.

Alternative forms

See also

Preverb

o-

  1. go somewhere to do something, go over there to
    Mii go imaa ziigigamideg, mii imaa o-gondaabiiginag zhingobaandag.
    If it boiled over, I dipped the bough in the kettle.

Alternative forms

References

Old Polish

Etymology

Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔ/

Prefix

o-

  1. appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
    ‎o- + ‎pozdny → ‎opóździć
  2. around
    ‎o- + ‎kropić → ‎okropić
  3. prefix indicating a perfective verb
    ‎o- + ‎soczyć → ‎osoczyć

Derived terms

Old Polish terms prefixed with o-

Descendants

  • Polish: o-

Onondaga

Prefix

o-

  1. noun prefix

References

  • Hanni Woodbury (2018) A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language, University of Toronto, page 284

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish o, from Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See o. Doublet of ob-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ/

Prefix

o-

  1. prefix indicating a perfective verb
    ‎o- + ‎słabnąć → ‎osłabnąć
  2. affects verb meaning in various ways
    ‎o- + ‎strzec → ‎ostrzec
  3. appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make
    Synonym: u-
    ‎o- + ‎trzeźwy → ‎otrzeźwić
  4. around
    Synonym: ob-
    ‎o- + ‎winąć → ‎owinąć
  5. down
    Synonym: z-
    ‎o- + ‎suwać → ‎osuwać
    ‎o- + ‎puścić → ‎opuścić

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with o-

Further reading

  • o- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Seneca

Prefix

o-

  1. noun prefix

References

  • Wallace Chafe (2014) A Grammar of the Seneca Language, University of California Press, page 86

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *o(b)-. Prefixed form of the preposition o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ-/

Prefix

o-

  1. Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
    1. (no change in meaning)
      ‎o- + ‎čístiti (“to clean”) → ‎očístiti (“to clean”)
    2. around, past, avoiding
      ‎o- + ‎čŕtati (“to draw”) → ‎očŕtati (“to outline”)
      ‎o- + ‎īti (“to go”) → ‎obíti (“to go around, to bypass”)
    3. to stay, to remain
      ‎o- + ‎sedẹ́ti (“to sit”) → ‎obsedẹ́ti (“to stay sitting”)

Derived terms

Slovene terms prefixed with o-

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

o-

  1. Second-person singular relative concord.

Etymology 2

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

Prefix

o-

  1. Class 1 relative concord.

Etymology 3

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

Prefix

o-

  1. Class 3 relative concord.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ō-, from Old Norse ú-, ó-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from the Proto-Indo-European *n̥- whence also Greek α- (a-) and English un-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²uː/

Prefix

o-

  1. Added to adjectives to yield their opposites; un-
  2. Added to nouns to mean lack or being without

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with o-

Taos

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑ/

Prefix

o-

  1. (transitive) First person singular subject + third person duoplural object.
  2. (transitive) Second person singular subject + third person singular object.

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tehit w- (“third-person singular masculine prefix”).

Pronoun

o- (Jawi ؤ-)

  1. (masculine) third-person singular clitic, he

See also

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tooro

Alternative forms

  • (before -a- or -e- in the subjunctive mood) w-
  • (before vowels in other cases) oy-

Pronunciation

Prefix

o-

  1. you; 2nd person singular subject concord
    ‎o- + ‎-kora (“to do”) → ‎okora (“you do”)

See also

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 413

Volapük

Prefix

o-

  1. denotes future tense in verbs and adverbs
    ‎o- + ‎penob (“I write.”) → ‎openob (“I will write.”)
    ‎o- + ‎adelo (“today”) → ‎odelo (“tomorrow”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ/

Prefix

o-

  1. Soft mutation of go-.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
go- o- ngo- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Xhosa

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

o-

  1. Second-person singular relative concord.

Etymology 2

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

Prefix

o-

  1. Class 1 relative concord.

Etymology 3

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

Prefix

o-

  1. Class 3 relative concord.

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Prefix

o-

  1. allomorph of öt- (detransitivizing prefix).
  2. Allomorph of ö- (second-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant and have a first vowel o or u.

Inflection

Zulu

Etymology 1

From a- (“relative”) +‎ u- (“second person singular”).

Prefix

ṓ-

  1. Second-person singular relative concord.

Etymology 2

From a- (“relative”) +‎ u- (“class 1”).

Prefix

ṓ-

  1. Class 1 relative concord.

Etymology 3

From a- (“augment”) +‎ bo- (“class 2a”).

Prefix

ô-

  1. Class 2a noun prefix.

Etymology 4

From a- (“relative”) +‎ u- (“class 3”).

Prefix

ṓ-

  1. Class 3 relative concord.

References

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