ō

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

ō U+014D, ō LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON Composition: o [U+006F] + ◌̄ [U+0304] ← Ō [U+014C] Latin Extended-A Ŏ → [U+014E]

Translingual

Symbol

ō

1. (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel o

English

Symbol

ō

1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOAT vowel

Fijian

Noun

ō

1. cloud

Halkomelem

Alternative forms

• o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o/

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. (Stó꞉lō) A letter of the Halkomelem alphabet.

See also

• Musqueam (Latin-script letters) c, c̓, č, h, k, kʷ, k̓ʷ, l, l̓, ƛ̓, ɬ, m, m̓, n, n̓, p, p̓, q, q̓, qʷ, q̓ʷ, s, š, t, t̓, t̓ᶿ, θ, w, w̓, x, xʷ, ꭓ, ꭓʷ, y, y̓, ʔ, a, a꞉, e, e꞉, i, i꞉, u, u꞉, ə

• Stó꞉lō (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, E e, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lh lh, M n, O o, Ō ō, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Th th, Thʼ thʼ, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, W w, X x, Xw xw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, Y y, ʼ, ꞉

• Cowichan (Latin-script letters) A a, Aa aa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, E e, Ee ee, H h, Hw hw, I i, Ii ii, K k, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lʼ lʼ (ʼl), Lh lh, M m, Mʼ mʼ (ʼm), N n, Nʼ nʼ (ʼn), O o, Oo oo, Ou ou, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Th th, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, Tth tth, Tthʼ tthʼ, U u, W w, Wʼ wʼ (ʼw), X x, Xw xw, Y y, Yʼ yʼ (ʼy), ʼ

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (“journey provisions”), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (“ibid.”), cognate with Maori ō (“food, provisions”).

Noun

ō

1. food, provisions, rations

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

ō

1. A greeting said when answering the telephone, much like the English hello.

Japanese

Romanization

ō

1. Rōmaji transcription of おう
2. Rōmaji transcription of おお
3. Rōmaji transcription of オー

Latgalian

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /oː/

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Mandarin

Romanization

ō (o¹, Zhuyin ㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喔
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噢
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵

Maori

Etymology 1

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twelfth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qoho (“journey provisions”), from Proto-Oceanic *qoso (“ibid.”) (cognate of Hawaiian ō (“food, provisions”)).

Noun

ō

1. food, provisions

Preposition

ō

1. possessive article used before a pronoun, like the functions of and -’s in English

   Ka pekepeke te kurī ō tāua. ― Our dog is jumping.

Verb

ō

1. to have, to own

   He whare nui ō rāua. ― The [couple] has a big house.

Further reading

• “ō” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Samogitian

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ō and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Noun

ō ?

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) ā, ėlguojė ā, bė, cė, čė, dė, ē, ėlguojė ē, ė̄, ėlguojė ė̄, ėf, gė / gie, hā, ī, ėlguojė ī, jot, kā, ėl, ėm, ėn, ō, ėlguojė ō, pė, ėr, ės, ėš, tė, ū, ėlguojė ū, vė, zė / zet, žė / žet

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ō for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Swedish

Etymology

From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /øː/, /œ/

Letter

ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

1. (in handwriting) Alternative form of ö

See also

• ā
• o̲ (“&”)

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoː]
• Hyphenation: ō

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *o-u.

Determiner

ō

1. (inalienable) thy, your

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners

	Definite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	toku, tota1	to māua	to mā	to mātou	oku, ota1	o māua	o mā	o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	to tāua	to tā	to tātou	―	o tāua	o tā	o tātou
2nd person	tō	toulua		toutou	ō	oulua		outou
3rd person	tona	to lāua	to lā	to lātou	ona	o lāua	o lā	o lātou
	Definite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	taku, tata1	ta māua	ta mā	ta mātou	aku, ata1	a māua	a mā	a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ta tāua	ta tā	ta tātou	―	a tāua	a tā	a tātou
2nd person	tau	taulua		tautou	au	aulua		autou
3rd person	tana	ta lāua	ta lā	ta lātou	ana	a lāua	a lā	a lātou
	Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	hoku, hota1	ho māua	ho mā	ho mātou	ni oku, ni ota1	ni o māua	ni o mā	ni o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ho tāua	ho tā	ho tātou	―	ni o tāua	ni o tā	ni o tātou
2nd person	hō	houlua		houtou	ni ō	ni oulua		ni outou
3rd person	hona	ho lāua	ho lā	ho lātou	ni ona	ni o lāua	ni o lā	ni o lātou
	Indefinite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	haku, hata1	ha māua	ha mā	ha mātou	ni aku, ni ata1	ni a māua	ni a mā	ni a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ha tāua	ha tā	ha tātou	―	ni a tāua	ni a tā	ni a tātou
2nd person	hau	haulua		hautou	ni au	ni aulua		ni autou
3rd person	hana	ha lāua	ha lā	ha lātou	ni ana	ni a lāua	ni a lā	ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

Etymology 2

Te ō (2.1).

From Proto-Polynesian *o. Cognates include Tongan oo and Samoan lō.

Noun

ō

1. rabbitfish

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 33