wo

Wo sand'n meine Augnglasln?

I kenn a Gschäft, wo's des håbn.

Wo i a ka Sun brauch, is beim Autofoahn.

Where I don't need the sun is when I'm driving.

(relative) where (at or in which place or situation)

Des woa de Wochn, wo ma gfeiert håbn.

(relative) when, that (on which; at which time)

I warad gern wo, wo's wärmer is.

I'd like to be somewhere where it's warmer.

(indefinite) somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location)

With a widespread dialectal shift from -ā- to -ō-, from Middle High German wā, wār, from Old High German wār, hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, whence also wer. Cognate with German wo, Dutch waar and English where.


wo

Des is de Frau, wo i gsehn håb.

Koatn gibt's åm Schoiter, wo då hintn is.

Tickets are available at the counter which is back there.

Des is de Frau, de wo i gsehn håb.

Koatn gibt's åm Schoiter, der wo då hintn is.

(relative) (inserted after the relative pronouns der, de, des, dem, den, dena, dera


wo

Wås håst'n nix gmåcht, wo'st as eh scho länger gwusst håst?

Why didn't you do anything when you had known about it for a long time?

Mia soidadn ned spazierngehn, wo's so regnt.

We shouldn't go for a walk when it's raining like that.


wo

Eqie guanjinde nie sizi wo, nie basi wo.

Once upon a time there was a lion and a tiger.

Bi shi er dui nie bawan, yi dui bawan shi jiu Rejie wo, san dui bawan shi nie halao Remi wo.

I was the bigshot of the second team, the bigshot of the first team was Rejie and the bigshot of the third team was one ugly Remi.

Ene shihoude sumulase hunnerei wo dei.

Ene ghualade nie ghoni wo.

in possessive constructions with the possessor in dative

Bi ene agvinni nanbangiede nie jian wafande sauzhi wo.

I live [am living] in a one bedroom house at the south of the village.

(after -zhi) forming the progressive tense

Compare Bonan wa, perhaps from Proto-Mongolic *bü- (“to be”), see Mongolian бий (bii).


wo

A call to cause a horse to slow down or stop; whoa.


wo

Such feeble arms, to work internal wo!

1815, Philip Freneau, A collection of poems, on American affairs and a variety of other subjects, page 82:

en-noun

wo (countable and uncountable, plural wos)


wo

He stands ahint our wo.

1859, Thomas Moore, The Song of Solomon in the Durham Dialect, ii. 9:

Yo may turn up yor noses at me an' th' owd dame,
An thrutch us like dogs agen th' wo :
Bo as lung 's aw con nayger, aw'll ne'er be a beggar,
So aw care no a cuss for yo o-o'.

1871, Benjamin Brierly, “Weaver of Wellbrook”, in William-Edward-Armitage Axon, editor, Folk-song and Folk-speech of Lancashire, page 53:

[…] thinkan it ran at him, thrast him up again t' wo, ramm't at him, […]

1880, Thomas Clarke, Specimens of the Dialect of Westmorland, page 41:

Plantit up agen t'wo

1884, Jack Robison, Aald Tales ower Agen, section 4:

Hoo's pluck of a lion an' faces her foe
Wi' calm in her e'en an' her beck agen t' wo;
Hoo's firm i' decision, stonds up for her reets

1936, G. Halstead Whittaker, A Lancashire Garland of Dialect Prose and Verse, page 221

An' bravely withstonds o' t' misfortins hoo meets.

(Northern England, Derbyshire, dialectal) A wall.

wos (plural)
waw (alternative)
waugh (alternative)
whoa (alternative)

From Middle English wough, woh, wouh, from Old English wāh, wāg (“a wall, partition”), from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, twist”). Cognate with Scots wauch, vauch.


wo

[…] “Theer was anudder time, teu, 'at I saw t Park Boggle, in anudder form; bit I wassent seah nart that time, as I was when I'd been fetchen t hogs. I'd been wo-en a gap 'at hed fawn ower o' tudder side o' to Park; […]

1871, John Richardson, "Cummerland Talk": Being Short Tales and Rhymes, page 101:

It's a varra lang while—a caant tell ya hoo lang—sen it wes bilt, lang afooar Borradal fooak woet kucku in, er t' first cooach ran throo Dent, […]

1880, Thomas Clarke, Specimens of the Dialect of Westmorland, page 2:

(Northern England, dialectal, possibly obsolete) To wall (to build a wall, or build a wall around).

waw (alternative)
waugh (alternative)
whoa (alternative)


wo

Wo bist du?

Ich kenne einen Laden, wo solche Sachen verkauft werden.

I know a shop where such things are sold.

Das war der Tag, wo wir uns kennen gelernt haben.

That was the day when we got to know each other.

(relative, somewhat informal) when, that (on which; at which time)

Ich wär gern wo, wo's wärmer ist.

(indefinite, colloquial) somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location)

With a widespread dialectal shift from -ā- to -ō-, from Middle High German wā, wār, from Old High German wār, hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, whence also wer. Cognate with English where.


wo

Wo ich mich umgedreht hab, haut der mir unvermittelt eine rein.

When I turned around, he just abruptly punched me in the face.


wo

Ich bin der, wo das kann.

Aber daß sie sich da mit uns unterhalten, das tun die nicht, mal grad die wo wir mal kennen, das ist eine Familie (...)

1979, Margret Weiler, Zur Frage der Integration der Zigeuner in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: eine Untersuchung der gegenwärtigen Situation der Zigeuner und der sozialpolitischen und sozialarbeiterischen Massnahmen für Zigeuner, self-published doctoral thesis, p. 188

But that they should have a chat with us, they don't do that, just maybe those who we know a bit, that's one family (...)

Ali: "Und der Hussein, der ist ein Typ, wo / wo doch nicht Türkisch redet. Der redet nur Deutsch mit mir. (...)"

1994, Burkhard Hergesell, Arbeiterkulturen im Betrieb: interethnische Beziehungen zwischen Produktionsarbeitern: eine empirische Studie, IKO Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation, p. 133

Ali: "And Hussein, he's a bloke who / who won't speak Turkish. He only talks German to me. (...)"

2009, Elfriede Jelinek, Die Kontrakte des Kaufmanns. Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel). Über Tiere. – Drei Romane, Rowohlt Taschenbuch, p. 216

I am who I am. I am where I am. I am the one that I am. Where do they say it like this?

Ich bin, der ich bin. Ich bin, wo ich bin. Ich bin der, wo ich bin. Wo sagt man sowas?

(relative, dialectal, nonstandard) who, whom, which, that


wo

Wo vele Daag?

From Middle Low German wô (“how”), from Old Saxon [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *hwō. Cognate with English how, German wie, Dutch hoe.


wo

(Low Prussian) Dat, wo ös...

From Old Saxon hwē, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz. Compare English who, whom, whose.


wo

Wo bist-du?

Ich waarte dich, wo mein Fatter wohnd.

I will wait for you where my father lives.

In denne Zeid, wo alles deirer waar.

In those times when everything was more expensive.

From Middle High German wā, wār, from Old High German wār, hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar.


wo

De Mann, wost-du sihst, is mein Fatter.

Die Fraa, wo uns gerufd hod, siehd aarich bees aus.

The woman who called us seems pretty angry.


wo

Spelling of vbo before the 1992 orthographic update.


wo

second-person singular imperative of woen


wo

Alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)


wo

Wo was the knight and sorroufully he syketh.

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:


wo

Old Japanese: 男 (wo, “man”)

Japanese: 男 (o) (in compounds)

Old Japanese: 雄 (wo, “male”)

Japanese: 雄 (o) (in compounds)

Proto-Ryukyuan: *wo (“male”)

Northern Ryukyuan:

⇒ Kunigami: 雄物 (wūmun)

Northern Amami Ōshima: 雄 (wū)

⇒ Okinawan: 雄物 (wūmun)

⇒ Southern Amami Ōshima: 雄物 (wūmun)

Southern Ryukyuan:

⇒ Yonaguni: 雄節 (ūbushi)

Possibly related to *we (“man”) and *wi (“boar”).


wo

Old Japanese: 緒 (wo)

desc

Heian HH, Tokyo 1 􂀿H(L)􂁀, Kyoto 1 􂀿LH ~ LL(H)􂁀 (ZAJ)/0 􂀿HH(H)􂁀 (NKD2), Kagoshima A 􂀿F(L)􂁀 (perhaps accent irregularity is influenced by Japanese 尾 (o, “tail”)?)

Japanese: 緒 (o, Heian HH, Tokyo 1 [H(L)], Kyoto 1 [LH ~ LL(H)] (ZAJ)/0 [HH(H)] (NKD2), Kagoshima A [F(L)] (perhaps accent irregularity is influenced by Japanese 尾 (o, “tail”)?))

desctree

Proto-Ryukyuan: *wo
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai: 緒 (wū, ū, gū)
Kunigami: 緒 (wū /wúː/)
Northern Amami Ōshima: 緒 (wū, in compounds)
Okinawan: 緒 (wū /wûː/)
Southern Amami Ōshima: 緒 (wu /wùˑ/)
Yoron: 緒 (pū /pùː/)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako: 緒 (bū)
Yaeyama: 緒 (bū /bûː/)
Yonaguni: 緒 (bū /búː/)


wo

Old Japanese: を (wo)

Japanese: を (o)

Proto-Ryukyuan: *wo
Northern Ryukyuan:
Okinawan: ゆ (yu) (archaic, literary)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako: う (u), ゆ (yu)
Yaeyama: ゆ (yu) (literary)


wo

Kamkata-viri:

Northeastern: vu

Southeastern: ü

Western: vi

Southern Nuristani:

Ashkun:

Sanu: vo

Waigali:

Nisheigram: vü


wo

wo- (stem)
wo (nominative singular)
wojas (nominative plural)
wo (accusative indefinite singular)
wojas (accusative indefinite plural)
woäs (accusative definite singular)
wojasäs (accusative definite plural)
woän (instrumental singular)
wojasän (instrumental plural)
wotäk (caritive singular)
wojastäk (caritive plural)
wola (consecutive singular)
wojasla (consecutive plural)
wolän (genitive singular)
wojaslän (genitive plural)
woliś (ablative singular)
wojasliś (ablative plural)
woli (dative singular)
wojasli (dative plural)
woin (inessive singular)
wojasin (inessive plural)
woiś (elative singular)
wojasiś (elative plural)
woä (illative singular)
wojasä (illative plural)
wośań (egressive singular)
wojasśań (egressive plural)
wolań (approximative singular)
wojaslań (approximative plural)
woäʒ́ (singular terminative)
wojasäʒ́ (plural terminative)
woti (singular translative)
wojasti (plural translative)

Komi:

Komi-Permyak: во (vo)

Komi-Yazva: у (u)

Komi-Zyrian: во (vo)

Old Komi: 𐍣𐍞 (vô)

⇒ Udmurt: вапум (vapum)

From Proto-Uralic *ëde. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *vooci.


wo

Northern Ryukyuan:

Okinawan: ゆ (yu) (archaic, literary)

Southern Ryukyuan:

Miyako: う (u), ゆ (yu)

Yaeyama: ゆ (yu) (literary)

From Proto-Japonic *wo (“accusative marker; away from, off”).


wo

Northern Ryukyuan:

Kikai: 緒 (wū, ū, gū)

Kunigami: 緒 (wū /wúː/)

desc

Northern Amami Ōshima: 緒 (wū, in compounds)

Okinawan: 緒 (wū /wûː/)

Southern Amami Ōshima: 緒 (wu /wùˑ/)

Yoron: 緒 (pū /pùː/)

Southern Ryukyuan:

Miyako: 緒 (bū)

Yaeyama: 緒 (bū /bûː/)

Yonaguni: 緒 (bū /búː/)


wo

Wo dääst du dät?

Iek weet wo du dät dääst!

From Old Frisian hō, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *hwō. Cognates include West Frisian hoe and Dutch hoe.


wo

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Wolof.


wo

Èdè wo ni ẹ gbọ́ jù?

Which language do you understand the most?

Fíìmù wo ni kí n wò?


wo

Ẹ jẹ́ ká wò ó

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i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá

now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria

have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms

especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi