"ኦ" meaning in Ge'ez

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Interjection

Forms: ʾo [romanization]
Etymology: The etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon. Compare with Syriac ܐܘّ (ʔō, “o, oh”). Perhaps borrowed from Greek ὦ (ô), either directly or through Syriac ܐܘّ. Etymology templates: {{unk|gez|title=not given}} not given Head templates: {{head|gez|interj|autotrinfl=1}} ኦ • (ʾo)
  1. Interjection expressing pain, threat, wonder, or admiration
    Sense id: en-ኦ-gez-intj-FhILT8d~
  2. The vocative marker, which may stand alone from, be prefixed, or suffixed to one or more words in an exclamation.
    Sense id: en-ኦ-gez-intj-SrNXv6Vm Categories (other): Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ge'ez entries with incorrect language header: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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      ],
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    },
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        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-ኦ-gez-intj-SrNXv6Vm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ኦ"
}
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    "Ge'ez lemmas",
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_text": "The etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon. Compare with Syriac ܐܘّ (ʔō, “o, oh”). Perhaps borrowed from Greek ὦ (ô), either directly or through Syriac ܐܘّ.",
  "forms": [
    {
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  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "Interjection expressing pain, threat, wonder, or admiration"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The vocative marker, which may stand alone from, be prefixed, or suffixed to one or more words in an exclamation."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ኦ"
}

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