"lo'" meaning in Somali

See lo' in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɔ́ʔ/
Etymology: From Proto-Cushitic *ɬoʔ-, plural of *ɬoo (“cow”). Compare Iraqw slee and Blin léwi. Cognate with Maay loo, Jiiddu luu, Oromo loon, Afar láa. Etymology templates: {{der|so|cus-pro|*ɬoʔ-}} Proto-Cushitic *ɬoʔ-, {{cog|irk|slee}} Iraqw slee, {{cog|byn|léwi}} Blin léwi, {{cog|ymm|loo}} Maay loo, {{cog|jii|luu}} Jiiddu luu, {{cog|om|loon}} Oromo loon, {{cog|aa|láa}} Afar láa Head templates: {{head|so|noun|||or||f1accel-form=p|f1g=?|f2accel-form=p|g=f|head=ló'|sort=}} ló' f, {{so-noun|g=f|head=ló'}} ló' f Inflection templates: {{so-decl|singular|ló'|lo'|lo'aad|lo'iyahay}} Forms: ló' [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ló' [absolutive, singular], lo' [nominative, singular], lo'aad [genitive, singular], lo'iyahay [singular, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], lo'da [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], lo'dii [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], lo'dan [error-unrecognized-form, proximal, singular], lo'daas [error-unrecognized-form, medial, singular], lo'deer [distal, error-unrecognized-form, singular], lo'doo [error-unrecognized-form, singular], lo'dee [error-unrecognized-form, singular], lo'dayda [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], lo'daada [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], lo'diisa [masculine, possessive, singular, third-person], lo'deeda [feminine, possessive, singular, third-person], lo'dayada [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], lo'deena [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], lo'diinna [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular], lo'dooda [error-unrecognized-form, possessive, singular]
  1. (collective) cattle Tags: collective
    Sense id: en-lo'-so-noun-rdC4hzlX Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Somali entries with incorrect language header, Animals
     
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*ɬoʔ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ɬoʔ-"
    ],
    [
      "*ɬoo",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ɬoo"
    ],
    [
      "slee",
      "slee#Iraqw"
    ],
    [
      "léwi",
      "léwi#Blin"
    ],
    [
      "loo",
      "loo#Maay"
    ],
    [
      "luu",
      "luu#Jiiddu"
    ],
    [
      "loon",
      "loon#Oromo"
    ],
    [
      "láa",
      "laa#Afar"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "cus-pro",
        "3": "*ɬoʔ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Cushitic *ɬoʔ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "slee"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw slee",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "byn",
        "2": "léwi"
      },
      "expansion": "Blin léwi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ymm",
        "2": "loo"
      },
      "expansion": "Maay loo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "luu"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu luu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "loon"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo loon",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "láa"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar láa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Cushitic *ɬoʔ-, plural of *ɬoo (“cow”). Compare Iraqw slee and Blin léwi.\nCognate with Maay loo, Jiiddu luu, Oromo loon, Afar láa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ló'",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "so-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ló'",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'aad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'iyahay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "so-det",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "proximal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'daas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "medial",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'deer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distal",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'doo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dayda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'daada",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'diisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'deeda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dayada",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'deena",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'diinna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dooda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1g": "?",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "ló'",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ló' f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "head": "ló'"
      },
      "expansion": "ló' f",
      "name": "so-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "lo'"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "singular",
        "2": "ló'",
        "3": "lo'",
        "4": "lo'aad",
        "5": "lo'iyahay"
      },
      "name": "so-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "so",
          "name": "Animals",
          "orig": "so:Animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cattle"
      ],
      "id": "en-lo'-so-noun-rdC4hzlX",
      "links": [
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(collective) cattle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔ́ʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lo'"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*ɬoʔ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ɬoʔ-"
    ],
    [
      "*ɬoo",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ɬoo"
    ],
    [
      "slee",
      "slee#Iraqw"
    ],
    [
      "léwi",
      "léwi#Blin"
    ],
    [
      "loo",
      "loo#Maay"
    ],
    [
      "luu",
      "luu#Jiiddu"
    ],
    [
      "loon",
      "loon#Oromo"
    ],
    [
      "láa",
      "laa#Afar"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "cus-pro",
        "3": "*ɬoʔ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Cushitic *ɬoʔ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "slee"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw slee",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "byn",
        "2": "léwi"
      },
      "expansion": "Blin léwi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ymm",
        "2": "loo"
      },
      "expansion": "Maay loo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "luu"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu luu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "loon"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo loon",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "láa"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar láa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Cushitic *ɬoʔ-, plural of *ɬoo (“cow”). Compare Iraqw slee and Blin léwi.\nCognate with Maay loo, Jiiddu luu, Oromo loon, Afar láa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ló'",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "so-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ló'",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'aad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'iyahay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "so-det",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "proximal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'daas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "medial",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'deer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distal",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'doo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dayda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'daada",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'diisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'deeda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dayada",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'deena",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'diinna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo'dooda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1g": "?",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "ló'",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ló' f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "head": "ló'"
      },
      "expansion": "ló' f",
      "name": "so-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "lo'"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "singular",
        "2": "ló'",
        "3": "lo'",
        "4": "lo'aad",
        "5": "lo'iyahay"
      },
      "name": "so-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Somali collective nouns",
        "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
        "Somali feminine nouns",
        "Somali lemmas",
        "Somali nouns",
        "Somali terms derived from Proto-Cushitic",
        "so:Animals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cattle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(collective) cattle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔ́ʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lo'"
}

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    "lo'"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'remote'",
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    "lo'"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'demonstrative'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'demonstrative'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'demonstrative'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'demonstrative'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'far distal'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'interrogative'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'mine'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'yours'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ours (excl.)'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ours (incl.)'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'yours (pl.)'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'theirs'",
  "path": [
    "lo'"
  ],
  "section": "Somali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lo'",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Somali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.