abo

See also: Abo, ABO, abò, Åbo, and abɔ

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

1922, shortened from aborigine.

Pronunciation
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əʉ/, enPR: ă'bō
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  • (UK) enPR: ă'bō, IPA(key): /ˈæb.əʊ/
  • (US) enPR: ă'bō, IPA(key): /ˈæb.oʊ/
  • Rhymes: -æbəʊ

Noun

abo (plural abos)

  1. (Australia, offensive, ethnic slur, slang) An aborigine; aboriginal. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]

Synonyms

References
  1. “abo” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abo

  1. ash; the solid remains of a fire
  2. tephra; volcanic ash

Verb

abo

  1. to turn into ash (by burning)

Finnish

Noun

abo

  1. abo

Declension
Inflection of abo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative abo abot
genitive abon abojen
partitive aboa aboja
illative aboon aboihin
singular plural
nominative abo abot
accusative nom. abo abot
gen. abon
genitive abon abojen
partitive aboa aboja
inessive abossa aboissa
elative abosta aboista
illative aboon aboihin
adessive abolla aboilla
ablative abolta aboilta
allative abolle aboille
essive abona aboina
translative aboksi aboiksi
instructive — aboin
abessive abotta aboitta
comitative — aboineen

Anagrams

Hiligaynon

Adjective

ábo

  1. lazy

Noun

abó

  1. ash

Noun

ábo

  1. A type of small fish that is said to be lazy

Interjection

abô

  1. an exclamation that denotes aversion, contempt, or negation, equivalent to fie

Verb

abó (diminutive abó-ábo)

  1. to turn into ash

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese vós.

Pronoun

abo

  1. you

Kom (Cameroon)

Noun

abo

  1. leopard, tiger, big cat

References
  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈabɔ/

Conjunction

abo

  1. or

Old Polish

Conjunction

abo

  1. or

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese vós and Spanish vos and Kabuverdianu abo.

Pronoun

abo

  1. you (second person singular).

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.bɔ/

Conjunction

abo

  1. (archaic or dialectal, in Kraków or Silesia) or

Synonyms

Further reading
  • abo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abó

  1. ash
  2. gray (color)

Derived terms

Upper Sorbian

Conjunction

abo

  1. or
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