ovo
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /ˈovo/
- Hyphenation: o‧vo
- Rhymes: -ovo
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ovo (“egg”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.βʊ/
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto ovo, French œuf, Italian uovo, Spanish huevo, from Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.vo/
Latin
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic; compare Ancient Greek εὐάζω (euázō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.woː/, [ˈɔ.woː]
Inflection
Etymology 2
From ōvum (“egg”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoː.woː/
References
- ovo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ovo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ovo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
Mountain Koiari
References
- Roger and Susan Garland. Mountain Koiali - English Dictionary. Ukarumpa: SIL, Ms. 38pp. (1983).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ovo (“egg”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Italic *ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely a derivative of *h₂éwis (“bird”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈo.vu/
- Hyphenation: o‧vo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈobo/, [ˈoβo]
Further reading
- “ovo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Umbundu
Venetian
Alternative forms
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