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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Lao, from Lao ລາວ (lāo).

Symbol

lo

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lao terms

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /loʊ/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Australian) IPA^(key): /ləʉ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /lɐʉ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /lo/
• (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA^(key): /loː/
• Homophones: low, Lowe (toe–tow merger)
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.

Interjection

lo

1. (archaic except in the phrase lo and behold) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest‎^[3], act III, scene ii:

     Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.

   • 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1:

     Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
     Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
     And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
     The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.

   • first published 1611, reprinted c. 1900, The Bible, King James version, Luke 15:29:

     [...], Lo, these many years do I serve thee, [...].

   • 1925, Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original by Luo Guanzhong:

     Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 588:

     "Tambi will be here in..." He computed carefully. "... in exactly twenty seconds." And, lo, Tambi appeared at that very moment.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:lo

Derived terms

• hallo

Related terms

• lo and behold

Translations

look, see, behold

Bengali: হেরো (bn) (herō) Bulgarian: е́то (bg) (éto), на (bg) (na), е́то на (éto na) Czech: hle (cs), ejhle (cs), ajta Dutch: aanschouw (nl) Esperanto: jen (eo) Finnish: katso (fi) French: voici (fr), voilà (fr) German: sieh (de), guck (de) Greek: ιδού (el) (idoú) Ancient Greek: ἰδού (idoú) Hebrew: הבט m (habet), הביטי f (habiti), הביטו pl (habitu) Hindi: देखो (dekho) Hungarian: íme (hu) Icelandic: sjá (is) Ido: yen (io) Italian: ecco (it) Japanese: ほら (ja) (hora) Latin: ecce Latvian: lūk, āre, re (lv) Polish: oto (pl), ot (pl) Portuguese: ó (pt), contemplai (pt) Punjabi: ਦੇਖੋ (dekho), ਵੇਖੋ (vekho) Russian: вот (ru) (vot), смотри́ (ru) (smotrí), глянь (ru) (gljanʹ), гляди́ (ru) (gljadí) Serbo-Croatian: evo (sh) Spanish: ve (es), ved (es), vea (es), veamos (es), vean (es), mirad (es), he aquí (es) Swedish: skåda (sv), si (sv) Turkish: işte (tr) Urdu: دیکھو (dekho) Western Punjabi: دیکھو (dekho), ویکھو (vekho)

Etymology 2

Variant of low.

Adjective

lo (not comparable)

1. Informal spelling of low.

Derived terms

• hi-lo
• lo-cal
• lo-fi
• lo-tech

Related terms

• hi
• mid

Etymology 3

Interjection

lo

1. Clipping of hello.

Alternative forms

• 'lo, 'llo

Etymology 4

Clipping of location.

Noun

lo (plural los)

1. (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of location.

   Ayo, send me your lo.

   • 2025 December 26, @14152651sS3xy, X‎^[4] (post), archived from the original on 16 May 2026:

     when you’re flowkenuinely lying to ur parents about ur lo then they start requesting to switch to video call

Etymology 5

Particle

lo

1. Alternative form of lol.

See also

• lo-lo

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 / 啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.

Alternative forms

• loh

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [ˈloː˧˨]

Particle

lo

1. (Singlish, Manglish, rare or in set phrases) Sentence-final particle denoting finality or completion.

   Synonyms: (Singlish) liao, already

See also

• lo hei

Anagrams

• -ol, OL, Ol., ol, ol'

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /lɔ˧/
• (Lianghe) [lo³¹]
• (Longchuan) [lo³¹]

Noun

lo

1. child

Derived terms

• loloeu
• lonyi

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[5], Payap University, page 72

Alemannic German

Verb

lo (past participle glo, auxiliary haa)

1. alternative form of lah

Aragonese

Pronoun

lo

1. him (direct object)

Asturian

Alternative forms

• llo (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illud, neuter of ille.

Article

lo n sg (masculine el, feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. (definite) the

Pronoun

lo

1. it (third-person singular neuter direct pronoun)

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/ [lo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: lo

Noun

lo inan

1. sleep

Declension

Declension of lo (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	lo	loa	loak	look
ergative	lok	loak	loek	look
dative	lori	loari	loei	looi
genitive	loren	loaren	loen	loon
comitative	lorekin	loarekin	loekin	lookin
causative	lorengatik	loarengatik	loengatik	loongatik
benefactive	lorentzat	loarentzat	loentzat	loontzat
instrumental	loz	loaz	loez	lootaz
inessive	lotan	loan	loetan	lootan
locative	lotako	loko	loetako	lootako
allative	lotara	lora	loetara	lootara
terminative	lotaraino	loraino	loetaraino	lootaraino
directive	lotarantz	lorantz	loetarantz	lootarantz
destinative	lotarako	lorako	loetarako	lootarako
ablative	lotatik	lotik	loetatik	lootatik
partitive	lorik	—	—	—
prolative	lotzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• lo egin (“to sleep”)
• logela (“bedroom”)
• logura (“sleepness”)

Further reading

• “lo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “lo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Central) IPA^(key): /lu/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /lo/
• Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille.

Pronoun

lo (enclitic, contracted 'l, proclitic el, contracted proclitic l')

1. him (direct object)

Usage notes

• -lo is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩.

  Has d'ajudar-lo. ― You have to help him.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

		strong/subject	weak (direct object)	weak (indirect object)	possessive
proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	standard	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person	m	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
f	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
f	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial	ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi

¹ Behaves grammatically as plural.   ² Behaves grammatically as third person.
³ Only as object of a preposition.   ⁴ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

Article

lo m (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. (archaic or dialectal) the (definite article)

   Synonym: (standard) el

   Tirant lo Blanc. ― Tirant the White.

   Lo somni. ― The dream.

Its use remains widespread in the city of Alghero; it is colloquial but fairly common in Northwestern Catalan (e.g. Lleida), and is used in colloquial and dialectal forms in Roussillon and Valencian. In Central Catalan, it is archaic, whereas in Balearic Catalan the definite article es has traditionally predominated.

Etymology 3

Spanish lo.

Article

lo

1. (proscribed, Castilianism, colloquial) neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the, that which is. The neutral “lo” is not considered standard in Catalan, and el, allò, or other alternatives are used instead.

   Farem lo (el que sigui/allò) necessari ― We will do what is necessary.

   Lo (El) més important ― The most important thing.

   Lo bonic que és. (Com de bonic que és / Tan bonic que és). ― How beautiful it is.

   És de lo més pràctic (És d'allò mès pràctic). ― It's extremely practical.

One way to avoid it is sometimes to replace adjectives with nouns, for example, “lo femení” with “la feminitat”.

Further reading

• “lo”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “lo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “lo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “lo”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chickasaw

Pronoun

lo

1. I

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lō

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lō
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lo
    • Wade–Giles: lo¹
    • Yale: lō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lho
    • Palladius: ло (lo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔ⁵⁵/

Noun

lo

1. (neologism, mostly in compounds) Lolita fashion

   lo娘  ―  lo niáng  ―  a girl who regularly dresses in lolita fashion

Derived terms

• lo娘 (lōniáng)
• lo裝 / lo装 (lōzhuāng)

Cornish

Lo vras

Etymology

Inherited from Old Cornish loe, from Proto-Brythonic *lluɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *leigā. Cognate with Breton loa (Vannes dialect loé, lui) and Welsh llwy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [loː]

Noun

lo f (plural loyow)

1. spoon

Derived terms

• lo an jowl (“trapdoor”)
• lo de (“teaspoon”)
• lo ledan (“ladle”)
• lo salad (“salad server”)
• lo vras (“tablespoon”)
• lo-balas (“trowel”)

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lófi. Cognate with Norwegian låve, Swedish loge.

Noun

lo c (singular definite loen, plural indefinite loer)

1. a barn or large room in a barn where grain is threshed

Declension

Declension of lo

common gender	singular	plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lo	loen	loer	loerne
genitive	los	loens	loers	loernes

See also

• tærskeplads

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lo

1. past of le

References

• “lo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo lo, Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan ló, all probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (“revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

lo f (plural lo's, no diminutive)

1. (chiefly Suriname) matrilineal clan within a Maroon tribe
   • 2023 August 28, Samuel Wens, “Saramaccaners hebben naast Aboikoni nu ook Banai als granman [In addition to Aboikoni, Saramaccans now also have Banai as paramount chief]”, in De Ware Tijd‎^[6], retrieved 6 January 2024:

     Stefanus Poeketi, kapitein van Dawme en voorzitter van de ‘Twaalfoe Lo’, stelde dat de functie van granman niet uitsluitend door één lo zal worden uitgeoefend. Hij kondigde aan dat notarieel vastgelegd zal worden dat het ‘granmanschap’ gaat rouleren onder de twaalf lo’s van de Saramaccaanse stam.

     Stefanus Poeketi, village chief of Dawme and chairman of the 'Twaalfoe Lo', stated that the position of paramount chief will not be held exclusively by one clan. He announced that it will be notarially certified that the 'paramount chieftaincy' will rotate among the twelve clans of the Saramaccan tribe.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: lo

Noun

lo (accusative singular lo-on, plural lo-oj, accusative plural lo-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin script letter L/l.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Further reading

• “lo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “lo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Franco-Provençal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin illum.

Alternative forms

• le

Determiner

lo m (prevocalic l', feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

1. the (masculine singular definite article)

Pronoun

lo m (prevocalic l') (ORB, broad)

1. him, it (third-person singular masculine accusative)

See also

Franco-Provençal personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative	tonic1	possessive2
singular	1st person	jo	mè	min
2nd person	te	tè	tin
3rd person	masculine	il	lo / le	lui	sin
feminine	el	la	lyé
neuter	o	y	—
reflexive	—	sè
plural	1st person	nos	noutro
2nd person	vos	voutro
3rd person	masculine	ils	los / les	lor	lor
feminine	els	les	lor / lyés
reflexive	—	sè

¹ Disjunctive or object of a preposition.   ² Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

• le [1] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• lo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Etymology 2

Noun

lo (Old Dauphinois)

1. alternative form of lop (“wolf”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “lŭpus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 457

Etymology 3

Noun

lo (Old Dauphinois)

1. alternative form of lèc (“lake”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “lacus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 126

Galician

Etymology 1

See o. Compare Portuguese lo.

Article

lo m sg (feminine singular la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)

1. alternative form of o (“the”, masculine singular)

   Para seres forte debes come-lo caldo.

   You must eat the broth for growing strong.

Usage notes

The l- forms of article are compulsorily used after the preposition por and adverb u. It is optional when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, after unstressed pronouns nos, vos and lles (when they are enclitic) of ambos, entrambos, todos, tras and copulative conjunction (e mais and tonic pronouns vós and nós followed by a numerical precision).

Related terms

• la
• o

Etymology 2

Pronoun

lo m (accusative)

1. alternative form of o (“him”)

Usage notes

The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word.

Related terms

• la
• no
• o

Ido

Etymology

Back-formation from co (“this”), to (“that”), based on la (“the”), ol (“it”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/, /lɔ/

Pronoun

lo

1. referring to a previous sentence or phrase, i.e. a fact rather than an object; it, the

   Il esas mortinta de tri monati, e vu ne savas lo!

   He's been dead for three months, and you didn't know it (that he's been dead for three months)!

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Betawi Kota lo (“you”), from Hokkien 汝 (lú). Doublet of lu.

Pronoun

lo

1. (chiefly Jakarta, colloquial) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

   Oke, kalau lo baper, yuk cabut. ― OK, if you are sensitive, let's go!

Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

• anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• coen (slang, East Java)
• ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• kamu (intimate)
• ko, kowe (informal, Java)
• kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
• lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

Etymology 2

Interjection

lo

1. alternative spelling of loh

Particle

lo

1. alternative spelling of loh

Further reading

• “lo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Interlingua

Pronoun

lo

1. it, that (direct object)

   Tu lo audi? – Do you hear it?

Related terms

• illo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^°/lo/^°, /lo/^°
  • Hyphenation: lo
• IPA^(key): (many dialects) /o/^°
• Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *(il)lu, from Latin illum, illud, by dropping il- and -m. Cognate with Sicilian lu.

Article

lo m sg (plural gli)

1. the form of il that is used before the so-called impure consonants, that is, s+consonant (impure s), gn, pn, ps, x, y, or z, and before i+vocal, bd, cn, ct, dm, ft, mn, pt, tm and also ts; before a vowel it becomes l'; the

   l’osso ― the bone

   lo stato ― the state

   lo zio ― the uncle

   lo ione ― the ion

Inflection

Italian definite articles

	singular	plural
masculine	il lo (l')	i gli
feminine	la (l')	le

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin illum.

Alternative forms

• -lo (enclitic)

Pronoun

lo m sg (plural li, female la)

1. (accusative) him

   Lo conosci? ― Do you know him?

2. (accusative) it, this or that thing

   Synonym: ciò

   Quando te lo diedi. ― When I gave it to you.

See also

Italian personal pronouns

	singular		plural
first	second	second formal / polite5	third	first	second	second formal / polite5	third
m or f	m	f	m or f	m	f
nominative	io	tu	Lei, Ella8	lui, egli8, ello8, elli3, 8, esso8	lei, ella8, essa8	noi	voi, Voi7	Loro	loro
elli3, 8, ellino4, 8, eglino4, 8, essi8	elle3, 8, elleno4, 8, esse8
atonic (clitic)11	accusative / dative-reflexive	mi, m', -mi, me9	ti, t', -ti, te9	―	si6, s', -si, se9, ci13	ci, c', -ci, ce9	vi, Vi7, v', V'7, -vi, -Vi7, ve9	―	si, s', -si, se9
accusative	La, -La, L'	lo, l', -lo, il4	la, l', -la	Le, -Le	li, -li	le, -le
dative	Le, -Le	glie9	Loro10	loro10, gli2, -gli2, glie9
gli, -gli	le, -le, gli2, -gli2
locative	―	ci, c', vi1, v'1	―	ci, c', vi1, v'1
partitive	ne, n'	ne, n'
tonic12	prepositional-reflexive	―	sé	―	sé
oblique	me	te	Lei	lui, esso8	lei, essa8	noi	voi, Voi7	Loro	loro,
essi8	elle8, esse8
1	Formal.
2	Informal.
3	Archaic.
4	Obsolete.
5	Grammatically third person forms used semantically in the second person as a formal or polite way of addressing someone (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
6	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
7	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).
8	Traditional grammars still indicate the forms egli (animate), ello / ella (animate), esso / essa and their plurals as the nominative forms of the third person pronouns; outside of very formal or archaizing contexts, all such forms have been replaced by the obliques lui, lei, loro.
9	Forms used when followed by a third-person direct object proclitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).
10	Used after verbs.
11	Unstressed forms, stand alone forms are found proclitically (except dative loro / Loro), others enclitically (-mi, -ti, etc.).
12	Disjunctive, emphatic oblique forms used as direct objects placed after verbs, in exclamations, along prepositions (prepositional) and some adverbs (come, quanto, etc.); also used with a to create alternative emphatic dative forms.
13	Only in "ci si", replaces indefinite si (“one”) before reflexive si (“oneself”).

Japanese

Romanization

lo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ろ゚
2. Rōmaji transcription of ロ゚

Laboya

Verb

lo

1. to go

   Synonyms: kako, attu

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “lo”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 60

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lo (“the; him; it”). As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

Pronoun

lo (Hebrew spelling לו)

1. accusative of el
   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[7], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 10:

     Delantre de ti io mi orgolio abato
     I mi corason lo razgo con kevranto¹)

     I suppress my pride before you, and my heart tears it with despair.

Article

lo

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the; that (which is)
   • 2008, Matilda Gini Barnatán, Viviana Rajel Barnatán, Darío Meta Barnatán, La ija i la madre komo la unya i la karne‎^[8], Ibersaf Editores, →ISBN, page 69:

     Agora soltanto
     So reflekto de Tu Brilyo
     Yo no me demando
     Sospiro
     Mirando en lo Alto
     So felis
     Dunke bivo…

     Now letting go, I am [an] image of your radiance, I wonder not; I sigh, looking above, I am happy, therefore I live…

Lashi

Pronunciation

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [lɔ˧˧]
• Hyphenation: lo

Verb

lo

1. (auxiliary) Used to mark a change of state towards an achieved action.
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 1:3 [Genesis 1:3]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎^[9], page 2:

     Mangsoo gi «Booˮ bang buiˮ weʼ» ga꞉ langˮ booˮ bang bueˮ lo.

     God [be like] «Light, happen!», so light happened.

References

• Mark Wannemacher (2011), A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[10], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 29
• Hkaw Luk (2017), A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[11], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 73

Lolopo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Loloish *ʔ-l(y)a¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꉐꆂ (hxa nie), Burmese လျှာ (hlya), S'gaw Karen ပျ့ၤ (plaȳ), Tedim Chin lei², Drung pvlai, Chepang ले (le).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɮo³³]

Noun

lo

1. (Yao'an) tongue

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Derived from French l' (“the”) + French eau (“water”), with the definite article re-analyzed as part of the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

lo

1. alternative form of dolo (“water; body of water; tear”)

References

• Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole (1998), →ISBN

Lower Tanana

Etymology 1

From a merger of several Proto-Athabaskan roots. Cognate with Ahtna laa.

Root

lo

1. A classificatory stem for plural objects and singular rope-like objects; many extended meanings, including washing and singing

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	la	lo	laɬ	laɬ
Momentaneous (l-classifier)	lya	lyo	lyaɬ	lyaɬ
Neuter	lo	lo'	loɬ	lo'
Neuter (l-classifier)	lyo	lyo'	—	—
Customary	liyh, layh	liyh, layh	liyh, layh	liyh, layh
Customary (l-classifier)	lyiyh, lyayh	lyiyh, lyayh	lyiyh, layh	lyiyh, lyayh
Neuter-customary	loyh	loyh	loyh	loyh
Transitional	—	lyo'	—	—
Progressive	laɬ	—	—	—
Distributive	la'	lo	la'	la'
Reversitative	lax	lo	lax	lax
Persistive	lax	lax	lax	lax

Derived terms

• bek'e ch'etolyoghi (“washboard”)
• beyi ch'etolyaghi (“washing machine”)
• beyi detotr'elyaghi (“washbasin”)
• bili be'aɬ detotr'elyaghi (“face soap”)
• ch'axdelyayh (“they are singing”)
• dadhdlo (“plural objects are in position”)
• deghiloyi (“high mountains”)
• donaldloyi (“highbush cranberry”)
• doxwxwlayi (“belongings”)
• notl'otr'etelyayi (“water bucket”)
• notr'enlyayhde (“hotel”)
• tenadleyo (“it is bent”)
• tenelyayh (“they are bent”)
• todolaɬ (“it is making waves”)
• tonotr'elyayi (“water bucket”)
• tu yich'elayenh (“priest”)
• yeto'elax (“he is washing him”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 283-292

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *laˑ.

Root

lo

1. to be abundant, many, true

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	lonh	lo'	—	—
Transitional	—	lo'	loɬ	—

Derived terms

• ch'elona'ina (“elders”)
• deghiɬonhts'en' (“completely”)
• le'a (“many”)
• lonh (“old”)
• loni (“many animals”)
• lonáyi (“many people”)
• nelonh, nlonh (“there are many”)
• nlona (“everyone”)
• xoɬits'e (“very much”)
• ɬo'o (“true, surely”)
• ɬona (“old thing”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 282-283

Etymology 3

From Proto-Athabaskan *laˑn.

Alternative forms

• ɬo, ɬonh

Enclitic

lo

1. apparently, it seems, unexpectedly, surprisingly

Derived terms

• deɬode (“it seems, apparently”)
• tr'ulot (“properly”)
• ɬonhdenh (“suddenly, surprisingly”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 292

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loː/

Adverb

lo

1. alternative form of elo

Malagasy

Adjective

lo

1. rotten, spoiled

Mandarin

Romanization

lo (lo⁵ / lo⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咯

Romanization

lo

1. nonstandard spelling of lō

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *lō.

Noun

lô f or n

1. clearing in a forest

Inflection

Strong feminine noun (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	lô	lô
accusative	lô	lô
genitive	lô	lô
dative	lô	lôon

Strong neuter noun (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	lô	lô
accusative	lô	lô
genitive	lôos	lô
dative	lô	lôon

Derived terms

• lôon

Descendants

• Dutch: lo (obsolete outside toponyms)

Further reading

• “loo”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “loo”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page loo

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *law.

Particle

lo

1. Negative particle; placed after a verb to negate it

Derived terms

• damlo

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/

Pronoun

lo

1. alternative form of 'o

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lo n (definite singular loet, uncountable)

1. lint

Derived terms

• loe

Verb

lo

1. past of le

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luː/

Etymology 1

Compare with Icelandic ló. May have something to do with Old Norse lagðr.

Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. woollen hairs that shed off knitted or woven fabrics

Derived terms

• navlelo
• stampelo

See also

• lòden

Etymology 2

Derived from Old Norse ló, lóa.

Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. any of various birds of the family Charadriidae, the plovers and dotterels

Derived terms

• brunsidelo
• brunskulderlo
• diademlo
• fjell-lo
• fjørelo
• heilo
• kanadalo
• kvitbrystlo
• rusthalslo
• sibirlo
• skeivnebblo
• svarthovudlo
• tundralo
• åkerlo

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Norse lóð f or n.

Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. (agriculture) a harvested (especially grain), that has been cut but not threshed
2. (agriculture, collective) grain, husk and straw
3. (agriculture) a grain harvest
4. (agriculture, collective) hay

Etymology 4

Inherited from Old Norse ló f or n (“a clearing in the forest; meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m.

Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. Used in placenames: meadow

   Synonyms: grasslette, eng

Related terms

• Follo
• Hafslo
• Lom
• Oslo

Etymology 5

Derived from Dutch and/or Middle Low German.

Noun

lo m (definite singular loen, indefinite plural loar, definite plural loane)

1. (nautical) part of a vessel whose side faces the wind

Synonyms

• lovart

Antonyms

• le

Adjective

lo (singular and plural lo)

1. located or situated on the windy side

See also

• luv (Bokmål)

Etymology 6

Derived from Middle Low German lot (genitive lodes). Doublet of lodd.

Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. a shotgun shell

Derived terms

• torelo f

Etymology 7

Akin to Icelandic löð.

Noun

lo f (definite singular loa, indefinite plural loer, definite plural loene)

1. (tools) a nail header (used by a blacksmith in production of iron nails)

Derived terms

• saumlo
• spikarlo

Etymology 8

Unknown.

Noun

lo n (definite singular loet, indefinite plural lo, definite plural loa)

1. natural fertilizer
2. dung

Etymology 9

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lo

1. past tense of le

Etymology 10

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lo

1. imperative of loa and loe

References

• “lo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• LO, OL, ol, o.l.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• lou (Mistralian)
• le (Toulouse, Massat)
• eth (Gascon)
• o, řo (País mentonasc)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Vulgar Latin *lo

Old Occitan lo

Occitan lo

Inherited from Old Occitan lo, from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lu]

• Audio (Béarn):

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Article

lo (feminine la, masculine plural los, feminine plural las)

1. the; masculine singular definite article

Usage notes

• In the Provençal dialect, the masculine and feminine plural is lei.

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu, from Latin illum; compare Old Occitan lo.

Article

lo

1. (9th and 10th centuries) alternative form of le; masculine singular oblique definite article

Pronoun

lo

1. (9th and 10th centuries) alternative form of le; masculine singular object pronoun

Old Galician-Portuguese

Article

lo

1. alternative form of o

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lo, *illu from Latin illum.

Compare Old French lo.

Article

lo (feminine la)

1. the; masculine singular definite article

Descendants

• Occitan: lo

Old Spanish

Etymology

As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese o.

Pronoun

lo

1. accusative of el
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:

     Sant iuã euangeliſta fo de bethſaẏda. e p̃dico en aſia de pues lo fizo penar domiciari^g[sic] el emꝑador de roma. mãdo lo met̃ en una cuba dolio firuient.

     Saint John [the] Evangelist was from Bethsaida, and he preached in Asia. And then Domitian the emperor of Rome had him condemned, [so] he ordered he be put into a vat of boiling oil.

   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 89r.:

     Et ſi la muelen ⁊ traen los poluos della sobre uaſos o otra manera alguna de plata, o de metal, faz lo claro ⁊ muy fremoſo. ⁊ eſſo miſmo faz alas eſpadas ⁊ alos cuchielos, ^[sic] ⁊ demas aguza los.

     And if they grind it and use the dust on cups or other silver or metalware, it makes it shiny and beautiful. And it does the same with swords and knives, and it also sharpens them.

2. accusative of ello

Article

lo

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the; that (which is)
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 41v:

     Aplegos el Reẏ […] diſçrael adacab Reẏ đ iħrɫm. e fueron en ſemble e dixo el Reẏ diſrɫ al Reẏ de iħrɫm uaẏamos aramot galaad q̃ es ẏ él Reẏ de ſyria elidiemos é prender loemos. e dixo ioſaphat el Reẏ de iħrɫm ẏo ire cõtigo lo mẏo tuẏo eſ. el mio pueblo tuẏo es. emios cauallos tuẏos.

     The king […] of Israel approached Ahab, king of Jerusalem. And they came together, and the king of Israel said to the king of Jerusalem, “Let us go to Ramoth-Gilead, for the king of Syria is there, and let us fight and we will capture him.” And Jehoshaphat the king of Jerusalem said, “I will go with you. What is mine is yours. My people are yours, and my horses are yours.”

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “lo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 308

Palula

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo, ɽo/

Determiner

lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)

1. that agr: distal mascunline singular pronoun

References

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “lo”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[12], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo, ɽo/

Pronoun

lo (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لوۡ)

1. it
2. he distal mascunline pronoun

References

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “lo”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[13], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese logo (“soon”) and Spanish luego (“soon; later”).

Verb

lo

1. shall; will; indicates the future tense of a verb.

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔ]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈlʲɔ]

Preposition

lo

1. (Poznań, Przemyśl) alternative form of dla (“for”)

Further reading

• Waldemar Wierzba (2013), “lo”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 132
• Aleksander Saloni (1899), “lo”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎^[14] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 241

Portuguese

Etymology

See o.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu/

• Hyphenation: lo

Pronoun

lo

1. alternative form of o (third-person masculine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary

   Contá-lo (contar) ― To tell it.

   Contámo-lo (contamos) ― We told it.

   Fi-lo (fiz) ― I did it.

   Tem-lo (tens) ― You have it.

Coordinate terms

• no (following a nasal vowel), o (following an oral vowel)

See also

See Template:Portuguese personal pronouns for further pronouns.

Réunion Creole French

Alternative forms

• dolo
• dlo (High Creole)

Etymology

From French l'eau.

Noun

lo

1. water

References

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 208

Romansh

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lad

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lātus.

Adjective

lo m (feminine singular loa, masculine plural los, feminine plural loas)

1. (Sutsilvan) wide, broad

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
• (Puter, Vallader) larg

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: lo

Preposition

lo

1. by, at, on
2. to
3. for

Further reading

• Barbara Podgórska; Adam Podgóski (2008), “lo”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian dialects] (in Polish), Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 159

Sougb

Noun

lo

1. ground

References

• A Grammar Sketch of Sougb, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

lo

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

lo

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lo (“the; him; it”). As a masculine pronoun, from Latin illum, the accusative masculine singular of ille (“that, that one”). As an article or impersonal neuter pronoun, from Latin illud, the neuter singular of ille. Compare Portuguese o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/ [lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: lo

Pronoun

lo

1. accusative of él and usted (when referring to a man), and a variant of ello in many constructions; him, you (formal), it, that

   "¿Ves al hombre?" "Lo veo."

   "Do you see the man?" "I see him."

   Repite lo que digo.

   Repeat what I say. Literally, “Repeat that which (I) say.”

   Lo siento.

   I'm sorry. Literally, “(I) feel it.”

   "Él es listo." "Lo es."

   "He's smart." "He is. (smart)" Literally, “(He) is it”

Usage notes

• See the usage notes at le.
• See Spanish object pronouns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
• Examples to show lo's position in sentences:

(no) hacerlo con, (no) haciéndolo con, hazlo con, no lo hagas con, (no) lo hago con, (no) hacer lo de, (no) haciendo lo de, haz lo de, no hagas lo de, (no) hago lo de, (no) estar haciéndolo con, (no) haberlo hecho con, (no) haber estado haciéndolo con, (no) haberlo estado haciendo con, (no) estar haciendo lo de, (no) haber hecho lo de, (no) haber estado haciendo lo de, (no) hacerlo de nuevo, (no) hacerlo de una vez por todas, etc.

(not) do it with, (not) doing it with, do it with...!, don't do it with...!, I (don't) do it with, (not) do the things of (someone/something e.g. "tomar/agarrar/coger lo del cajón" "to get/grab what's in the drawer" ("that which is of/the things of the drawer"), see the article sense) (not) doing the things of, do the things of...!, don't do the things of...!, I (don't) do the things of, (not) be doing it with, (not) have done it with, (not) have been doing it with, (not) have been doing it with (alternative word order), (not) be doing the things of, (not) have done the things of, (not) have been doing the things of, (not) do it again, (not) do it once and for all, etc.

• In sentences with se lo or se la where se is actually les (see etymology 2 of se), speakers will often add -s to lo or la, mistakenly thinking that los and las refer to plural indirect objects. This is probably because se is the same whether it's equivalent to le or les.

Esta es Susana. Le di la llave. Se la di.

This is Susana. I gave her the key. I gave it to her.

Esta es Susana. Le di las llaves. Se las di.

This is Susana. I gave her the keys. I gave them to her.

Estas son mis amigas. Les di la llave. Se las di. (nonstandard)

These are my friends (feminine). I gave them the key. I gave it to them. (Reanalyzed by speakers as "I gave it to them.")

Many speakers would add -s to the la independently of which object is pluralized, because they analyze las as referring to the indirect object (friends) instead of the direct object (key) in instances where only the former is plural (the third example). In standard language, -s is only added when the direct object becomes plural:

Estas son mis amigas. Les di la llave. Se la di.

These are my friends (feminine). I gave them the key. I gave it to them.

Here it's la and not las because the direct object (key) is singular.

A nonstandard example with ustedes would be:

Gracias por haber venido, de verdad se los agradezco.

Thank you all for coming, I really appreciate it.

where it should be lo and not los.

The phenomenon is much less likely to happen when the two objects have different genders, so something like:

Estos son Juan y Antonio. Les di la llave. Se las di.

These are Juan and Antonio. I gave them the key. I gave it to them.

would sound strange to most people.

Derived terms

• a lo
• lo de
• lo que
• lo que sea
• loísmo
• selosismo

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

	Nominative	Disjunctive	Dative	Accusative	Comitative
First-person	Singular	yo	mí	me	conmigo
Plural	Masculine1	nosotros	nos	—
Feminine	nosotras
Second-person	Singular	Tuteo	tú	ti	te	contigo
Voseo	vos	—
Formal2	Masculine1	usted	le, se3	lo
Feminine	la
Plural	Familiar4	Masculine1	vosotros	os
Feminine	vosotras
Formal/general2	Masculine1	ustedes	les, se3	los
Feminine	las
Third-person	Singular	Masculine1	él	le, se3	lo
Feminine	ella	la
Neuter	ello5	lo
Plural	Masculine1	ellos	les, se3	los
Feminine	ellas	las
Reflexive	—	sí	se	consigo

1. Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
2. Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.
3. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije).
4. Used primarily in Spain.
5. Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun.

Article

lo

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the, that which is

   Haremos lo necesario. ― We will do the necessary / what is necessary.

   Lo blanco simboliza la pureza. ― The [colour] white symbolizes purity.

   Lo asombroso es que... ― The amazing [thing] is that...

   • 2024 October 20, EFE, “Nueva caravana migrante con miles de personas sale de la frontera sur de México hacia Estados Unidos”, in CNN en Español‎^[15]:

     Gilberto Herrero Mejía, otro migrante proveniente de Venezuela, denunció que en su país la situación es crítica y el dinero no alcanza para nada, pues en su caso, se dedicaba a manejar un autobús con un sueldo de 10 a 15 dólares, lo cual era insuficiente para poder sobrevivir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Lo usually gives the adjective an abstract quality (as above). It can also refer to a thing, but el is more common in this case, e.g. el / lo blanco de los ojos (“the white of the eye”). Lo can never be used when the adjective refers back to a noun, e.g. el barco grande y el pequeño (“the big boat and the small one”).

Derived terms

• lo cual
• por lo cual

Further reading

• “lo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

Derived from English row, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).

Alternative forms

• ro (obsolete)

Verb

lo

1. to row

   Synonym: lolo

   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[16], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da somma no sabi va lo

     [A sma no sabi fu lo]

     That guy doesn't know how to row.

Noun

lo

1. oar
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[17], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da boto habi aiti lo

     [A boto abi aiti lo.]

     The boat has eight oars.

Derived terms

• lobangi
• loboto
• lolo
• loman
• losingi

Etymology 2

Derived from English row.

Alternative forms

• ro (obsolete)

Noun

lo

1. row (a line of objects of people)
   • 1855, Hendrik Charles Focke, Neger-Engelsch woordenboek [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[18], Leiden: P.H. van den Heuvell:

     Dem práni álla na wan ro

     [Den prani ala na wan lo]

     They planted everything in a row.

2. multitude, a great amount or number
3. (obsolete) gang
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[19], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     tideh wan tarra lo Ningre dorro agehn

     [Tide wan tra lo nengre doro agen.]

     [original: heute ist schon wieder eine andre Bande Neger angekommen.]

     Yet another gang of Negroes arrived today.

4. (obsolete) herd, pack, a (a group of animals)
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[20], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     wan lo pingo

     [original: eine Heerde, ein Zug, Schwarm wilde Schweine.]

     A herd of white-lipped peccaries.

Derived terms

• wanlo

Etymology 3

Probably from Ewe hlɔ̃ (“revenge; group of (maternal) relatives responsible for exacting revenge, clan”). Cognate of Saramaccan lɔ́, Aukan ló.

Noun

lo

1. tribe, clan

Etymology 4

Likely from English low, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Doublet of lagi.

Adjective

lo

1. (obsolete) flat, low-lying
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[21], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da grunn de lo

     [A gron de lo.]

     The piece of land is low-lying.

Derived terms

• logron
• lopresi

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Interjection

lo

1. oh!

Swedish

en lo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish lō, from Old Norse lóa, derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *luhsaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luː/

• Audio:

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Noun

lo c

1. lynx

   Synonyms: lodjur, lokatt

Declension

Declension of lo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lo	los
definite	lon	lons
plural	indefinite	loar	loars
definite	loarna	loarnas

Derived terms

• lodjur
• lounge

Interjection

lo

1. (slang) An intensifier put at the end of a sentence.

References

• “lo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “lo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “lo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Slangopedia

Anagrams

• o.l.

Termanu

Etymology

Perhaps related to Tagalog alok (“to invite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔ]
• Hyphenation: lo

Verb

lo

1. (transitive) to call
   • 1911, J. C. G. Jonker, “Tutui kòde-a nò kue esa”, in Rottineesche teksten met vertaling [Rottinese texts with translation], Leiden: Brill, page 3:

     Malò ò tia-lai-m fò mai ata liü mèko!

     Call your friends, let us all go beat the gong!

2. (intransitive) to call out

Conjugation

Conjugation of -lo (regular, no prefix)

singular	plural
1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
incl.	excl.
alo	malo	nalo	talo	malo	malo	lalo

References

• J. C. G. Jonker (1908), “Lò”, in Rottineesch-Hollandsch woordenboek [Rottinese-Dutch dictionary]‎^[22], Leiden: Brill, page 317

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

Derived from English law.

Noun

lo

1. law

Etymology 2

Shortened form of long.

Preposition

lo

1. abbreviation of long
   • 2024, Wilma Degene, Facebook‎^[23]:

     Breakfast: Kaikai Fish na Saksak lo Panu 🏝️ (Madang ❤️).

     Breakfast: Eating Fish and Sago in Panu 🏝️ (Madang ❤️)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 慮 (“be concerned; worry about”, SV: lự).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɔ˧˧]

Verb

lo • (卢, 盧, 慮, 𠰷, 𱞋, 𢥈, 𲠳)

1. to bother; to worry

   "Taylo rồi chân cũng lo" ― "Taylor's Hands and Feet Are All Nervy" (a 1964 Nhân Dân article by Hồ Chí Minh)

2. to attend to; to care for

Derived terms

• âu lo
• chăm lo
• lo lắng
• lo sợ
• lo xa

Welsh

Noun

lo m

1. soft mutation of llo

Mutation

Mutated forms of llo

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llo	lo	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Noun

lo m

1. soft mutation of glo

Mutation

Mutated forms of glo

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glo	lo	nglo	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪o/

Conjunction

lo

1. and

   Muhammad lo Hasan ― Muhammad and Hasan

   namu de esi lo ifa ― chicken eggs and kenari nuts

2. (coordinating) and

   imaa me lo ido me ― he made a grab for it and caught it

3. forms composite numbers

   awoinye lo minye ― eleven (literally, “ten and one”)

   atus siwe lo awoisiwe lo siwe ― nine hundred and ninety-nine (literally, “nine hundred and ninety and nine”)

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[24], Pacific linguistics

Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ལོ (lo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lo]

Noun

lo

1. year

   Synonym: nian

References

• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎^[25], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Xhosa

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ló]

Pronoun

ló

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ló]

Pronoun

ló

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

-lo

1. Combining stem of lona.

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lò/

Verb

lò

1. (transitive) to use; to engage; to exploit

Usage notes

• lo before a direct object

Derived terms

• ìlò (“the act of using”)
• lílò
• ṣàmúlò

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lò/

Verb

lò

1. to become parboiled (specifically relating to yam tubers in the process of making yam flour, èlùbọ́)

   Synonym: bọ̀

   èlùbọ́ ti lò ― The yam tuber used to prepare èlùbọ́ has become parboiled

Usage notes

• lo before a direct object

Derived terms

• lo-èlùbọ́
• ìlò

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lò/

Verb

lò

1. to become bendable or flexible

   Synonym: rọ̀

Usage notes

• lo before a direct object

Derived terms

• alò
• ìlò

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ló/

Verb

ló

1. to lose interest in something; to become disheartened

   Synonyms: sú, gọ́

Derived terms

• aló
• ìló

Zaniza Zapotec

Noun

lo

1. eye

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /lo˨˦/
• Tone numbers: lo¹
• Hyphenation: lo

Etymology 1

Particle

lo (1957–1982 spelling lo)

1. Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state or a new situation.
   • 2016, Gij Baujcingq Moq Caeuq Geij Bonj Gij Baujcingq Daeuzdaeuz [The New Testament with A Few Books of the Old Testament], Hong Kong: New Bridge Publishing Company Limited, →ISBN, Lizsij dih Gaihcij [Genesis] 1:3:

     Gajlaeng Cangqdiq naeuz: “Rongh!” Yiengq couh doq miz rongh lo.

     And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

2. Used at the end of a sentence to express affirmation or conclusiveness.

Etymology 2

Noun

lo (Sawndip form 𱙋, 1957–1982 spelling lo)

1. (dialectal) daughter-in-law

Etymology 3

Verb

lo (Sawndip form 𠰷, 1957–1982 spelling lo)

1. (dialectal) to worry; to be anxious

Zou

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lò]
• Hyphenation: lo

Noun

lò

1. a type of basket made of bamboo used to measure approximately 2 kg (4.5 lbs) of rice

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40

Zulu

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈló/

Pronoun

lo

1. this; class 1 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

Stem -ló (locative kulo)

full form	ló
locative	kulo
copulative	yilo
Possessive forms
	modifier	substantive
class 1	walo	owalo
class 2	balo	abalo
class 3	walo	owalo
class 4	yalo	eyalo
class 5	lalo	elalo
class 6	alo	awalo
class 7	salo	esalo
class 8	zalo	ezalo
class 9	yalo	eyalo
class 10	zalo	ezalo
class 11	lwalo	olwalo
class 14	balo	obalo
class 15	kwalo	okwalo
class 17	kwalo	okwalo

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈló/

Pronoun

lo

1. this; class 3 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

Stem -ló (locative kulo)

full form	ló
locative	kulo
copulative	yilo
Possessive forms
	modifier	substantive
class 1	walo	owalo
class 2	balo	abalo
class 3	walo	owalo
class 4	yalo	eyalo
class 5	lalo	elalo
class 6	alo	awalo
class 7	salo	esalo
class 8	zalo	ezalo
class 9	yalo	eyalo
class 10	zalo	ezalo
class 11	lwalo	olwalo
class 14	balo	obalo
class 15	kwalo	okwalo
class 17	kwalo	okwalo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/

Pronoun

lo

1. Combining stem of lona.

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “lo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lo (3-8)”