luo

See also: Luo, luó, luò, luō, luǒ, lu'o, and Luò

Esperanto

Etymology

From French louer.

Noun

luo (uncountable, accusative luon)

  1. rent

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:luo.

Finnish

(index lu)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈluo(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -uo
  • Hyphenation: luo

Etymology 1

Postposition

luo

  1. (of movement) to, (with a person's home or some such as an object) to ('s place). Truncated form of luokse.
Inflection
Declension of luo
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative luo- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive luota –sublative – –
accusative – –lative luo –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – –
allative – –prolative – –
essive luona –situative – –
translative luokse –oppositive – –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

The inflection mostly conforms to a now obsolete system of generic local cases: locative (-nA), lative (-tA) and separative (-ksi).

Synonyms
Derived terms
Antonyms
  • (to; to sb's place) luota, tyköä
  • See the inflection table.

Etymology 2

Verb

luo

  1. Third-preson singular indicative present form of luoda.

Verb

luo

  1. Indicative present connegative form of luoda.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of luoda.
    • Luo!
      • Create!
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of luoda.
    • Älä luo!
      • Don't create!

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.oː/, [ˈɫʊ.oː]

Etymology 1

Back-formed from the compounds (e.g. abluō), hence doublet of original lavō.

Verb

luō (present infinitive luere, perfect active luī); third conjugation, no passive

  1. I wash.
  2. I cleanse, purge.
Inflection
   Conjugation of luo (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present luō luis luit luimus luitis luunt
imperfect luēbam luēbās luēbat luēbāmus luēbātis luēbant
future luam luēs luet luēmus luētis luent
perfect luī luistī luit luimus luistis luērunt, luēre
pluperfect lueram luerās luerat luerāmus luerātis luerant
future perfect luerō lueris luerit luerimus lueritis luerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present luam luās luat luāmus luātis luant
imperfect luerem luerēs lueret luerēmus luerētis luerent
perfect luerim luerīs luerit luerīmus luerītis luerint
pluperfect luissem luissēs luisset luissēmus luissētis luissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lue — — luite —
future — luitō luitō — luitōte luuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives luere luisse — — — —
participles luēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
luere luendī luendō luendum — —

References

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to cut off, separate, free”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λύω (lúō), English loose.

Verb

luō (present infinitive luere, perfect active luī); third conjugation, no passive

  1. I expiate.
  2. I pay.
  3. I suffer.
  4. I satisfy.
Inflection
   Conjugation of luo (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present luō luis luit luimus luitis luunt
imperfect luēbam luēbās luēbat luēbāmus luēbātis luēbant
future luam luēs luet luēmus luētis luent
perfect luī luistī luit luimus luistis luērunt, luēre
pluperfect lueram luerās luerat luerāmus luerātis luerant
future perfect luerō lueris luerit luerimus lueritis luerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present luam luās luat luāmus luātis luant
imperfect luerem luerēs lueret luerēmus luerētis luerent
perfect luerim luerīs luerit luerīmus luerītis luerint
pluperfect luissem luissēs luisset luissēmus luissētis luissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lue — — luite —
future — luitō luitō — luitōte luuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives luere luisse — — — —
participles luēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
luere luendī luendō luendum — —
Derived terms

References

  • luo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • luo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • luo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • luo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be punished for a thing, expiate it: poenam luere (alicuius rei) (Sull. 27. 76)
    • to atone for something by..: luere aliquid aliqua re (De Sen. 20)
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681

Mandarin

Romanization

luo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of luō.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of luó.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of luǒ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of luò.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Portuguese

Noun

luo m (plural luo)

  1. Luo (member of a tribal group in eastern Africa)
  2. Luo (a language spoken by the Luo people)
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