olu

Noun

olu

1. pumpkin

Further reading

• Pat Lillie, Amaimon Organised Phonology Data (2001)

Etymology

From olema (“to be”) +‎ -u.

Noun

olu (genitive olu, partitive olu)

1. existence
2. essence
3. circumstance, circumstances (often in the plural)

Alternative forms

• ol

Etymology

Based on ilu (“he, him”) and elu (“she, her”) +‎ -u (“denoting a person”).

Pronoun

olu (plural oli)

1. it, that

See also

    Personal pronouns in Ido

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	Familiar	tu	tua	tui
Third person	Masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Pangender	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Verb

olū

1. ablative supine of oleō

Noun

olu f

1. accusative singular form of ola
2. instrumental singular form of ola
3. genitive plural form of ola