ʻo
See also: ʻō and Appendix:Variations of "o"
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]ʻo
- Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative
Samoan
[edit]Particle
[edit]ʻo
- Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative
Tahitian
[edit]Article
[edit]ʻo
- it is
- the (before proper nouns used as subjects)
Usage notes
[edit]Used in front of proper nouns or pronouns; or common nouns with the article te (ʻo te).
By exception, it is used emphatically before the pronoun ʻoe (ʻo ʻoe).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “ʻo” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.