ʻo

See also: ʻō, and Appendix:Variations of "o"

Hawaiian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔo/

Particle

ʻo

1. Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative

Samoan

Particle

ʻo

1. Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative

Tahitian

Article

ʻo

1. it is
2. the (before proper nouns used as subjects)

Usage notes

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

• ʻe

References

• 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.