wó-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wo"

Lakota

Prefix

wó-

1. creates nouns of verbs and some stems

   ‎wó- + ‎awáčhiŋ (“to think about something”) → ‎wóawačhiŋ (“a thought, plan, idea”)

2. most verbs beginning with o contract wa- into wó

   ‎wó- + ‎olé (“to look for something”) → ‎wóle (“to look for things”)

Navajo

Etymology

Contraction of w- (peg element) +‎ ó- (optative mood)

Prefix

wó-

1. Marks a third person subject of an optative mode verb

See also

Navajo optative mode subject markers

		singular	duoplural
1st person		wósh-	woo(d)-
2nd person		wóó-	wooh-
3rd person		wó-
4th person		jó-
Areal/spatial		hó-