Italian

Pronoun

Suo sg m

1. (possessive) yours (formal or polite)

Adjective

Suo sg m

1. (possessive) your (formal or polite)

Catalan

Verb

suo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of suar

Finnish

(index su)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *soo. Possibly from Early Proto-Finnic *soxi-, from Pre-Germanic *soyg^w-ó-/*soyg^w-í-.^[1] Cognates include Estonian soo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [suo], [suɔ]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: suo

Noun

suo

1. swamp, bog, marsh, mire

Declension

Derived terms

• soinen
• soistua
• suoturve

References

1. ↑

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [suɔ]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: suo

Verb

suo

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of suoda.

   Hän suo sen minulle.‎

   He allows it to me.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [suɔˣ]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: suo

Verb

suo

1. Indicative present connegative form of suoda.

   Hän ei suo armoa.‎

   He does not give mercy.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of suoda.

   Suo se minulle!‎

   Allow it to me!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of suoda.

   Älä suo sitä!‎

   Don't allow it!

Etymology 3

Noun

suo

1. (dialectal) Variant of sua

Anagrams

• osu

Italian

Etymology

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé.

Adjective

(before the noun): il suo m (f la sua, m plural i suoi, f plural le sue)
(after the noun; also used before a noun denoting a close family member): suo m (f sua, m plural suoi, f plural sue)

1. his, her, its

   i suoi figli - his/her/its children

   le sue macchine - his/her/its cars

   casa sua - his/her/its house

   suo padre - his/her/its father

2. (often capitalised) your (polite singular form)

   i Suoi figli - your children

   le Sue macchine - your cars

   casa Sua - your house

   Suo padre - your father

Pronoun

il suo m (f la sua, m plural i suoi, f plural le sue)

1. his, hers, its own.

   Sono i suoi - They are his/hers/its own.

2. (often capitalised) yours (polite singular form)

   Sono i Suoi - They are yours.

See also

• loro
• mio
• nostro
• tuo
• vostro

Anagrams

• uso, usò

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [suo], [suɔ]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: suo

Noun

suo ‎(genitive suon, partitive suodu)

1. swamp, bog, marsh, mire

Declension

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.oː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-. Cognates include Sanskrit सीव्यति ‎(sī́vyati), सूत्र ‎(sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”), Lithuanian siūti, and Old English siwian (English sew).

Verb

suō ‎(present infinitive suere, perfect active suī, supine sūtum); third conjugation, limited passive

1. I sew, stitch.
2. I join, fasten together.
3. (figuratively) I devise, cobble.

Inflection

The verb suō has a limited passive conjugation. Only third-person passive forms are known from surviving texts.

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Inflected form of suus ‎(“his, her, hers, its”).

Adjective

suō

1. dative masculine singular of suus
2. dative neuter singular of suus
3. ablative masculine singular of suus
4. ablative neuter singular of suus

References

• suo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
    
  • (ambiguous) to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: suis rebus or sibi consulere
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider one's own advantage in everything: omnia ad suam utilitatem referre
    
  • (ambiguous) to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere
    
  • (ambiguous) to win a man over to one's own way of thinking: aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducere
    
  • (ambiguous) to freely express one's opinions: sententiam suam aperire
    
  • (ambiguous) to act in accordance with one's convictions: suo iudicio uti
    
  • (ambiguous) to go one's own way, proceed independently: suo consilio uti
    
  • (ambiguous) to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
    
  • (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
    
  • (ambiguous) to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus
    
  • (ambiguous) to set one's hope on some one: spem suam ponere, collocare in aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
    
  • (ambiguous) self-confidence: fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to indulge one's caprice: sibi or ingenio suo indulgere (Nep. Chabr. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
    
  • (ambiguous) to live on one's means: de suo (opp. alieno) vivere
    
  • (ambiguous) to squander all one's property: dissipare rem familiarem (suam)
    
  • (ambiguous) to invite some one to one's house: invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5)
    
  • (ambiguous) to give audience to some one: sui potestatem facere, praebere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to separate from, divorce (of the man): aliquam suas res sibi habere iubere (Phil. 2. 28. 69)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep up a usage: consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere,[TR1] servare
    
  • (ambiguous) to have no debts: in suis nummis versari (Verr. 4. 6. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) (a state) has its own laws, is autonomous: suis legibus utitur (B. G. 1. 45. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
    
  • (ambiguous) to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
    
  • (ambiguous) to waive one's right: de iure suo decedere or cedere
    
  • (ambiguous) in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
    
  • (ambiguous) to accept battle: potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to reduce a country to subjection to oneself: populum in potestatem suam redigere (B. G. 2. 34)
    
  • (ambiguous) to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
    
  • (ambiguous) with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    

Mandarin

Romanization

suo

1. Nonstandard spelling of suō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of suǒ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of suò.

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

Verb

suo

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of suar