Translingual

Symbol

Po

1. (chemistry) Symbol for polonium.

English

Proper noun

Po

1. Italy's longest river, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.

Translations

Anagrams

• op , op., OP

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poː/
• Rhymes: -oː

Etymology 1

Noun

Po m ‎(genitive Pos, plural Pos)

1. buttocks

Declension

Synonyms

• Allerwertester
• Hintern
• Hinterteil
• Popo
• vier Buchstaben

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Po m ‎(genitive Pos)

1. Po (river in Italy)

Italian

Etymology

From a contraction of Latin Padus, through a form *Paus > *Pau > Po.

Proper noun

Po m

1. The river Po.

Related terms

• padano

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Pȏ m ‎(Cyrillic spelling По̑)

1. the river Po

Synonyms

• Pȃd

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ/

Etymology

Min Nan Hokkien 傅 ‎(Poh, Pha).

Proper noun

Po

1. A surname​ of Chinese origin.

English

Noun

po ‎(plural pos)

1. (obsolete) A peacock.

Etymology 2

A diminutive of pot.

Noun

po ‎(plural pos)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot.
   • 1988, Richard Hoggart, A Local Habitation, 1918-40, Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0-7011-3305-8, page 67,

     ‘Pos’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.

   • 1989, Leonard Woolf, Frederic Spotts (editor), Letters of Leonard Woolf, page 86,

     There are always several spitoons & pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:chamber pot

Anagrams

• op, op., OP

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *apā, from Proto-Indo-European *e-, *ē- ‎(“then, at that time”). Compare German ob ‎(“if, whether”), Dutch of ‎(“or, whether, but”), English if.

Pronunciation

Particle

po

1. yes
2. Used with the Present and Imperfect tense of a verb to show a continuous action.
   It corresponds to the English "be + gerund" formation.

Conjunction

po

1. if, but

Synonyms

• por

Amondawa

Verb

po

1. do (make, work, perform)

Reference

• V. da Silva Sinha et al, Event-based time intervals in an Amazonian culture, in Space and Time in Languages and Cultures: Language, Culture, and Cognition

Asaro'o

Noun

po

1. water

References

• John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Verna, 2012, page 50

Borôro

Noun

po

1. Synonym of pobo ‎(“water”)

References

• Mônica Cidele da Cruz, Povo Umutína : a busca da identidade linguística e cultural [Les Umutína : À la recherche d’une identité linguistique et culturelle], Université Unicamp / Campinas, 2012, page 40

Chickasaw

Pronoun

po

1. our

Cornish

Conjunction

po

1. or

Czech

Pronunciation

Preposition

po + locative

1. after

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

po m ‎(plural po's, diminutive pootje n)

1. chamber pot

Anagrams

• op

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian по ‎(po).

Preposition

po

1. A grammatical particle used with quantity words to indicate rate or a distributive quantity: each, apiece, at, @

   Mi kudrados ĉiutage po 10 horoj. — I will sew 10 hours a day.

   Oni povas nokti po 6 frankoj. — You can spend the night for 6 francs (a night).

   La kurso daŭras dum 10 tagoj po 30 minutoj. — The course lasts 10 days at 30 minutes (a day).

   La komitato estas rebalotota ĉiun trian jaron po triono. — A third of the committee is reelected every third year.

   La gastoj trinkis po (unu) glaseton da vino. — The guests each drank one glass of wine.

   Ili ricevis po 5 pomojn. — They received 5 apples apiece.

   Elektu al vi po 3 homojn el ĉiu tribo. — Choose for yourselves 3 people from each tribe.

Antonyms

• -ope

Derived terms

• po-
• poa

Noun

po ‎(accusative singular po-on, plural po-oj, accusative plural po-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

Galician

Noun

po m ‎(plural pos)

1. dust
2. powder

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French peau ‎(“skin”).

Noun

po

1. (anatomy) skin

Hausa

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pô

Noun

po m

1. children's potty (toilet for children)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian по ‎(po).

Preposition

po

1. for, at the price of, in exchange for; per

   Me kompris la domo po quaradek mil euri.‎

   I bought the house for forty thousand euros.

Japanese

Romanization

po

1. rōmaji reading of ぽ
2. rōmaji reading of ポ

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *po(ˀ) ‎(“after, by”); compare Latvian pa-, Old Prussian po ‎(“after, by, under”), Proto-Slavic *po ‎(“after, by, at”). From Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó, *h₂epó ‎(“away, from”). Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 ‎(a-pu, “from”), Sanskrit अप ‎(ápa, “away, off”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 ‎(apa, “away”), Latin ab ‎(“from”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 ‎(af, “of”). See pa-, pó- for more.

Preposition

põ

1. (with instrumental case) under, beneath (movement, position)
2. (with instrumental or genitive case) beside, near, along (movement, position)
3. (with instrumental or dative case) expresses the direction of movement

   eik põ dešinei - go to the right

4. (with genitive case) after, following a certain time period, event; after the disappearance or loss of
5. (with genitive case) expresses gradual progression; one after another

   mẽtai põ mẽtų - year after year

6. (with dative case) until, up to a certain time

   Teñ jiẽ gyvẽna ir̃ põ šiái diẽnai - they live there until this day

7. (with accusative case) around, throughout the whole of

   keliáuti põ Europą - travel around Europe

8. (with accusative case) used to express division into equal parts

   vaikaĩ gãvo põ gãbalą sū́rio - the kids got a piece of cheese each

   põ truputį - little by little

9. (with genitive, instrumental or dative case) expresses the manner of an action

Related terms

• apačia
• pa-, po-

Lojban

Cmavo

po

1. belonging to or being uniquely associated with

Usage notes

• Contrary to pe, the association has to be unique to the object.

Related terms

• pe
• po'e

Lower Sorbian

Preposition

po

1. Superseded spelling of pó.

Mandarin

Romanization

po

1. Nonstandard spelling of pō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of pó.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pǒ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pò.

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.

Nupe

Etymology

Cognate to Gbiri-Niragu pobo.

Verb

po

1. to burn, to roast

References

• R. Blench, The Benue-Congo languages
• Samuel Crowther, A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Nupe Language (1864)

Paraguayan Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po/

Etymology 1

Shortened form of japo.

Noun

po

1. hand.

Etymology 2

From po (five fingers)

Numeral

po

1. five.

Etymology 3

(onomatopoeia)

Verb

po

1. to jump.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *po, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)po.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ/

Preposition

po

1. (+ locative) after
2. (+ locative) along
3. (+ locative) on, over
4. (+ locative) at, by, next to
5. (+ locative) around
6. (+ accusative) for, after, to take care of
7. (+ accusative) up to
8. (+ dative, only with adjectives) according to, in the way of
9. (+ dative, only with adjectives) in the language of

Usage notes

• Dative adjectives that end in -ski for the lemma take the archaic suffix -sku instead of the usual -skiemu when used with this preposition.

Conjunction

po

1. like
2. when

Rapa Nui

Noun

po

1. night

Samoan

Noun

po

1. night

Senggi

Noun

po

1. water

References

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 113

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From pol, from Proto-Slavic *polъ. See po-.

Alternative forms

• pȏl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôː/

Adverb

pȏ ‎(Cyrillic spelling по̑)

1. half

   sat i po‎ ― hour and a half

   četiri i po‎ ― four thirty

   čov(j)ek i po‎ ― an excellent man

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *po, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)po.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pô/

Preposition

pȍ ‎(Cyrillic spelling по̏)

1. (with accusative) for

   otići po ml(ij)eko‎ ― to go and get the milk

   po c(ij)eli dan‎ ― all day long

   po šesti put‎ ― for the sixth time

   biti štetan po nekoga/nešto‎ ― to be harmful for sb/sth

   dobro/loše po njega‎ ― good/bad for him

2. (with locative) over, through, across, in, on

   udariti po glavi‎ ― to hit on the head

   sn(ij)eg je pao po cesti‎ ― snow fell on the road

   voda se prolila po podu‎ ― water spilled over the floor

   šetati po šumi‎ ― to walk in the woods

3. (with locative) by, with (using an intermediary)

   poslao sam mu paket po zajedničkom prijatelju‎ ― I've sent him a package with a common friend

4. (with locative) by, according to

   sve ide po planu‎ ― everything is going according to the plan

   po glavi stanovnika‎ ― per capita

   živ(j)eti po principima‎ ― to live according to principles

   po mom(e) mišljenju‎ ― in my opinion

   po mom računu‎ ― by my reckoning

   po meni‎ ― in my opinion; as far as I'm concerned

   po zraku/vodi‎ ― by air/water

   po zapov(ij)edi‎ ― by order

   svirati po sluhu‎ ― to play by the ear

   suditi po vanjštini‎ ― to judge by appearance

5. (with locative) after

   po svršetku sukoba‎ ― after (the end of) the conflict

6. (with locative) during

   po kiši/suncu‎ ― in the rain/sun

   po danu‎ ― during the day

7. (with locative) in miscellaneous senses in various phrasal constructs

   razum(ij)e se (samo) po sebi‎ ― it goes without saying

   neka bude po tvome‎ ― let it be your way

   Amerika je prva država po bogatstvu u sv(ij)etu‎ ― America is the richest country in the world

   jednak po veličini‎ ― equal in size

   sve je po starom‎ ― everything is/goes in the accustomed/usual manner

   po običaju‎ ― as usual, according to custom

   po vr(ij)ednosti‎ ― in value

   po svoj prilici‎ ― in all likelihood

   po rodu‎ ― by birth

   po naravi/prirodi‎ ― in nature

   po toj c(ij)eni‎ ― at this price

   po paragrafu 13‎ ― under section 13

   po što po to‎ ― by all means

   po mogućnosti‎ ― if possible

   po redu‎ ― in order, one after another

   po mom ukusu‎ ― (according) to my taste

   po kvaliteti‎ ― by quality

   po tome‎ ― according to this/that, accordingly, consequently, then

   po zakonu‎ ― according to the law, by the law

   po duljini‎ ― lengthwise

Etymology 3

Particle

po ‎(Cyrillic spelling по)

1. (with accusative or nominative) denoting distribution and succession

   popili smo svi po čašicu rakije‎ ― we all drank a glass of rakija

   korak po korak‎ ― step by step

   jedan po jedan‎ ― one by one

   malo po malo‎ ― little by little

   svi smo dobili po jabuku‎ ― each of us received an apple

References

• “po” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “po” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *po.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ/
• Tonal orthography: po

Preposition

po

1. (with locative) around, about
2. (with locative) along, through (the length of)
3. according to
4. (with accusative) in the manner of
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Spanish

Etymology

From pues

Interjection

po

1. (colloquial, Chile) emphatical

   ¡Si po!

   Yes, of course!

   ¡Ya, po!

   Come on!

Synonyms

• pues

Usage notes

Always used at the end of a sentence.

Tagalog

Particle

po

1. marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing

   Tuloy po kayo. - Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.

   Pupunta po ako sa simbahan, Inay. - I am going to church, Mother.

Tapachultec

Etymology

Lehmann considers the possibility of a connection to Zoque words for "white" (poopo).

Noun

po

1. moon

Usage notes

• This is the form Lehmann says is given in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists; the form given in Johnston's vocabulary is poot.

References

• Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.

Tewa

Noun

póː (high tone)

1. moon

Noun

pòː (low tone)

1. water

Noun

pǒː (gliding tone)

1. trail, road

References

• Marianne Mithun, The Languages of Native North America
• John Peabody Harrington, The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians
• My Life in San Juan Pueblo: Stories of Esther Martinez (uses the spelling pˀoe, and mentions a fourth meaning, "pumpkin, squash")

Tocharian B

Etymology

Compare Tocharian A puk

Adjective

po

1. each, every
2. entire, whole

Inflection

• (masc. nom. pl.): poñc

Umotína

Noun

po

1. water

References

• Mônica Cidele da Cruz, Povo Umutína : a busca da identidade linguística e cultural [Les Umutína : À la recherche d’une identité linguistique et culturelle], Université Unicamp / Campinas, 2012, page 40

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin post ‎(“behind”).

Preposition

po

1. behind

Antonyms

• fo

See also

• po-

Waris

Noun

po

1. water

References

• Bob Brown, Waris grammar sketch, 1990 (2012), page 29

White Hmong

Noun

po

1. spleen

References

• John Duffy, Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community (ISBN 0824830954, 2007)