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Webster 1913 Edition
oo
‖
o′o
,Noun.
[Hawaiian.]
(Zool.)
Any of several beautiful birds of the genus
Moho
, including the extinct Moho nobilis
. They are honey-eaters
native to the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker
. Definition 2024
oo
oo
See also: Appendix:Variations of "oo"
English
Noun
oo (plural oos)
- (obsolete) The Greek letter omega.
Etymology 2
Wikispecies From Hawaiian ‘ō‘ō, resembling its call.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊəʊ/
Noun
oo (plural oos)
- Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct. [from 19th c.]
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1898, Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen:
- On this visit I made careful inquiries as to the success of Mr. Gay's efforts to raise the "Oo" bird on this island.
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2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 161:
- Several years earlier, she had arranged to bring three pairs of the rapidly vanishing ‘ō‘ō bird from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i, hoping they would form a new colony.
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1898, Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen:
Estonian
Noun
oo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Finnish
Etymology 1
Noun
oo
Declension
Inflected forms are often substituted with corresponding form of o-kirjain (“letter o”)
Inflection of oo (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | oo | oot | |
genitive | oon | oiden oitten |
|
partitive | oota | oita | |
illative | oohon | oihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | oo | oot | |
accusative | nom. | oo | oot |
gen. | oon | ||
genitive | oon | oiden oitten |
|
partitive | oota | oita | |
inessive | oossa | oissa | |
elative | oosta | oista | |
illative | oohon | oihin | |
adessive | oolla | oilla | |
ablative | oolta | oilta | |
allative | oolle | oille | |
essive | oona | oina | |
translative | ooksi | oiksi | |
instructive | — | oin | |
abessive | ootta | oitta | |
comitative | — | oineen |
Etymology 2
Verb
oo
- spoken language form of ole (“imperative and connegative form of olla - to be”)
- Mä oon sitten ruma! - Etkä oo!
- I'm so-o ugly! - No, you are not!
- Oo nyt vähän aikaa paikallas!
- Be still for a moment, will you!
- Mä oon sitten ruma! - Etkä oo!
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronoun
oo (emphatic uss)
- you (singular, informal)
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u/
Etymology 1
Noun
Etymology 2
From we; of Old English origin.
Pronoun
oo personal pronoun, non-emphatic
- (South Scots) we
- (South Scots) us