avo

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːvəʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈævəʉ/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːvəʊ

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avo (plural avos)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.

Clipping of avocado.

avo (plural avos)

1. (informal, Australia, South Africa) Clipping of avocado.
   • 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand, page 68:

     Given the challenges of trying to propagate avocados, one might wonder why we don't simply get hold of seeds and/or nursery starts and go that route – especially since avos tend to grow somewhat 'true to seed.'

• OAV, OVA, VOA, ova

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habəl (“weave cloth”).

avo

1. to weave

From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os.

• IPA^(key): [ˈavo]
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• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: a‧vo

avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)

1. grandfather

   Mia avo estas la patro de mia patro. ― My grandfather is the father of my father.

2. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) old man
   • 2009, “Fek al Esperanto! [Fuck Esperanto!]”, in Fek al Esperanto!‎, performed by La Pafklik:

     Mi parolas pri merda lingvo
     Elpensita de stulta avo

     I'm talking about a shitty language
     Thought up by a stupid old man

• Avo Frosto

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑ̝ʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋo
• Syllabification^(key): a‧vo

avo

1. Abbreviation of avokysymys.

• “avo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈavo/

avo (plural avi)

1. grandparent

Akin to Finnish avo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑʋo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋo
• Hyphenation: a‧vo

avo

1. (in compounds) openness

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 24

From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: à‧vo

avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)

1. ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: antenato, ascendente

• avito
• bisavo
• trisavo

• ova

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Yami avo.

avo

1. ash

avō

1. dative/ablative singular of avus

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.

avo

1. high
2. lofty, eminent

From the ending of [oit]avo.[1][2]

• Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
• Hyphenation: a‧vo

avo m (plural avos)

1. one of fractions/equal parts of a unit divided in more than 10 equal parts

   Doze avos de 240 são 20.

   A twelfth of 240 is 20.

   Três quinze avos = ³⁄₁₅.

   Three fifteenths = ³⁄₁₅

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Ivatan avo.

avo

1. ash