vuo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish wu, chosen for being similar to kuo (“Q”). Coined by Sergio Pokrovskij in Komputika Leksikono in 1995 as a less ambiguous alternative to the more common names duobla vo (which can be taken to mean "vv") and vavo (which can also be used for the Hebrew letter vav or the Arabic letter waw). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvuo/ Rhymes: -uo Syllabification: vu‧o === Noun === vuo (accusative singular vuon, plural vuoj, accusative plural vuojn) (rare) The name of the Latin script letter W/w. ==== Usage notes ==== The o is occasionally dropped, usually when spelling out words, e.g. "vu vu vu" for "www", or "vu i ko i" for the English word "wiki". ==== Synonyms ==== duobla vo (rare) ĝermana vo vavo (rare) vu === Further reading === “vuo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *voo, from Proto-Uralic *wuwa (“current, flow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋuo̯/, [ˈʋuo̞̯] Rhymes: -uo Syllabification(key): vuo Hyphenation(key): vuo === Noun === vuo (literary) stream, river Synonym: virta (literary) flow, current Synonyms: virtaus, virta (technical) flow (formalization or abstraction of fluid flow, e.g. in a flowchart or in graph theory) (physics) flux (rate of transfer of energy) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== === Further reading === “vuo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023 == Livvi == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *voo. Cognates include Finnish vuo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋuo̯/ Hyphenation: vuo Rhymes: -uo̯ === Noun === vuo (genitive vuon, partitive vuodu) flow, current ==== Declension ==== === References === Tatjana Boiko (2019), “vuo”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN