woo

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Wokam with o as a placeholder. === Symbol === woo (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Manombai. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Manombai terms == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: wo͞o, IPA(key): /wuː/ Rhymes: -uː === Etymology 1 === From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”). ==== Alternative forms ==== wo, wow, wowe (obsolete) ==== Verb ==== woo (third-person singular simple present woos, present participle wooing, simple past and past participle wooed) (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection or support. (transitive) Often of a man, to try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with. (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity; to solicit in love. ===== Synonyms ===== (to solicit in love): court; see also Thesaurus:woo ===== Derived terms ===== pitch woo wooer ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Interjection ==== woo (informal) Alternative spelling of whoo, expressing joy or excitement. ===== Derived terms ===== woo girl === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== woo (comparative more woo, superlative most woo) Alternative form of woo woo. ==== Noun ==== woo Alternative form of woo woo. ===== Derived terms ===== woo-monger go woo === See also === wee woo === Anagrams === OOW, OWO == Afar == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwoː/ [ˈwoː] Hyphenation: woo === Determiner === wóo that, those (masculine) ==== See also ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “woo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis) == Fula == === Etymology 1 === ==== Particle ==== woo it is said that, it seems that === Etymology 2 === From a Mande language. ==== Particle ==== woo each, all (with negative) none, no, only if ===== Derived terms ===== === References === Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014. == Hunsrik == === Adverb === woo (Wiesemann spelling) alternative spelling of wo == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronoun ==== woo alternative form of who (“who”, nominative) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== woo alternative form of wo (“woe”) == Moma == === Etymology === Cognate with Wolio baa. === Noun === woo head == Plautdietsch == === Adverb === woo how == Woiwurrung == === Noun === woo woe === References ===