uzo

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See also: ûzo and űző

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuzo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: uz‧o

Noun

uzo (accusative singular uzon, plural uzoj, accusative plural uzojn)

  1. use

Synonyms

Ido

Noun

uzo (plural uzi)

  1. use

Synonyms

Olukumi

Etymology

From ú- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to dance). Compare with Yoruba ujó, ijó, uzó, Igala ídó,. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *ú-jó, *í-jó from Proto-Edekiri *ú-jó, *í-jó.

Pronunciation

Noun

úzó

  1. dance; the act of dancing
  2. music

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish uço, from Latin ōstium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈuθo/ [ˈu.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈuso/ [ˈu.so]
  • Rhymes: -uθo
  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Syllabification: u‧zo

Noun

uzo m (plural uzos)

  1. door, shutter
    Synonyms: puerta, postigo
    • 1200, anonymous author, Cantar del mio Cid:
      Vio puertas vacías y uzos sin candados, alcándaras vacías y sin pieles y sin mantos, y sin halcones y sin azores mudados.
      He saw empty doors and shutters without locks, empty clotheslines with neither pelts or cloaks, nor falcons or molting goshawks.

Further reading

uzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.