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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]ow
- Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”)
- (music) Used for emotional emphasis.
- 1970, Free (lyrics and music), “All Right Now”:
- Now don't you wait or hesitate / Let's move before they raise the parking rate, ow!
- 1987, Michael Jackson (lyrics and music), “Smooth Criminal”:
- Then you ran into the bedroom / You were struck down / It was your doom, Annie / Ow!
Usage notes
[edit]In everyday colloquial (spoken or written) usage, the sound may be lengthened, such as in the form oww, usually to indicate an increase in pain or distress.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Chinook Jargon
[edit]Noun
[edit]ow
Coordinate terms
[edit]Cornish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- owth (used before vowels and h)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Brythonic *wurt
Particle
[edit]ow (triggers hard mutation)
- -ing (precedes verbal noun)
Middle English
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ow
- Alternative form of yow
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English o, the English name of the letter O/o.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔow/ [ˈʔoʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -ow
- Syllabification: ow
Noun
[edit]ow (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏ᜔)
- Alternative form of o: the name of the Latin-script letter O/o, in the Filipino alphabet
- Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet and the Abecedario) o
See also
[edit]- (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi
Further reading
[edit]- “ow”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/ow
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