Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Representation of a long-o sound.
Then came ther downe goodly ladyes tweyne […] And seyde, the gret Alpha & Oo most souereyne […] had hem thedyr sent.c. 1500, The Assembly of Gods, published 1158:
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From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, resembling its call.
On this visit I made careful inquiries as to the success of Mr. Gay's efforts to raise the "Oo" bird on this island.1898, Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen:
Several years earlier, she had arranged to bring three pairs of the rapidly vanishing ʻōʻō bird from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i, hoping they would form a new colony.2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 161:
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haw ʻōʻō (Translations) · la moho (Translations)
See ooh.