Lo

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High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /lo/

Conjunction

lo

  1. if
    Lo jention mirre nūmāzme ēza, iderenna qopsa verdagon issa.
    If leadership is about anything, it’s about making hard choices.
  2. when
    Lo vēzos endiā sīmonus se ñāqot mazilībus.
    When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
  3. just as
    Lo zȳhyz zaldrīzesse Āeksiō Ōño irūdy Daenerot issi, sepār Daenerys Āeksiō irūdy riñarta zȳhot issa.
    Just as her dragons are a gift from the Lord of Light to Daenerys, so then is Daenerys a gift from the Lord to her children.

Veda

Etymology

From Proto-Veda *lʔw.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lo/

Rhymes: -o

Orthographic Form

lo

Adjective

lo

  1. just, fair
Comparison
Prenominal Postnominal
Positive lo
Equative yu lo lo yu
Comparative dzok lo lo ghor
Superlative lo ghor mem
Contrastive ung dzok lo ung lo ghor
Sublative ung lo ghor mem

Verb

lo (perfective lo nǝkh, progressive gǝn lo, inceptive/passive yu lo)

  1. to be just, fair