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Where does “oo” come from?
oo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog po, from Hokkien 傅.
oo
(Tagalog): yes
Definitions
yes
Ancestry of “oo”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Tagalog
po
marks respect toward the person the speaker is...
2
Hokkien
傅
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Words derived from “oo”
opo
umoo
umopo
Every word from Hokkien 傅 →