овамо

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovamo.

Adverb

овамо • (ovamo)

  1. that way
    • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Joshua 8.20:
      и҆ посе́мъ не и҆мѣша ка́мо побѣ́гнꙋти н̂и сѣмо н̂и ѻ҆ва́мо.
      i posémŭ ne iměša kámo pobě́gnuti n̂i sěmo n̂i ovámo.
      and they had no power to flee this way or that way.

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈʋɑmɔ//ɔˈʋamɔ//ɔˈʋamɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɔˈʋɑmɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɔˈʋamɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɔˈʋamɔ/

Adverb

овамо (ovamo)

  1. thereto
  2. there
    • 1110s, Hypatian Codex:
      и г[л]ѧдить сѣмо и ѡвамо. акы бѣшенъ.
      i g[l]jęditĭ sěmo i ovamo. aky běšenŭ.
      and looks here and there like possessed one

Descendants

  • Russian: ова́мо (ovámo)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒʋaːmo/
  • Hyphenation: о‧ва‧мо

Adverb

о̀ва̄мо (Latin spelling òvāmo)

  1. hither, this way (in the direction of the talker)
  2. here

Synonyms