outo

From Proto-Finnic *outo. Cognate with Estonian õud/õudne, Karelian outo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈou̯to/, [ˈo̞u̯t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -outo
• Hyphenation^(key): ou‧to

outo (comparative oudompi, superlative oudoin)

1. strange, weird

• → Sami:

• Northern Sami: oavdu

• “outo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From Old Galician-Portuguese outo, only documented in place names, from Latin altus; replaced already during the Middle Ages by alto, probably a learned form. Cognate of Old Spanish oto which was also preserved in toponyms and in a few derived words as otear (“to watch from a high place”).^[1]

outo (feminine outa, masculine plural outos, feminine plural outas)

1. (archaic) high, tall

   Synonym: alto

• outeiro
• outón

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega