luo.
to, up to, to ('s place)
Meaning & usage
to, up to, to ('s place)
Miehen luo tuli nainen.
Menin Pekan luo.
Where this word comes from
luo- + -(k) (k-lative singular), from Proto-Finnic *loo-, possibly from Proto-Uralic *luwe (“downstream”). Related to Ingrian looks (~ luokse), Karelian luoh (~ luo) and Veps lon (~ luona). The postpositions with luo- are originally Eastern Finnish; their correspondents in Western Finnish (tykö and terms related to it) were more common in Old Literary Finnish. luo- replaced tykö- in the standard language in the 19th century.
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