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hamo(transitive)
- torub (on)
- tobesmear, tospread
- toanoint
- tostroke, tocaress
- (figurative) tobutter up, toflatter
hāmō
- dative/ablativesingular ofhāmus
hamo
- never(at no time(in the future));by no means will it be;willnot
c.1518,Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian, folio 15, recto:"Kitu keh upamana uraṅ lö(m)pang ka Jawa, [dataṅ ka alas jawa],hamo bisa nurut carekna döṅön carana, maṅṅu rasana uraṅ."- "For example, if we go to Java, [whilst]not following their [native] tongue and customs, we will feel lost."
Borrowed fromLatinhāmus.
hamo m (pluralhamos)
- (obsolete)fish-hook
Inherited fromOld Sundanesehamo
hamo (Sundanese scriptᮠᮙᮧ)
- never(at no time(in the future));by no means will it be;willnot
1991,Sundanese translation of the Bible, Genesis 4:15:Tapi PANGERAN ngawaler, "Hamo. Saupama manéh aya nu maéhan, tujuh nyawa pigantieunana."- But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills [Cain], he will suffer vengeance seven times over."
Contraction ofhayaan +mo, literally“let it be”.
hamo (Baybayin spellingᜑᜋᜓ)
- leave it tome!let it be!