Clipping ofEnglish Mo ldovan , fromRomanian Moldova .
mo
( international standards , obsolete ) Former ISO 639-1 language code for Moldovan . FromMiddle English mo , fromOld English mā , fromProto-Germanic *maiz , from a comparative form ofProto-Indo-European *meh₂- . Cognate withSwedish mer ,Danish mer ; and withIrish mó ,Albanian më . See alsomore ,most .
mo (notcomparable )
( obsolete ) To a greater degree.1564 February,Erasmus , “The Saiynges ofAristippus ”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e. ,Nicholas Udall ], transl.,Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, [ … ] , London: [ … ] Ihon Kingston,→OCLC , book I,folio 43, verso , paragraph 42:When he had ſaied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nombermo :[ …]
( now dialectal ) Further ,longer .mo (notcomparable )
( archaic , dialectal ) Greater in amount, quantity, or number(of discrete objects, as opposed tomore , which was applied to substances) c. 1380 , William Langland,Piers Plowman :With that ran there a route of ratones at ones, And smale mys myd hem,mo then a thousande
Clipping ofmonth .
mo
month Alternative forms: mo. ,mon ,m ,M 12 yr 4mo 17 d
mo (uncountable )
( colloquial ) Clipping ofmoment .Synonyms: bit ,sec ,tick ;see also Thesaurus:moment Hang on amo !
Clipping ofhomo , itself a short form ofhomosexual .
mo (plural mos )
( slang ) Ahomosexual .Non-rhotic pronunciation ofmore . Only coincidentally similar to sense 1above . Comparefo' ( “ for; four ” ) ,ho ( “ whore ” ) .
mo (notcomparable )
( dialectal , African-American Vernacular ) Alternative form ofmo' ( “ more ” ) .Yo, you gotmo chips?
Clipping ofmoustache .
mo (plural mos )
( Australia , New Zealand , colloquial ) Amoustache .Clipping.
mo (plural mos )
( prison slang ) Amolester .2018 , James Kühnel,Carceration State :The Idaho prison is full ofcho-mos (child molesters),mos (molesters), and all types of sexual predators that have engaged in some type of abnormal sexual acts.
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mo (plural mos )
( slang ) Amoron .1997 , “Detox”, inCity , performed byStrapping Young Lad :Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!
Frommil , by analogy withdo andgro .
mo
Thecardinal number occurring afterel gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before moone (1001) in aduodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728. mo
( emphatic ) really ,even marks the topic of the clause, sentence, or conversation marks the preceding plural NP as genitive (association or possession) indicates the interrogative mo
indicates the negative Abau Dictionary © 2020 SIL International (Available online:[2] ) mo
( anatomy ) stomach mo
you mo
ye ,you (plural)FromProto-Albanian *mē , fromProto-Indo-European *méh₁ ( prohibitive particle ) .
mo (masculine adjectival i mo ,feminine singular e mo ,masculine plural të mo ,feminine plural të moa )
don't FromMiddle High German man , fromOld High German man , fromProto-Germanic *mann- . Cognate withGerman Mann ,Dutch man ,English man ,Icelandic maður ,Swedish man ,Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 ( manna ) .
mo m ( Carcoforo )
man husband mo
speech ,language ,word mo
sun FromFrench mot ( “ word ” ) .
mo
word IPA (key ) : /mo/ [mo] Hyphenation:mo mo (Basahan spelling ᜋᜓ )
second person singular possessive adjective ;your Bikol Central personal pronouns
FromProto-Mongolic *mör ( “ trail ,path ” ) , compareMongolian мөр ( mör ,“ road, path ” ) .
mo
road ,path nie fade bi zhinmo jiere yawuzhi saozhi wo. one time I was walking on theroad . mo (accusative singular mo-on ,plural mo-oj ,accusative plural mo-ojn )
The name of theLatin-script letterM /m . ( Latin-script letter names ) litero ;a ,bo ,co ,ĉo ,do ,e ,fo ,go ,ĝo ,ho ,ĥo ,i ,jo ,ĵo ,ko ,lo ,mo ,no ,o ,po ,ro ,so ,ŝo ,to ,u ,ŭo ,vo ,zo IPA (key ) : /ˈmoˣ/ ,[ˈmo̞(ʔ)] Rhymes:-o Syllabification(key ) :mo Hyphenation(key ) :mo mo
( slang , colloquial ) clipping ofmoi ( “ hi, hello ” ) mo (plural mos ,feminine singular ma ,feminine plural mas )
contraction ofme o Damo ! ―Giveit to me ! FromFrench mot ( “ word ” ) .
mo
word m’ ( used before vowel sounds ) FromOld Irish mo ,mu ; see there for more.
mo (triggerslenition )
my mo bhád ―my boat mo mháthair ―my mother me ( direct object pronoun before verbal noun ) Tá sé agmo bhualadh ―He is hitting me ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ),Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry ] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux,§ 173 , page88 ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ),A Dialect of Donegal , Cambridge University Press,§ 14 , page9 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ), “mo ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ), “mo ”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm“mo ”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge,2013–2025 Inherited fromLatin modo ( “ recently, just now ” ) [ 1] orLatin mox ( “ soon ” ) , possibly a merger of both.
mo ( dialectal or colloquial )
( in the present ) now Synonyms: ora ,adesso Emo che voi? What do you wantnow ? Mo so' cazzi tua.It's your businessnow . ( in the near future ) soon , in amoment Synonyms: subito ,tra poco E n'attimo!Mo lo faccio! Wait a second! I'll do itin a moment ! Aspetta!Mo arivo! Wait! I'm coming ! Mo te faccio vedé.I'll show you. ( in the near past ) recently ,just now Synonyms: appena ,poco fa Ce so' statomo . I've been therejust now . ( originally ironic ) Seeda mo . ( repeated ) Seemo mo . mo
Thehiragana syllableも ( mo ) or thekatakana syllableモ ( mo ) inHepburn romanization. FromSanskrit मा ( mā́ ) , fromProto-Indo-European *méh₁ ( prohibitive particle ) . Cognate withHindi मत ( mat ) ,Persian مـ ( ma- ) ,Albanian mo .
mo
do not ,don't (prohibitive particle )From Common Nuristani*māi , probably an early borrowing ofMiddle Chinese 米 ( mejX ) . CompareAshkun mā ,Tregami myä ,Waigali mä .
mo ( Kamviri ) [ 1]
husked rice ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016 ), “m′o”, inNûristânî Etymological Lexicon [1] Frommu +ya .
mo
although ;even if ;even though Synonyms: agyang ,man also ;no matter what ;and Synonyms: din ,pati ,agyaman ,ampo Mipakananumo ―No matter what happens.Yakumo ―Meas well . Sinabianan nakungnanumo . ―S/healso told mesomething . mo
alternative spelling ofmula alternative spelling ofmuya alternative spelling ofmu alternative spelling ofme mo
from ,away from2005 , “Apoem ayang꞉ 1:4 [Genesis 1:4 ]”, inJhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible ][3] , page 2:Houg꞉ lho꞉ nyang꞉ gi booˮ bang ri moug꞉ coidmo khoʼ pyam Then he split the lightfrom the darkness Mark Wannemacher (2011 ),A phonological overview of the Lacid language [4] , Chiang Mai: Payap University., page30 Hkaw Luk (2017 ),A grammatical sketch of Lacid [5] , Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page24 Reverse of a silverpenny ofÆthelstan ofEngland with the inscription REGNALD MO EFORƿIC ("Regnald Moneyer at York") mo
( Medieval Latin , historical ) abbreviation ofmonētārius (moneyer ,minter )in its various forms .FromProto-Loloish *C-ma³ (Bradley), fromProto-Sino-Tibetan . Cognate withBurmese -မ ( -ma. ) .
mo
( Yao'an ) female FromProto-Loloish *ma¹ (Bradley). Cognate withNuosu ꂷ ( ma ) ,Naxi meel .
mo
( Yao'an ) bamboo (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium . Particularly: “Probably inherited from French "moi/mon".”)
mo (first person singular ,plural nouzòt ,nou ,no ,objective mò ,possessive determiner mô ,possessive pronoun mokin ,mochin )
I ( first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun ) Mo té manké twa.I missed you.mo (mo5 / mo0 ,Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄛ )
Hanyu Pinyin reading of麼 / 么 ,麽 / 么 ,么 ,庅 mo
nonstandard spelling ofmō nonstandard spelling ofmó nonstandard spelling ofmǒ nonstandard spelling ofmò Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.mo
foot Roberto Escalante Hernández, Marciano Hernández,Matlatzinca de San Francisco Oxtotilpan, Estado de México (1999) FromFrench moi ( “ me ” ) .
mo (objective mwa )
I ( first-person singular nominative personal pronoun ) Mauritian Creole personal pronouns singular plural 1st person mo mwa ( objective ) nou 2nd person to ( informal ) ,ou ( formal ) twa ( objective ) zot 3rd person li zot ,bann-la
FromFrench mot ( “ word ” ) .
mo
word Alternative spelling: mot.
FromOld English mā , fromProto-Germanic *maiz , from a comparative form ofProto-Indo-European *meh₂- .
mo
more numerous ;larger inamount greater inquantity orintensity additional ,further ,other (persons or things in addition to those mentioned)higher insocial status mo
to agreater degree ;more longer ,again ,any more besides ,also ,further ,else “mō,adj.. ”, inMED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan ,2007 . “mō,adv.. ”, inMED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan ,2007 . FromLatin mollis .
mo m
( Jersey ) soft (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
mō
how Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008 ),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages [6] , Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland Believed to be from the nounmoe .
mo (neuter singular mo or mott ,definite singular and plural mo or moe )
close ,sultry FromOld Norse moðr .
mo (neuter singular mo ,definite singular and plural mo or moe )
tired ,weary FromOld Norse mór ( “ moor ” ) .
mo m (definite singular moen ,indefinite plural moer ,definite plural moene )
moor ,heath ( military ) drill ground FromOld Norse moð .
mo n (definite singular moet ,indefinite plural mo ,definite plural moa or moene )
dust ( e.g. sawdust ) chaff ( e.g. from hay ) “mo” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse mór ( “ moor ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *mōraz .
mo m (definite singular moen ,indefinite plural moar ,definite plural moane )
moor ,heath ( military ) drill ground Perhaps from the nounmoe m .
mo (neuter singular mo or mott ,definite singular and plural mo or moe )
close ,sultry FromOld Norse móðr , fromProto-Germanic *mōdaz .
mod ( alternative spelling ) mo (neuter singular mo ,definite singular and plural mo or moe )
tired ,weary FromOld Norse moð .
mo n (definite singular moet ,indefinite plural mo ,definite plural moa )
dust ( e.g. sawdust ) chaff ( e.g. from hay ) FromGerman , originallymoder .
mo
Used as an intensifier about loneliness Synonym: mutters See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
mo
imperative ofmoa “mo” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .mu m’ ( used before vowel sounds ) FromProto-Celtic *mene , fromProto-Indo-European *h₁mene , genitive of*éǵh₂ . The Goidelic forms came from*mene being remodelled into*mowe by analogy with*towe ( “ your ” ) (whencedo ( “ your ” ) ).[ 1]
mo (triggers lenition )
my c. 800 , Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.10d 23 Mad ar lóg pridcha-sa, .i. arm’ étiuthet mo thoschith, ním·bia fochricc dar hésimo precepte. If I preach for pay, that is, formy clothing andmy sustenance, I shall not have a reward formy teaching. c. 800–825 , Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73d 1Fu·lilsain-se .i. matismu námait duda·gnetis ⁊ maniptismu chara⟨i⟩t duda·gnetis. I would have endured, i.e. if it had beenmy enemies who did them and if it had not beenmy friends who did them. Irish:mo Scottish Gaelic:mo Manx:my ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995 ),Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi,page333 mo m (feminine ma ,masculine plural mos )
my ( possessive; belong to 'me' ) m'o ( pre-standardization spelling )
mo (feminine ma ,masculine plural mos ,feminine plural mas )
contraction ofme o ( “ him/it to me ” ) Réunion Creole French[ edit ] FromFrench mot ( “ word ” ) .
mo
word mo
for mo
you ,thou (second-person singular pronoun)Sango personal pronouns singular plural 1st mbï ë 2nd familiar mo âla polite âla 3rd lo âla
FromOld Irish mo . Cognates includeIrish mo .
mo (triggers lenition )
my Scottish Gaelic possessive determiners singular plural +C +V +C +V first person mo L m' ar ar N second person do L d' ur ur N third person m a L — an ,am 1 an f a a H
L Triggers lenition;H Triggers H-prothesis;N Triggers eclipsis1 Used beforeb- ,f- ,m- orp-
-mo
present stem of-wamo ( “ to be (inside there) ” ) wamo ―theyare inside -mo : verbal affix-wapo ( “ to be (at a definite place) ” ) -wako ( “ to be (at an indefinite place) ” ) Inherited fromOld Norse mór .
mo c
sandy soil asandy field, amoor , aheath FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *-mu ( 2sg. possessor and agent of passive verb ) . CompareMalay -mu .
mo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓ )
second person singular possessive adjective ;your Tagalog personal pronouns
“mo ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-mu ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI mo
for CompareTày bo , which suggests previous*ɓ- .
mo • (𥷺 ,謨 )
( botany ) spathe of theareca treequạtmo ―a fan made fromareca spathes OfTai origin, compareThai หมอ ( mɔ̌ɔ ) .
mo
short forthầy mo Reduced form ofddim o ( “ not of, nothing of ” ) .
mo ( causes soft mutation )
( colloquial ) negative particle used when immediately preceding the definite article or a definite noun phrase Fwytais imo 'r moron. ―I didn't eat the carrots. Wela imo 'r ffilm 'na. ―I willnot see that film. Chlywoch chimo Owain. ―You didn't hear Owain. Leician nhwmo wraig y dyn. ―They wouldn't like the man's wife. Because this form is used only when directly in front of a definite object, it only appears in the (non-periphrastic) preterite, future and conditional tenses.
In front of a pronoun,mo has personal forms the same as the prepositiono :
dim ,ddim ( negative particle used in all other situations ) Does not mutate.
mo
( transitive ) toswallow ( transitive ) toslurp up , tosuck up For the semantic development of the interjection, compareSpanish ya ( “ already; come on! ” ) .
mo
alternative form ofomo ( “ already ” ) mo
come !come on !mo
( stative ) alternative form ofmu ( “ ripe ” ) Conjugation ofmo (stative verb) singular plural inclusive exclusive 1st person timo mimo amo 2nd person nimo fimo 3rd person inanimate imo dimo animate mamo imperative —,mo —,mo
James Collins (1982 ),Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary [8] , Pacific linguistics Clemens Voorhoeve (1982 ),The Makian languages and their neighbours [9] , Pacific linguistics Cognates includeSwahili moja .
mo
one This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g.libweta limo (one box). See theYao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.
mi ( used in a negative sentence, or generally in some dialects ) n ( used in negative or future sentences, or withkí ) mo
I ( first-person singular personal pronoun ) Yoruba personal pronouns subject object1 emphatic affirmative negative singular 1st person mo n̄ /mi mi èmi 2nd person o ọ /ẹ ìwọ 3rd person ó [pronoun dropped] [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] /ẹ̀ òun plural 1st person a wa àwa 2nd person ẹ yín ẹ̀yin 3rd person wọ́n wọn wọn àwọn
1 Except foryín , object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.