мо
Belarusian edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of мо́жа (móža). Compare Ukrainian мо' (moʺ), and more distantly Lithuanian gal.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
мо • (mo)
Dungan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
мо • (mo)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
мо • (mo)
Eastern Mari edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
мо • (mo)
- really? isn't it so?
- мыйже тылат шым каласе мо?
- myjže tylat šym kalase mo?
- didn't I tell you so?
- why (for what reason, for what purpose)
- мо те пеш кугу йӱкын кутыреда?
- mo te peš kugu jükyn kutyreda?
- what are you talking so loudly for?
- what sort of, what kind of, what
- мо акеш?
- mo akeš?
- for what price?
- how many (used to denote large quantities)
- сарыште мо калык пытен!
- saryšte mo kalyk pyten!
- how many people died in the war!
- when, since
- мо толын, тудым ужын омыл
- mo tolyn, tudym užyn omyl
- I have not seen him/her since (s)he came
Particle edit
мо • (mo)
- interrogative particle
- толыда мо?
- tolyda mo?
- are you coming?
Pronoun edit
мо • (mo)
- (interrogative) what
- тиде мо?
- tide mo?
- what is this?
Derived terms edit
adverbs
- молан (molan)
pronouns
- молан (molan)
References edit
- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “мо”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
Even edit
Etymology edit
- From Proto-Tungusic *mō, compare Manchu ᠮᠣᠣ (moo).
- The Tungusic root is comparable to Mongolic *modun.
Noun edit
мо̄ (mō)
References edit
- Cincius, V. I., Rišes, L. D. (1952) Русско-эвенский словарь [Russian–Even Dictionary], Moscow
Evenki edit
Noun edit
мо • (mo)
Nanai edit
Noun edit
мо (moo)
Tajik edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
Dari | ما |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | мо |
мо • (mo)
Tsez edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tsezian *mɔq’ʰu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
мо • (mo) class 2
- (Kidero) tear
Ukrainian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
мо • (mo)
- Alternative spelling of мо' (moʺ)