See also: ämmö, -ammo, and ammo-

English edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of ammunition +‎ -o.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ammo (usually uncountable, plural ammos)

  1. (informal) Ammunition.
    • 1917, Arthur Guy Empey, “Lewis Gun”, in Over the Top, G. P. Putnam's, page 297:
      Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper. Then it's “napoo-fini” (Tommy's French) for Mr. Lewis.
    • 2011, Mark Brannon, Tom Hanrahan, Shooting Sporting Clays, page 39:
      As with handguns and rifles, some ammos are more accurate than others.

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

ammo (third-person singular simple present ammos, present participle ammoing, simple past and past participle ammoed)

  1. (transitive, informal) To load up on ammunition.
    Synonym: ammo up
    • 2001, H. Beam Piper, Uller Uprising:
      "Harry and Hassan are getting the car re-ammoed; they dropped me off here.

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Anagrams edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *ammo, from Proto-Uralic *aŋmɜ-. Cognate to Ingrian ammillaa, Votic ammulla, Estonian ammuli, Estonian ammu, Livonian amtlõ (to yawn), Skolt Sami ämmsõddâd (to yawn), Western Mari [script needed] (omeštaš, to talk or move while in sleep or to talk unclearly), Southern Selkup [script needed] (āmmu-, yawnable, something that makes one to yawn) (Ket), Kamassian [script needed] (a’moi-, yawnable, something that makes one to yawn).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmːo/, [ˈɑ̝mːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmːo
  • Syllabification(key): am‧mo

Noun edit

ammo (dialectal, rare)

  1. something that widens on a mouth section, like a mouth or a cavity

Declension edit

Inflection of ammo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative ammo ammot
genitive ammon ammojen
partitive ammoa ammoja
illative ammoon ammoihin
singular plural
nominative ammo ammot
accusative nom. ammo ammot
gen. ammon
genitive ammon ammojen
partitive ammoa ammoja
inessive ammossa ammoissa
elative ammosta ammoista
illative ammoon ammoihin
adessive ammolla ammoilla
ablative ammolta ammoilta
allative ammolle ammoille
essive ammona ammoina
translative ammoksi ammoiksi
abessive ammotta ammoitta
instructive ammoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ammo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ammoni ammoni
accusative nom. ammoni ammoni
gen. ammoni
genitive ammoni ammojeni
partitive ammoani ammojani
inessive ammossani ammoissani
elative ammostani ammoistani
illative ammooni ammoihini
adessive ammollani ammoillani
ablative ammoltani ammoiltani
allative ammolleni ammoilleni
essive ammonani ammoinani
translative ammokseni ammoikseni
abessive ammottani ammoittani
instructive
comitative ammoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ammosi ammosi
accusative nom. ammosi ammosi
gen. ammosi
genitive ammosi ammojesi
partitive ammoasi ammojasi
inessive ammossasi ammoissasi
elative ammostasi ammoistasi
illative ammoosi ammoihisi
adessive ammollasi ammoillasi
ablative ammoltasi ammoiltasi
allative ammollesi ammoillesi
essive ammonasi ammoinasi
translative ammoksesi ammoiksesi
abessive ammottasi ammoittasi
instructive
comitative ammoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ammomme ammomme
accusative nom. ammomme ammomme
gen. ammomme
genitive ammomme ammojemme
partitive ammoamme ammojamme
inessive ammossamme ammoissamme
elative ammostamme ammoistamme
illative ammoomme ammoihimme
adessive ammollamme ammoillamme
ablative ammoltamme ammoiltamme
allative ammollemme ammoillemme
essive ammonamme ammoinamme
translative ammoksemme ammoiksemme
abessive ammottamme ammoittamme
instructive
comitative ammoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ammonne ammonne
accusative nom. ammonne ammonne
gen. ammonne
genitive ammonne ammojenne
partitive ammoanne ammojanne
inessive ammossanne ammoissanne
elative ammostanne ammoistanne
illative ammoonne ammoihinne
adessive ammollanne ammoillanne
ablative ammoltanne ammoiltanne
allative ammollenne ammoillenne
essive ammonanne ammoinanne
translative ammoksenne ammoiksenne
abessive ammottanne ammoittanne
instructive
comitative ammoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative ammonsa ammonsa
accusative nom. ammonsa ammonsa
gen. ammonsa
genitive ammonsa ammojensa
partitive ammoaan
ammoansa
ammojaan
ammojansa
inessive ammossaan
ammossansa
ammoissaan
ammoissansa
elative ammostaan
ammostansa
ammoistaan
ammoistansa
illative ammoonsa ammoihinsa
adessive ammollaan
ammollansa
ammoillaan
ammoillansa
ablative ammoltaan
ammoltansa
ammoiltaan
ammoiltansa
allative ammolleen
ammollensa
ammoilleen
ammoillensa
essive ammonaan
ammonansa
ammoinaan
ammoinansa
translative ammokseen
ammoksensa
ammoikseen
ammoiksensa
abessive ammottaan
ammottansa
ammoittaan
ammoittansa
instructive
comitative ammoineen
ammoinensa

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ammo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
  • ammuli”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[2] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Uzbek edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā, as for).

Conjunction edit

ammo

  1. but