damo

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blanka damo
la kera damo

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Damo

Etymology

From Italian/Polish/Portuguese/Spanish dama, French dame, from Latin domina, from domus (“house”) (compare domo), from Proto-Indo-European *dómh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to build”).

Noun

damo (plural damoj, accusative singular damon, accusative plural damojn)

(chess, card games) queen
- 1908, Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li?, ch. 3:
  La junulo miksis la kartojn kaj prenis unu el ili. Ĝi estis la kera damo.
  The youth shuffled the cards and drew one of them. It was the queen of hearts.
- 1910, E. L. (tr.) Kearney, La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis, ch. 11:
  La Kera Damo bakis tortojn / En iu somertago!
  The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, / All on a summer day.

(checkers) king
(title) Dame, Lady

Hiligaynon

Verb

dámò

increase, multiply

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Etymology

From Italian/Polish/Portuguese/Spanish dama, French dame, from Latin domina, from domus (“house”) (compare domo), from Proto-Indo-European *dómh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to build”).