momo

English

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Etymology

Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), from Mandarin 馍馍 (mómo) (reference: Jīn Péng 金鹏 (ed.): Zàngyǔ jiǎnzhì 藏语简志. Mínzú chūbǎnshè 民族出版社, Beijing 1983, p. 31.)

Noun

momo (plural momos)

1. A type of Tibetan, Ladakhi and Nepali dumpling made with a simple flour and water dough.
   • 2007 July 1, “Far East of the U.N.”, New York Times:

     Many dishes show a direct influence of China or India; for example, momos, or Tibetan dumplings, look like Chinese pot-stickers.

Translations

type of dumpling

• Belarusian: мома (be) (moma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 饃饃 (cmn), 馍馍 (cmn) (mómo)

• Dutch: momo (nl)
• Dzongkha: མོ་མོ་ (dz)
• Finnish: momo, momo-nyytti
• French: momo (fr)
• German: Momo (de)
• Hungarian: momo (hu)
• Japanese: モモ (ja)
• Kyrgyz: момо (ky) (momo)

• Nepali: म:म (ne)
• Polish: momo (pl)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: момо (ru) (momo)
• Spanish: momo (es)
• Swedish: momos (sv)
• Thai: โมโม (th)
• Tibetan: མོག་མོག་ (bo)
• Turkish: momo (tr)
• Ukrainian: момо (uk) (momo)

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Adangme

Adverb

momo

1. already

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Japanese

Romanization

momo

1. See もも

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Mandarin 魔 (mó, “demon”).

Noun

momo

1. monster, ghost