moyo

See also: Moyo, moyó, and mo̱yo̱ꞌ

English

Noun

moyo (plural moyos)

1. Archaic form of moio.

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.jo/

Noun

moyo class 3 (plural miyoyo class 4)

1. life
2. (in the plural) living things; souls

Mapudungun

Noun

moyo (Raguileo spelling)

1. nipple

Nubi

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic موية (mōya).

Noun

móyo

1. water

References

• Inneke Hilda Werner Wellens, The Nubi Language of Uganda: An Arabic Creole in Africa (2005), page 50

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

moyo

1. mosquito

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò.

Noun

moyo class 3

1. heart (used in anatomy to refer to the muscular organ which pumps blood throughout the body, as well as in "metaphorical" terms in reference to emotional or romantic experiences)

See also

• mwoyo
• mamoyo
• mhumba

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin modius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʝo/ [ˈmo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmoʝo/ [ˈmo.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmoʃo/ [ˈmo.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmoʒo/ [ˈmo.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -oʝo
• Syllabification: mo‧yo

Noun

moyo m (plural moyos)

1. unit of liquid measurement equal to 258 liters or 16 cántaras

Further reading

• “moyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Other scripts
Ajami	مُيُ

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

moyo (m-mi class, plural mioyo)

1. heart (organ)

   Synonym: mtima

2. heart (feelings and emotions, seat of the affections or sensibilities)
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 6:

     نِيَضِهِرِشِ يَغُ مَقَالِ ، اَبَيُ مُيُوْنِ نِقُصُدِيِ

     Niyaḍihirishe yangu maqali, ambayo moyoni niquṣudiye.

     Let me set forth the plan which I have in my heart.

3. hearts (suit of cards)

   Synonym: kopa

4. courage