imo

See also: IMO, Imo, and -imo

English

Prepositional phrase

imo

1. Alternative form of IMO.

Anagrams

• IOM, MOI, Mio, mo'i, moi, omi

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

Pronoun

imo

1. you

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• imoha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔimo/, [ˈʔi.mʊ]
• Hyphenation: i‧mo

Pronoun

imo

1. you (2nd person singular preposed ergative form)
2. (in the singular) yours

Noun

imo

1. (slang, humorous) one's genitalia

Determiner

imo

1. (in the singular) your

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute (ang/si)		Ergative (sa/ni)		Ergative (preposed)	Oblique (sa/og)
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short	Full	Full	Short
First	singular	ako	ko*	nako	ko	ako/akoa	kanako	nako
	plural inclusive	kita	ta	nato	ta	ato/atoa	kanato	nato
	plural exclusive	kami	mi	namo	mo	amo/amoa	kanamo	namo
Second	singular	ikaw	ka	nimo	mo	imo/imoha	kanimo	nimo
	plural	kamo	ka	ninyo		inyo/inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
Third	singular	siya		niya		iya/iyaha	kaniya	niya
	plural	sila		nila		ila/ilaha	kanila	nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

Italian

FWOTD – 17 January 2016

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification: ì‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin īmus, superlative form of īnferus (“low”, “deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.

Adjective

imo (feminine ima, masculine plural imi, feminine plural ime) (obsolete, poetic)

1. (literally) located in the lowest or innermost part
2. (by extension) low, deep

   Synonym: infero

   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Pommi ove 'l sole occide i fiori et l'erba” (Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.143) :

     Ponm' in cielo od in terra od in abisso, ¶ in alto poggio, in valle ima e palustre, ¶ libero spirto, od a' suoi membri affisso; [...]

     Set me in heaven, on earth, or in the depths, ¶ on a high hill, or in a deep marshy vale, ¶ a spirit freed, or imprisoned in its limbs; [...]

   • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “La selva primitiva” (Juvenilia, Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli (1906), p. 109, Libro LVII), vv. 43-44:

     [...] un tremor gelido ¶ per l'ossa ime gli corse; e s'atterrava, ¶ e gemea [...]

     [...] a freezing chill ¶ ran through his deep bones; and he dropped ¶ and wailed [...]

3. (figurative) of a low social status (of people)
   • 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, Erasmo Viotti, p.222, Canto IX:

     Miete i vili, e i potenti: e i più sublimi ¶ e più superbi capi adegua agl’imi.

     It breaks vile and mighty alike: and makes the noblest ¶ and proudest leaders one with the lowest.

4. (rare, figurative) inappropriate, vulgar, uncouth (of things)

Related terms

• inferiore
• infero
• infimo

Etymology 2

From Latin īmum, substantivization of the neuter form of īmus (“lowest”, “deepest”).

Noun

imo m (plural imi)

1. (obsolete) bottom; base

   Synonyms: (more common) base, (more common) fondo

   Antonyms: apice, culmine, sommità, vetta

   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXIX, p. 430, vv. 37-39:

     Così parlammo infino al loco primo ¶ che dello scoglio l'altra valle mostra, ¶ se più lume vi fosse, tutto ad imo.

     Thus did we speak as far as the first place ¶ upon the crag, which the next valley shows ¶ down to the bottom, if there were more light.

Anagrams

• mio, mio-

Japanese

Romanization

imo

1. Rōmaji transcription of いも

Latin

Etymology 1

Variant form.

Adverb

imō (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of immō
   • c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:

     Quis hoc crederet, ut barbara Getarum lingua Hebraicam quaereret veritatem; et dormitantibus, imo contendentibus Graecis, ipsa Germania Spiritus Sancti eloquia scrutaretur!

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

īmō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īmus

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

īmō n

1. dative/ablative singular of īmum (“bottom, base”)

References

• “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Regularised form.

Verb

imo

1. (proscribed, Caipira) first-person plural future indicative of ir

Umbundu

Noun

imo (i-ova class, plural ovamo)

1. belly

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *himo.

Pronunciation

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈimo/, [ˈimo]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: i‧mo

Noun

imo

1. wish, desire
2. appetite

Inflection

Declension of imo (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	imo	imod
genitive	imo	imoje, imojõ, imoi
partitive	immoa	imoitõ, imoi
illative	immo, immosõ	imoje, imojõ, imoisõ
inessive	imoz	imoiz
elative	imossõ	imoissõ
allative	imolõ	imoilõ
adessive	imollõ	imoillõ
ablative	imoltõ	imoiltõ
translative	imossi	imoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “imo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn