jamo

See also: Jāmo̧

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 자모(字母) (jamo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑmoʊ/, /ˈt͡ʃɑmoʊ/

Noun

jamo (plural jamo or jamos)

1. Any of the component letters of the Korean hangul alphabet.

Synonyms

• chamo

Translations

jamo - Korean letters, building blocks of hangul

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韓語字母 / 韩语字母 (hányǔ zìmǔ), 諺文字母 / 谚文字母 (yànwén zìmǔ), 朝鮮字母 / 朝鲜字母 (cháoxiān zìmǔ)

• Japanese: 字母 (ja) (じぼ, jibo), ハングルの字母 (hanguru no jibo), 朝鮮字母 (Chōsen jibo)
• Korean: 자모(字母) (ko) (jamo), 낱소리 (natsori)
• Polish: jamo n
• Russian: чамо́ (ru) f or n (čamó), нассо́ри f or n (nassóri)
• Vietnamese: chamo, tự mẫu (字母 (vi))

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• iamo

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ad modo. Compare Romanian amu, Aromanian amo, acmo.

Adverb

jamo

1. now
2. yet
3. still

Related terms

• mut

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jamaica.

Noun

jamo

1. (sometimes derogatory) A term for Jamaicans, sometimes perceived as having derogatory connotations.

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• jam, jamž, jamžto, jamže

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈjamo/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈjamo/

Conjunction

jamo

1. wither
   • 15th century, Alexandreida, zlomek budějovickomuzejní:

     Ten pro zběstvo, pro chudobu
     sěm hi tamo točě sobú
     jakžto trest, jam vieter pochýlí,
     tam taký člověk sě schýlí.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• It is found together with tamo in comparative sentences, similarly as jako... tako.... The word jamo as well as jedy and other adverbs on "j-" which aren't even attested were already rare in Old Czech and replaced by "k-" adverbs – which served as interrogative as well as relative adverbs. The only exceptions are kak(o), which was eventually replaced by jak(o) in modern Czech, and jelik(o), which got a different meaning as jelikož.

Coordinate terms

Type	kto	jen	jiný	onen	sen	ten	veš
Time	k(eh)dy	jedy	jindy	on(eh)dy	—	t(eh)dy	v(e)šdy
Place (through)	kudy	—	jinudy	onudy	sudy	tudy	všudy
Place (to)	kam(o)	jam(o)	jinam(o)	onam(o)	sěm(o)	tam(o)	všam(o)
Place (in)	kde	—	jinde	onde	sde	tu	všude
Way	kak(o)	jak(o)	jinak(o)	onak(o)	sic(e)	tak(o)	však(o)
Amount	kolik(o)	jelik(o)	—	—	—	tolik(o)	—

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “jamo”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.mɔ/
• Rhymes: -amɔ
• Syllabification: ja‧mo

Noun

jamo f

1. vocative singular of jama

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jamo (Cyrillic spelling јамо)

1. vocative singular of jama