mao
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mao"
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mao
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Noun edit
mao (plural maos)
- The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.
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Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus. Cognate with Portuguese mau and Spanish malo.
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Adjective edit
mao (feminine má, masculine plural maos, feminine plural más)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.
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Noun edit
mao f (plural maos)
- Alternative form of man
References edit
- “mao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “mao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “mao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Hawaiian edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
mao
- to clear up (e.g. of cloudy weather), alleviate
- to fade (e.g. of the color of cloth)
- to pass (e.g. of a feeling), go away, cease
- Ua mao aʻela ke kaumaha. ― The sadness has ceased.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
mao
- a type of fish
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mao
Mandarin edit
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mao
- Nonstandard spelling of māo.
- Nonstandard spelling of máo.
- Nonstandard spelling of mǎo.
- Nonstandard spelling of mào.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
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mao (plural maos, feminine maa, feminine plural maas)
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mao m (plural maos)
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mao
- Initialism of med andra ord (“in other words”).
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