Translingual edit

Symbol edit

mao

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Māori.

English edit

 
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Noun edit

mao (plural maos)

  1. The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

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Angor edit

Noun edit

mao

  1. taro

Estonian edit

Noun edit

mao

  1. genitive singular of madu
  2. genitive singular of magu

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus. Cognate with Portuguese mau and Spanish malo.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mao (feminine , masculine plural maos, feminine plural más)

  1. bad
    Antonym: bo
  2. evil; mean
    Antonym: bo

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mao f (plural maos)

  1. 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

  1. to clear up (e.g. of cloudy weather), alleviate
  2. to fade (e.g. of the color of cloth)
  3. 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

  1. a type of fish

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1957), “mao”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi[1], 2003

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

mao

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まお

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

mao

  1. Nonstandard spelling of māo.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of máo.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of mǎo.
  4. 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

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin malus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mao (plural maos, feminine maa, feminine plural maas)

  1. bad

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Galician: mao
  • Portuguese: mau (see there for further descendants)

Noun edit

mao m (plural maos)

  1. a bad person

Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

Phrase edit

mao

  1. Initialism of med andra ord (in other words).

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Noun edit

mao

  1. rock