TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

mo

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-1 language code for Moldovan.

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məʊ/
  • (US) enPR: , IPA(key): /moʊ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English mo, from Old English , from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish , Albanian . See also more, most.

AdverbEdit

mo (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) To a greater degree.
  2. (now dialectal) Further, longer.

AdjectiveEdit

mo (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances)

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

mo (plural mos)

  1. Abbreviation of month.

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

mo (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of moment.
    Hang on a mo!

Etymology 4Edit

Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.

NounEdit

mo (plural mos)

  1. (slang) A homosexual.

Etymology 5Edit

Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo' (for; four), ho (whore).

AdjectiveEdit

mo (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of mo' (more)
    Yo, you got mo chips?

Etymology 6Edit

Short for moustache.

NounEdit

mo (plural mos)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A moustache.

Etymology 7Edit

Clipping.

NounEdit

mo (plural mos)

  1. (prison slang) A molester.
    • 2018, James Kühnel, Carceration State
      The Idaho prison is full of cho-mos (child molesters), mos (molesters), and all types of sexual predators that have engaged in some type of abnormal sexual acts.
Related termsEdit

Etymology 8Edit

Clipping.

NounEdit

mo (plural mos)

  1. (slang) A moron.
    • 1997, “Detox”, in City, performed by Strapping Young Lad:
      Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!

Etymology 9Edit

From mil, by analogy with do and gro.

NumeralEdit

mo

  1. The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

AbinomnEdit

NounEdit

mo

  1. (anatomy) stomach

AdangmeEdit

PronounEdit

mo

  1. you
    I suɔ mo.
    I love you.

AkanEdit

PronounEdit

mo

  1. ye, you (plural)

AlbanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *mē, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (a prohibitive particle).

ParticleEdit

mo (masculine adjectival i mo, feminine singular e mo, masculine plural mo, feminine plural moa)

  1. don't

Alemannic GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).

NounEdit

mo m (Carcoforo)

  1. man
  2. husband

ReferencesEdit

AmanabEdit

NounEdit

mo

  1. speech, language, word

Angguruk YaliEdit

NounEdit

mo

  1. mountain

ReferencesEdit

Antillean CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French mot (word).

NounEdit

mo

  1. word

Bikol CentralEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mo

  1. second person singular possessive adjective; your

DongxiangEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Mongolic *mör (trail, path), compare Mongolian мөр (mör, road, path).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mo

  1. road, path
    nie fade bi zhin mo jiere yawuzhi saozhi wo.
    one time I was walking on the road.

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mo (accusative singular mo-on, plural mo-oj, accusative plural mo-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

See alsoEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French mot (word).

NounEdit

mo

  1. word

IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • m’ (used before vowel sounds)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish mo, mu, from Proto-Celtic *moy, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)moy, clitic oblique case of *éǵh₂.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

mo (triggers lenition)

  1. my
    mo bhádmy boat
    mo mháthairmy mother
  2. me (direct object pronoun before verbal noun)
    Tá sé ag mo bhualadhHe is hitting me

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 9

Further readingEdit

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “mo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “mo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

ItalianEdit

AdverbEdit

mo

  1. Alternative spelling of mo'

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

mo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of

KalashaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit मा (mā́), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle). Cognate with Hindi मत (mat), Persian مـ(ma-), Albanian mo.

ParticleEdit

mo

  1. do not, don't (prohibitive particle)

LolopoEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Burmese -မ (-ma.).

SuffixEdit

mo

  1. (Yao'an) female
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Loloish *ma¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi (ma), Naxi meel.

NounEdit

mo 

  1. (Yao'an) bamboo

Louisiana CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

mo (first person singular, plural nouzòt, objective , possessive )

  1. I.

Coordinate termsEdit

Related termsEdit

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

mo (mo5 / mo0, Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄛ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of , , ,

mo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

MatlatzincaEdit

NounEdit

mo

  1. foot

ReferencesEdit

  • Roberto Escalante Hernández, Marciano Hernández, Matlatzinca de San Francisco Oxtotilpan, Estado de México (1999)

Mauritian CreoleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French moi (me).

PronounEdit

mo (objective mwa)

  1. I (first-person singular nominative personal pronoun)
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From French mot (word).

NounEdit

mo

  1. word

Alternative spelling: mot.

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English , from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mo

  1. more numerous; larger in amount
  2. greater in quantity or intensity
  3. additional, further, other (persons or things in addition to those mentioned)
  4. higher in social status

AdverbEdit

mo

  1. to a greater degree; more
  2. longer, again, any more
  3. besides, also, further, else

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • English: mo

ReferencesEdit

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mollis.

AdjectiveEdit

mo m

  1. (Jersey) soft

Derived termsEdit

Northern SamiEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmoː/

AdverbEdit

  1. how

Further readingEdit

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Believed to be from the noun moe.

AdjectiveEdit

mo (neuter singular mo or mott, definite singular and plural mo or moe)

  1. close, sultry

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse moðr.

Alternative formsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mo (neuter singular mo, definite singular and plural mo or moe)

  1. tired, weary

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse mór (moor).

NounEdit

mo m (definite singular moen, indefinite plural moer, definite plural moene)

  1. moor, heath
  2. (military) drill ground

Etymology 4Edit

From Old Norse moð.

NounEdit

mo n (definite singular moet, indefinite plural mo, definite plural moa or moene)

  1. dust (e.g. sawdust)
  2. chaff (e.g. from hay)

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse mór (moor), from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

NounEdit

mo m (definite singular moen, indefinite plural moar, definite plural moane)

  1. moor, heath
  2. (military) drill ground

Etymology 2Edit

Perhaps from the noun moe m.

AdjectiveEdit

mo (neuter singular mo or mott, definite singular and plural mo or moe)

  1. close, sultry

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.

Alternative formsEdit

  • mod (alternative spelling)

AdjectiveEdit

mo (neuter singular mo, definite singular and plural mo or moe)

  1. tired, weary

Etymology 4Edit

From Old Norse moð.

Alternative formsEdit

  • (alternative spelling)

NounEdit

mo n (definite singular moet, indefinite plural mo, definite plural moa)

  1. dust (e.g. sawdust)
  2. chaff (e.g. from hay)

Etymology 5Edit

From German, originally moder.

AdverbEdit

mo

  1. Used as an intensifier about loneliness
    Synonym: mutters

Etymology 6Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

mo

  1. imperative of moa

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Old IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • mu
  • m’ (used before vowel sounds)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *moy, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)moy, clitic oblique case of *éǵh₂.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

mo (triggers lenition)

  1. my
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d23
      Mad ar lóg pridcha-sa, .i. ar m’étiuth et mo thoschith, ním·bia fochricc dar hési mo precepte.
      If I preach for pay, that is, for my clothing and my sustenance, I shall not have a reward for my teaching.

Further readingEdit

Old OccitanEdit

PronounEdit

mo m (feminine ma, masculine plural mos)

  1. my (possessive; belong to 'me')

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: mo

ContractionEdit

mo (feminine ma)

  1. Contraction of me o (him/it to me).

Réunion Creole FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French mot (word).

NounEdit

mo

  1. word

SamoanEdit

PrepositionEdit

mo

  1. for

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish mo. Cognates include Irish mo.

DeterminerEdit

mo (triggers lenition)

  1. my

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

-mo

  1. present stem of -wamo (to be (inside there))
    wamothey are inside

See alsoEdit

  • -mo: verbal affix
  • -wapo (“to be (at a definite place)”)
  • -wako (“to be (at an indefinite place)”)

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

mo c

  1. sandy soil
  2. a sandy field, a moor, a heath

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mo mon moar moarna
Genitive mos mons moars moarnas

Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

TagalogEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓ)

  1. second person singular possessive adjective; your

See alsoEdit

TuvaluanEdit

PrepositionEdit

mo

  1. for

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mo (𥷺, 𧄲)

  1. spathe of the areca tree

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

Reduced form of ddim o (not of, nothing of).

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

mo (causes soft mutation)

  1. (colloquial) negative particle used when immediately preceding the definite article or a definite noun phrase
    Fwytais i mo'r moron.I didn't eat the carrots.
    Wela i mo'r ffilm 'na.I will not see that film.
    Chlywoch chi mo Owain.You didn't hear Owain.
    Leician nhw mo wraig y dyn.They wouldn't like the man's wife.

Usage notesEdit

Because this form is used only when directly in front of a definite object, it only appears in the (non-periphrastic) preterite, future and conditional tenses.

In front of a pronoun, mo has personal forms the same as the preposition o:

See alsoEdit

  • dim, ddim (negative particle used in all other situations)

MutationEdit

Does not mutate.

West MakianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mo

  1. (transitive) to swallow
  2. (transitive) to slurp up, to suck up
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of mo (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tomo momo amo
2nd person nomo fomo
3rd person inanimate imo domo
animate
imperative nomo, mo fomo, mo

Etymology 2Edit

For the semantic development of the interjection, compare Spanish ya (already; come on!).

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

mo

  1. Alternative form of omo (already)

InterjectionEdit

mo

  1. come!
  2. come on!

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mo

  1. (stative) alternative form of mu (ripe)
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of mo (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person timo mimo amo
2nd person nimo fimo
3rd person inanimate imo dimo
animate mamo
imperative —, mo —, mo

ReferencesEdit

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[2], Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics

WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse móðr (emotion, anger,) from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, whence also English mood. Influenced by French mode, from Latin modus. In the sense ’anger’ replaced by sinn. For the sense ’method’ compare me n.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mo n (definite singular mode or moe, plural mo)

  1. (singular only) Spirit, love of life, optimism.
  2. Way of behaving, mood.
    han hadd de mode
    he had that way
  3. Fashion.
  4. Method.

Related termsEdit

YaoEdit

Yao cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  >
    Cardinal : mo

EtymologyEdit

Cognates include Swahili moja.

NumeralEdit

mo

  1. one

Usage notesEdit

This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. libweta limo (one box). See the Yao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.

YorubaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • mi (used in a negative sentence, or generally in some dialects)
  • n (used in negative or future sentences, or with )

PronounEdit

mo

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See alsoEdit