namo

See also: nǟmõ and Nam̧o

'Are'are

Noun

namo

1. lake

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Gothic

Romanization

namō

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉

Hiri Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

Noun

namo

1. mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)

Lithuanian

Noun

namo m

1. genitive singular of namas

Middle English

Etymology

no +‎ mo

Adverb

namo

1. No more (of discrete items, such as would be described by mo and fewer)
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologues”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Ther was also a Reve and a Millere, / A Somnour and a Pardoner also, / A Maunciple, and myself - ther were namo.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *namō.

Noun

namo m

1. name

Inflection

Declension of namo

	Singular	Plural
nominative	namo	namin
accusative	namin	namin
genitive	namin	namno
dative	namin	namon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: nāme
  • Dutch: naam
  • Limburgish: naam, naom

Further reading

• “namo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *namō, whence also Old Saxon namo and Old Dutch namo, Old English nama, Old Norse nafn, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō).

Noun

namo m

1. name
2. (grammar) noun

Declension

Declension of namo (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	namo	namon
accusative	namon	namon
genitive	namen	namōno
dative	namen	namōm

Derived terms

• selb namo (manuscript) / selb-namo (editions)

Descendants

• Middle High German: name
  • Alemannic German: Naame

    Italian Walser: namä, noame, nomu, nàmund

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: nåm, name, naamo

    Mòcheno: nu'm

    Udinese: nome, nòmm, nome, nomat

  • German: Name
  • Luxembourgish: Numm
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Naame

  • Yiddish: נאָמען‎ (nomen)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *namō.

Noun

namo

1. name

Declension

Declension of namo

	Singular	Plural
nominative	namo	namon, namun, naman
accusative	namon, naman	namon, namun, naman
genitive	namen, naman, namon	namono, nomana
dative	namen, naman, namon	namon, namun
instrumental	—	—

References

1. Altsächsisches Elementarbuch (Germanische Bibliothek. I. Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher. I. Reihe: Grammatiken. Fünfter Band; 2nd ed., Heidelberg, 1921) by Dr. F. Holthausen; p. 246 "namo sw. M. Name.", cp. p. 106ff.
2. Gerhard Köbler, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch, (5. Auflage) 2014

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀦𑀫𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• नमो (Devanagari script)
• নমো (Bengali script)
• නමො (Sinhalese script)
• နမော or ၼမေႃ (Burmese script)
• นโม or นะโม (Thai script)
• ᨶᨾᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ນໂມ or ນະໂມ (Lao script)
• នមោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄟𑄮 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नमः (namaḥ). The Pali root is nam.

Particle

namo

1. salutation

Usage notes

Used in formula namo + dative of person honoured.

Derived terms

• namassati (“to venerate”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “namo”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Tokelauan

Te namo.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namo. Cognates include Tuvaluan namo and Samoan namo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.mo/
• Hyphenation: na‧mo

Noun

namo

1. lagoon

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 248