omo

See also: OMO, ɔmo, omo-, and ọmọ

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm, from German Ohm (“uncle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈomo]
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• Rhymes: -omo
• Hyphenation: o‧mo

Noun

omo (accusative singular omon, plural omoj, accusative plural omojn)

1. ohm (derived unit of electrical resistance)

Synonyms

• Ω

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Fula

Pronoun

omo

1. (Pulaar, Fouta-toro, Massina, Liptaako, Benin, S.W. Niger, Sokoto) third person singular;long form he/she

Dialectal variants

• himo (Pular)
• ombo (Fouta-toro)

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993), “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies‎^[1], volume 35, DOI:10.15021/00003067, pages 215-230

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Hausa

Etymology

From OMO, a brand of detergent sold by the company Unilever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔóː.mòː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔóː.mòː]

Noun

ōmṑ m (possessed form ōmòn)

1. detergent, soap powder

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Hawaiian

Verb

omo

1. suck
2. absorb

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin homō. Compare Venetian omo, Italian uomo.

Noun

omo m

1. man

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Italian

Alternative forms

• homo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: ò‧mo

Noun

omo m (plural omini) (regional)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of uomo
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto I, p. 11, vv. 64-66:

     «Miserere di me», gridai a lui, ¶ «qual che tu sii, od ombra od omo certo!». ¶ Rispuosemi: «Non omo, omo già fui, [...]»

     «Have pity on me», unto him I cried, ¶ «whiche'er thou art, or shade or real man!». ¶ He answered me: «Not man; man once I was, [...]»

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Japanese

Romanization

omo

1. Rōmaji transcription of おも

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Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈomo/

Noun

omo (mutated form nomo)

1. house

References

• Brown, Lea (2005) Nias. In Adelaar, Alexander & Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (eds.) The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, p. 567. Abingdon: Routledge. →ISBN

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Rapa Nui

Verb

omo

1. suck

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin homō. Compare Italian uomo.

Noun

omo m (plural omi)

1. man

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West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.mo/

Adverb

omo

1. already

   demilinga eme omo ― they loved them already

2. enough

   mena omo ― that's enough

Alternative forms

• mo

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics