mamo

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See also: Mamo and mamó

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hawaiian mamo.

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Noun

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mamo (plural mamos)

  1. Either of two extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Drepanis.
    • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 421:
      In 1907, when a well-known collector named Alanson Bryan realised that he had shot the last three specimens of black mamos, a species of forest bird that had only been discovered the previous decade, he noted that the news filled him with ‘joy’.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 76:
      The plaintive whistle of the Hawai‘i mamo, a shy bird then found only on Hawai‘i Island, was heard only rarely by the mid-1880s, as cattle ranching and plantations altered the forest canopies where this nectar-loving finch once thrived.

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Amaimon

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Noun

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mamo

  1. taro

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Catalan

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Verb

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mamo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mamar

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin mamma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmamo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -amo
  • Hyphenation: ma‧mo

Noun

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mamo (accusative singular mamon, plural mamoj, accusative plural mamojn)

  1. (anatomy) breast (female)

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Galician

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Verb

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mamo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mamar

Ido

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Etymology

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From Esperanto mamo.

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mamo (plural mami)

  1. (anatomy) breast

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Italian

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Etymology

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Akin to mammolo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈma.mo/
  • Rhymes: -amo
  • Hyphenation: mà‧mo

Noun

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mamo m (plural mami)

  1. (theater) a comedic character type representing a young boy who is inexperienced and naive, and yet wishes to come off as clever and experienced

Further reading

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  • mamo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mamo

  1. vocative singular of mama

Portuguese

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Verb

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mamo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mamar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmamo/ [ˈma.mo]
  • Rhymes: -amo
  • Syllabification: ma‧mo

Verb

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mamo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mamar

West Makian

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Etymology

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If related to mamu (mother), then compare Ternate tuguhera.

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Noun

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mamo

  1. thumb

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics

Yanomam

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Etymology

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Cognate to Yanomamö mamo.

Noun

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mamo (clitic meronym; singulative mamo, dual mamokipë, definite plural mamokɨ, indefinite plural mamopë)

  1. eye

References

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  • Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure[2], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 116

Yanomamö

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Etymology

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Cognate to Yanomam mamo.

Noun

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mamo (plural mamoku)

  1. eye

References

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  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ[3] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN