mó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mo"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mó, from Proto-Celtic *māyūs, comparative form of *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic mò and Welsh mwy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠoː/
• IPA^(key): /mˠuː/

Adjective

mó

1. comparative degree of mór

Derived terms

• móide

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mó	mhó	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mão.

Noun

mó

1. hand

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Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo/

Noun

mó

1. work

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

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Mandarin

Alternative forms

• mo — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

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Namuyi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-m-raŋ ~ s-raŋ. Cognate to Chinese 馬／马 (mǎ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo˨]

Noun

mó

1. horse

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Early Old Irish *máu from Proto-Celtic *māyūs comparative form of *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-. Cognate with Welsh mwy.

Alternative forms

• moü, moä, móo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moː/

Adjective

mó

1. comparative degree of mór

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mó also mmó after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mó pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

mó

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ/

• Hyphenation: mó

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese moo, from Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Spanish muela.

Noun

mó f (plural mós)

1. millstone
2. grindstone

Derived terms

• estar na mó de baixo
• estar na mó de cima

Related terms

• moer
• moinho

Etymology 2

Adjective

mó (invariable)

1. (Brazil, informal) Clipping of maior. (often combined with article)

   Pular de paraquedas é mó adrenalina

   To jump with parachutes is quite the adrenaline

Adverb

1. (Brazil, slang) very

   Acordei mó desesperado essa noite.

   I woke up very desperate tonight.

Etymology 3

From Latin mōlēs (“mass”).

Noun

mó f (plural mós)

1. (collective) crowd
2. heap, pile (large quantity)

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Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

mó

1. Superseded spelling of mò.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɔ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɔ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɔ˦˥]

Verb

mó • (摸, 𢱓, 𢱖, 𪮍)

1. to touch

Derived terms

Derived terms

• sờ mó