amo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "amo"

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Translingual

Etymology

From English Amo.

Symbol

amo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Amo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Amo terms

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho amo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmo/ [ʔʌˈmɔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

amó f (plural amoomá f)

1. head
2. intelligence
3. summit, top
4. (collective) hair

Declension

Declension of amó
absolutive	amó
predicative	amó
subjective	amó
genitive	amó
Postpositioned forms l-case amól k-case amók t-case amót h-case amóh

Synonyms

• (hair): xágor

Derived terms

• (diminutive) amóyta, amoytá

• amotála

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “amo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asi

Noun

amo

1. monkey

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈa.mu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈa.mo]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Etymology 1

Back-formation from ama (“mistress”).

Noun

amo m (plural amos, feminine ama, feminine plural ames)

1. owner (of a piece of land or real estate, a business, a dog, etc.)
2. master

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amar

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “amo”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• among

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish amo (“master of the house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔamo/ [ˈʔa.mo]
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

amo (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋᜓ)

1. master; boss
2. pet owner; caretaker (of an animal)

   Synonym: kag-ataman

Derived terms

• amohan
• mag-amo

Etymology 2

From Greater Central Proto-Philippine *amúʔ. Compare Cebuano amo (“monkey”), Cuyunon amoy (“small monkey”), Hiligaynon amo (“monkey”), Tagalog amo (“small monkey”) and Tausug amu'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmoʔ/ [ʔaˈmoʔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

amô (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋᜓ)

1. (Naga) monkey

   Synonyms: kabalang, ukay

Chavacano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hiligaynon amo. Compare Tausug amu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmu/ [a.ˈmu]
• Rhymes: -o, -u, -mo, -mu, -amo, -amu
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Particle

amó

1. strongly affirms a statement said of the subject; is the one; is what; is

   El alcalde amo si Cesar Climaco. ― The mayor is Cesar Climaco.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Spanish amo (“master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamo/ [ˈa.mo]
• Rhymes: -o, -mo, -amo
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

amo

1. owner; master; boss

Etymology 3

Possibly from Tagalog amo (“docility”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamo/ [ˈa.mo]
• Rhymes: -o, -mo, -amo
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

amo

1. tameness; docility

   Synonyms: mamanso, manso

Derived terms

• maamo

Chickasaw

Verb

amo

1. to mow

Chuukese

Verb

amo

1. may
2. to let
   • 2010, Ewe Kapasen God, United Bible Societies, →ISBN, Könupin 58:7-8, page 775:

     Amo repwe mȯronȯ ussun chok konik mi chok nichino. Amo repwe pachchacheno ussun chok ekkewe fetin won aan. Amo repwe ussun chok ekkewe pwechar sia puriretiw. Amo repwe ussun chok emon mönukon mi mȧ nupwen a uputiw.

     Let them disappear like water leaking. Let them stick like the grass on the ground. Let them be like the snail we step on. Let them be like a newborn who is dead when he is born.

Classical Nahuatl

Particle

amo

1. alternative spelling of ahmo

Ese

Noun

amo

1. father

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto ami

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Old Latin -os

Latin -um

Italian -oder.

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Latin -um

Spanish -oder.

Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)der.

Esperanto -o

Esperanto amo

From ami + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamo/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: a‧mo

Noun

amo (accusative singular amon, plural amoj, accusative plural amojn)

1. love

   Kiu dissemas amon, tiu rikoltos la samon.

   Whoever sows love will harvest the same.

   —Proverb by Morteza Mirbaghian

   • Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof, Ĉapitro 2,

     Similaj amoj inter filo kaj patrino ĉe multaj geniuloj estas ofte rimarkeblaj. Pope, Musset, Lamartine adoris la patrinon sian, kaj al ŝi tre multon ŝuldis. Same Zamenhof.

     Similar close relationships (lit. loves) between sons and mothers can often been seen in geniuses. Pope, Musset and Lamartine all adored their mothers and owed much to them. The same was true of Zamenhof.

Related terms

• amafero (“love affair”)
• ami (“to love”)
• amintrigo (“love intrigue, love affair”)
• malamo (“hatred”)
• memamo, sinamo (“self-love, self-regard, vanity, narcissism”)

Further reading

• “amo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “amo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Franco-Provençal

Verb

amo (Forézien, Savoyard)

1. alternative form of amar (“to love”)

References

• amo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Fula

Noun

amo ngo (plural amóóji)

1. (Pulaar) flood

References

• D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamo/ [ˈa.mʊ]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Etymology 1

From ama (“mistress”), from Hispanic Late Latin amma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *amma- (“mother”).

Noun

amo m (plural amos, feminine ama, feminine plural amas)

1. master

   Synonyms: dono, patrón, propietario

2. (archaic) tutor

   Synonym: titor

3. (archaic) steward

   Synonym: mordomo

4. (archaic) landlord

   Synonym: terratenente

   • 1814, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Aos coruñeses:

     En certa aldea traballou o ano pasado certo labrador certa porcion de terra: chegada a recolleita foi a segar, e colleu vinte pares de monllos, deles pagou o señor cura duos pares do desmo, pagou nove o señor amo; logo veu o señor cura, e rapoulle cinco polas toucas, quedaronlle catro, mallounos, e non lle deron un ferrado

     in certain village last year certain farmer farmed certain apportion of land: as the harvest came he went to reap; he collected twenty pairs of sheaves; of them he paid two pairs to the priest for the tithe, nine he paid to the landlord; then the priest came again and snatched five for the ecclesiastical services; he was left with four; he threshed them and obtained less than half a bushel

Derived terms

• amádego

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “amo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “amo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “amo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hanunoo

Alternative forms

• amo'

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish amo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔamuʔ/ [ˈʔɐ.moʔ]
• Rhymes: -amuʔ
• Syllabification: a‧mo

Noun

amò (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜳ)

1. master; boss, especially a Christian who hires a Hanunoo laborer

Etymology 2

Compare Tagalog amo and Cebuano amo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔamuʔ/ [ˈʔɐ.moʔ]
• Rhymes: -amuʔ
• Syllabification: a‧mo

Noun

amò (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜳ)

1. crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

See also

• panguyaw

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 28

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.móː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.móː]

Noun

amō m (possessed form amon)

1. sound; noise

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qamo (compare with Māori amo “stretcher, litter”, Tahitian amo, Samoan amo “yoke of a litter”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/, [ˈɐ.mo]

Noun

amo

1. burden

Verb

amo

1. (transitive) to carry (on the shoulders)

Derived terms

• amoamo

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Greater Central Proto-Philippine *amúʔ. Compare Cebuano amo (“monkey”), Cuyunon amoy (“small monkey”), Tagalog amo (“small monkey”) and Tausug amu'.

Noun

amô

1. monkey

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto amo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/

Noun

amo (plural ami)

1. love

Derived terms

• suamo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Riau Malay [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamo/
• Hyphenation: amo

Noun

amo

1. white mite in rice husks

Further reading

• “amo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin hāmus. Compare Spanish hamo, French hameçon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: à‧mo

Noun

amo m (plural ami)

1. hook
2. (figurative) bait

Derived terms

• abboccare all'amo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amare

Etymology 3

Verb

amo

1. Romanesco form of abbiamo: first-person plural present indicative of avere

   Synonym: emo

Further reading

• “amo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• -oma, moa

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

• amu (Western (Ktivi), Northeastern)

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dmáHnaH.

Noun

amó f (Western, Southeastern)

1. house
2. room

Karao

Noun

amo

1. master

Kari'na

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Cariban *amo; compare Trió amo, Wayana amo, Ye'kwana aamo, Yao (South America) ouamonu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aːmo]

Verb

amo

1. (transitive) to weep for, to cry for, to mourn (someone)
2. (transitive) to cry vengeance on

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[5], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 223
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “amo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 81; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[6], Paris, 1956, page 83

Ladino

Etymology

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

Noun

amo m

1. boss, owner

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.mo]

Etymology 1

Perhaps inherited from Proto-Italic *amāō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to take hold of”). Schrijver alternatively proposes that the term reflects an *ē-stative formed to a root present, adducing as evidence amor (“love”). Formations in -or are otherwise rare beside ā-verbs, but are common beside second conjugation stative verbs.

Verb

amō (present infinitive amāre, perfect active amāvī, supine amātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive, or in absolute use) to love

   Synonym: dīligō

   Antonyms: exsecror, abhorreō, abōminor, dēspuō, odiō

   ita mē dī ament/amābunt! ― so may god love me!, blessed be me!

   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria 1.3.146:

     Tū mē amās, egō tē amō; meritō id fierī uterque exīstumat.

     You love me, I love you; and each of us believes it to be well-deserved.

   • c. 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 9.6:

     Sī vīs amārī, amā.

     Love if you wish to be loved.

2. to be fond of, like, admire

   Synonyms: dīligō, probō, approbō, comprobō

   Antonyms: improbō, reprobō

3. (transitive) to be pleased by or with (someone or something) for (a particular reason); to derive pleasure from or for, delight in or for

   Synonym: dēlector

   • 17 BCE, Horatius, Carmen Saeculare:

     […] hīc magnōs potius triumphōs, hīc amēs dīcī pater atque prī̆nceps, neu sinās Mēdōs equitāre inultōs // tē duce, Caesar.

     […] rather, may you delight in these great triumphs, to be called father and the first man (of state), and may you not allow the Medes to ride unpunished while you lead, Caesar.

4. (reflexive) to be pleased (with oneself), to be content
5. (poetic or post-Augustan) to do a thing willingly, to like, to be accustomed (to), enjoy an activity [with infinitive]
6. to be thankful, grateful to, feel obliged for a service
   • c. 185 BCE – 159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, The Eunuch:

     Ō Thāis mea, meum sāvium, quid agitur? Ecquid nōs amās dē fīdīcinā istāc?

     O Thais, my sweetie, what's happening? Are you grateful to us for that harpist?

   • c. 160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, The Brothers:

     Bene facis, meritō tē amō.

     You're very kind, I'm rightly obliged to you.

   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum CXXIII (The phrase raudusculo Numeriano, "Numerius' bit of coin", here refers to a small monetary debt assumedly having been owed by Cicero to Numerius, and paid for Cicero by Atticus):

     Dē raudusculō Numeriānō multum tē amō.

     Regarding Numerius' bit of coin I am very much obliged to you.

7. (transitive, or in absolute use) to make love

   Near-synonyms: comprimō, coeō, dūcō, (vulgar) futuō

   • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 176:

     [dicatque] se amare velle atque obsequi animo suo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

The ancient Romans were accustomed to saying "I shall / will love you!" ("tē amābō" / "amābō tē") in supplication, and "I love you!" ("tē amō") when they were expressing gratitude. Latin "amāre" has a broader semantic range than English "to love", and so can be a semantically "weaker" or, perhaps, less intense verb. Amāre was therefore appropriate for speech etiquette in situations of supplication or the expression of gratitude. Because of the semantic differences between the Latin and English verbs, and especially of the narrower semantic range of English "to love", a literal translation into English will in such cases (involving supplication or gratitude) inevitably appear strange. Accordingly, translators have ever resorted to expressions like "appreciate", "be thankful" and "be obliged" as a workaround, but in some cases the Romans actually meant "love" as they construed that emotion.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of amō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	amō		amās		amat		amāmus		amātis		amant
	imperfect	amābam		amābās		amābat		amābāmus		amābātis		amābant
	future	amābō		amābis		amābit		amābimus		amābitis		amābunt
	perfect	amāvī		amāvistī, amāstī2		amāvit, amāt2		amāvimus, amāmus2		amāvistis, amāstis2		amāvērunt, amārunt, amāvēre2
	pluperfect	amāveram, amāram2		amāverās, amārās2		amāverat, amārat2		amāverāmus, amārāmus2		amāverātis, amārātis2		amāverant, amārant2
	future perfect	amāverō, amārō2		amāveris, amāris2		amāverit, amārit2		amāverimus, amārimus2		amāveritis, amāritis2		amāverint, amārint2
	sigmatic future1	amāssō		amāssis		amāssit		amāssimus		amāssitis		amāssint
passive	present	amor		amāris, amāre		amātur		amāmur		amāminī		amantur
	imperfect	amābar		amābāris, amābāre		amābātur		amābāmur		amābāminī		amābantur
	future	amābor		amāberis, amābere		amābitur		amābimur		amābiminī		amābuntur
	perfect	amātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	amātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	amātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	amem		amēs		amet		amēmus		amētis		ament
	imperfect	amārem		amārēs		amāret		amārēmus		amārētis		amārent
	perfect	amāverim, amārim2		amāverīs, amārīs2		amāverit, amārit2		amāverīmus, amārīmus2		amāverītis, amārītis2		amāverint, amārint2
	pluperfect	amāvissem, amāssem2		amāvissēs, amāssēs2		amāvisset, amāsset2		amāvissēmus, amāssēmus2		amāvissētis, amāssētis2		amāvissent, amāssent2
	sigmatic aorist1	amāssim		amāssīs		amāssīt		amāssīmus		amāssītis		amāssint
passive	present	amer		amēris, amēre		amētur		amēmur		amēminī		amentur
	imperfect	amārer		amārēris, amārēre		amārētur		amārēmur		amārēminī		amārentur
	perfect	amātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	amātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		amā		—		—		amāte		—
	future	—		amātō		amātō		—		amātōte		amantō
passive	present	—		amāre		—		—		amāminī		—
	future	—		amātor		amātor		—		—		amantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		amāre			amārī			amāns			—
future		amātūrum esse			amātum īrī			amātūrus			amandus
perfect		amāvisse, amāsse2			amātum esse			—			amātus
future perfect		—			amātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		amātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		amandī		amandō		amandum		amandō		amātum		amātū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• adamō
• amābilis
• amābō tē
• amāns
• amanter
• amāscō
• amāsius
• amāta
• amātio
• amātor
• amātōrius
• amātrīx
• amātūriō
• amātus
• amīcus
• amor
• deamō
• examō
• redamō

Related terms

• amātercula
• amatides
• amātōriē
• amīca
• amīcē
• amīcitia
• amīcula
• amīculus
• amoenus

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: amai (Campidanese), amare (Logudorese)
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Corsican: amà
  • Dalmatian: amur
  • Istriot: amà
  • Italian: amare
  • Neapolitan: ammare
  • Sicilian: amari
  • Venetan: amar
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: amâ
  • Romansh: amar
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: amar
  • Old French: amer
    • Middle French: aymer, aimer, amer
      • French: aimer
        • Louisiana Creole: linmé
        • Saint Dominican Creole French: haimé
    • Norman: aimer
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: amar
  • Occitan: aimar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: aimar
  • Mozarabic: امار (amār)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: amar
    • Galician: amar
    • Portuguese: amar
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: amar
    • Extremaduran: amal
    • Leonese: amare
    • Mirandese: amar
  • Old Spanish: amar
    • Ladino: amar / אמאר
    • Spanish: amar

References

• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[7], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart: aliquem toto pectore, ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
    
  • to love deeply: aliquem ex animo or ex animi sententia amare (Q. Fr. 1. 1. 5)
    

Etymology 2

See hama.

Noun

amō f (genitive amōnis); third declension

1. medieval spelling of hama (“water-bucket, pail”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	amō	amōnēs
genitive	amōnis	amōnum
dative	amōnī	amōnibus
accusative	amōnem	amōnēs
ablative	amōne	amōnibus
vocative	amō	amōnēs

References

• “amo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "amo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “amo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[8], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart: aliquem toto pectore, ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
    
  • to love deeply: aliquem ex animo or ex animi sententia amare (Q. Fr. 1. 1. 5)
    
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “amo”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 41/2

Maguindanao

Noun

amo

1. monkey

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamo/ [ˈɐmɔ]

Etymology 1

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

Verb

amo (passive amohia)

1. to charge, to attack

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qamo.

Ka amohia te tangata mahaki.

Verb

amo (passive amongia or amohia)

1. to carry something on the shoulder (on a litter, etc)

   Synonym: kauhoa

2. to present (of an offering)

Noun

amo

1. litter, bier, stretcher
2. front support of a marae's bargeboard (hihi, mahihi or maihi)

Related terms

• kauamo
• whata

Derived terms

• amohanga
• amokapua
• amonga
• amorangi
• kauamo

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “amo”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 10
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “amo”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Ojibwe

Verb

amo (transitive animate, 3s-3' independent form odamwaan, changed conjunct form emwaad, 2s-3 imperative form amo or amwi, reduplicated form ayamo)

1. eat

   Ingii-amwaa wiishkobi-bakwezhigan gii-tibishkaayaan.

   I ate cake when I had my birthday.

See also

• miijin
• wiisini

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/amo-vta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.mu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mu
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese amo, from ama.

Noun

amo m (plural amos, feminine ama, feminine plural amas)

1. master

   Synonym: mestre

2. boss

   Synonyms: chefe, patrão

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amar

Further reading

• “amo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “amo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Potawatomi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *a·mo·wa. Cognate to Ojibwe aamoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mo/

Noun

amo anim (plural amok, plural amoyêk)

1. bee
2. wasp
3. (informal) bully (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Inflection

Declension of amo

	singular	plural
—	amo	amok, amoyêk
locative	amok	amogok
diminutive	amos	amosêk
obviative	amon

References

• “amo”, in Online Potawatomi Dictionary‎^[9], Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 2026

Saho

Etymology

Cognate with Afar amó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamo/
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

amo m (plural amom m)

1. head
2. chief
3. top, summit

Declension

absolutive	amo
subjective	ami
genitive	ami

References

• Moreno Vergari; Roberta Vergari (2007), “amo”, in A basic Saho-English-Italian Dictionary (revised version)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âːmo/
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Adverb

ȃmo (Cyrillic spelling а̑мо)

1. hither, here
2. this way

Synonyms

• ȃmoder, òvāmo, sȉm, sȉmo

Shabo

Verb

amo

1. (intransitive) to come

Southern Kiwai

Noun

amo

1. breast

References

• Andrew Pawley et al., "The Trans New Guinea family", in The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide (2018, →ISBN)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamo/ [ˈa.mo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: a‧mo

Etymology 1

Back-formation from ama.

Noun

amo m (plural amos, feminine ama, feminine plural amas)

1. master (man who owns a slave)
2. owner, master, keeper (man who owns an animal)
3. (in employment): boss, manager

Derived terms

• amo de casa
• el ojo del amo engorda al caballo

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: amo
• → Hanunoo: amo
• → Tagalog: amo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amar

Further reading

• “amo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *amma-der.?

Late Latin amma

Old Spanish ama

Spanish amabf.

Spanish amobor.

Tagalog amo

Borrowed from Spanish amo (“master of the house”), a back-formation from ama, from Old Spanish ama, from Late Latin amma, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *amma-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔamo/ [ˈʔaː.mo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: a‧mo

Noun

amo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓ)

1. master; employer; boss

   Synonyms: hepe, panginoon

2. pet owner; caretaker (of an animal)

Derived terms

• among
• mag-amo
• mangamuhan
• pag-aamo-amuhan

Related terms

• ama
• ama de-kasa
• ama de-liyabe

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔamoʔ/ [ˈʔaː.moʔ]
• Rhymes: -amoʔ
• Syllabification: a‧mo

Noun

amò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓ)

1. gentleness; docility
2. tameness (of animals)
3. supplication; coaxing

Derived terms

• amo-amuhin
• amuin
• kaamuan
• maamo
• maamong-loob
• magmakaamo
• magpaamo
• mapaamo
• paamuin
• pag-amo
• pagkamaamo
• tagiamo
• umamo

Etymology 3

From Greater Central Proto-Philippine *amúʔ. Compare Hanunoo amo (“monkey”), Central Bikol amo (“monkey”), Cuyunon amoy (“small monkey”), Hiligaynon amo (“monkey”) and Tausug amu'.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmoʔ/ [ʔɐˈmoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: a‧mo

Noun

amô (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓ)

1. a type of small monkey
2. (dialectal, Marinduque, in general) monkey

   Synonyms: unggoy, tsonggo, matsing

Derived terms

• alupag-amo

Further reading

• “amo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 31

Tauya

Noun

amo

1. tree

References

• Lorna MacDonald (2013), A Dictionary of Tauya, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 104

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/

Noun

amo

1. the breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis)

Descendants

• → Gorontalo: amo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.mo/

Verb

amo

1. (stative) to be thick, viscous (of liquids)

Conjugation

Conjugation of amo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toamo	foamo	miamo
2nd person		noamo	niamo
3rd person	masculine	oamo	iamo yoamo (archaic)
	feminine	moamo
	neuter	iamo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Adverb

amo

1. Not, negation.

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962), Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos, segunda impresión edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, published 1971

Tsou

Etymology

From Proto-Tsouic *ámaɦa, from Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amo/

Noun

amo

1. father

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/

Etymology 1

Noun

amo

1. reason

   isapama amo... ― why is it that... (literally, “why is the reason...”)

Conjunction

amo

1. (subordinating) because, since (literally, "the reason is")

   Synonyms: karena, sebap, serta

Etymology 2

Noun

amo

1. the liver

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[10], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	amo
Brazilian standard	amo
New Tribes	amo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [amo]

Noun

amo (possessed amodü)

1. (Cunucunuma River dialect) alternative form of amö (“hand”)