damo

See also: da mo, damò, dámó, dàmò, and dǎmó

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian/Polish/Portuguese/Spanish dama, French dame, from Latin domina, from domus (“house”) (compare domo), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdamo]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: da‧mo

Noun

damo (accusative singular damon, plural damoj, accusative plural damojn)

1. (chess, card games) queen
   • 1908, Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li?, ch. 3:

     La junulo miksis la kartojn kaj prenis unu el ili. Ĝi estis la kera damo.

     The youth shuffled the cards and drew one of them. It was the queen of hearts.

   • 1910, E. L. Kearney (translator), La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis, ch. 11:

     La Kera Damo bakis tortojn / En iu somertago!

     The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, / All on a summer day.

2. (checkers) king
3. (title) Dame, Lady

Related terms

• madamo
• madono

Gallery

• 
  blanka damo
• 
  la kera damo

See also

Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text)
aso	duo	trio	kvaro	kvino	seso	sepo
oko	naŭo	deko	fanto, bubo	damo	reĝo	ĵokero

Hiligaynon

Verb

dámò

1. increase, multiply

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto damo, English dame, French dame, German Dame, Italian dama, Russian дама (dama), Spanish dama, all ultimately from Latin domina, feminine of dominus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.mo/, /ˈda.mɔ/

Noun

damo (plural dami)

1. married
2. widowed woman
3. lady, dame
4. (card games) queen
5. (chess) queen

Synonyms

• siorino

Derived terms

• dami (“draughts, checkers”)
• piquodamo (“queen of spades”)
• damopeco / damostono (“men, kings”)
• damoplanko (“draughtboard, checkerboard”)

See also

Playing cards in Ido · ludokarti (layout · text)
aso	duo	trio	quaro	kino	siso	sepo
oko	nono	deko	pajo	damo	rejo	jokmentiemo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: dà‧mo

Verb

damo

1. first-person singular present indicative of damare

Anagrams

• Madò, doma, moda

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdamo]

Noun

damo f

1. vocative singular of damă

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ramo — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

Compare Kedah Malay damoh (“filthy”). Sense 4, semantic loan from English weed.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈmo/, [dɐˈmo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: da‧mo

Noun

damó (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜓ)

1. grass
2. weed; unwanted plants
3. herb (especially medicinal)
4. (slang) cannabis; marijuana

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuwana

   • 1995, The Diliman Review:

     Malakas pa rin daw gumamit ng damo at ang balita, natuto na ring mag shabu. Pinamanahan daw ng ama ng dala wang ektaryang lupa ngunit ibinenta niya ito. Palaboy laboy na lang daw siya ngayon.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (Batangas) scattered garbage of peelings, shavings, etc.

Derived terms

• ahas sa damo
• baboy-ramo
• damong-balang
• damong-Bermuda
• damong-bingkalat
• damong-dagat
• damong-gamot
• damong-ilalim
• damong-imelda
• damong-kambing
• damong-ligaw
• damong-mabaho
• damong-makahiya
• damong-marya
• damong-pailaya
• damong-palyas
• damong-sambali
• damong-tulisan
• damuhan
• madamo
• magdadamo
• magdamo
• masamang damo
• omad
• tuyong damo
• uhay ng damo

 

See also

• sakate

 

Further reading

• “damo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018