damo

See also: damò and dàmò

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/
• Hyphenation: da‧mo
• Rhymes: -amo

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.

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

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

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Hiligaynon

Verb

dámò

1. increase, multiply

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto damo, from English dame, French dame, German Dame, Italian dama, Spanish dama, Russian дама (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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -amo

Verb

damo

1. first-person singular present indicative of damare

Anagrams

• doma, moda

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈmo/

Noun

damó

1. grass
2. weeds
3. (slang) cannabis; marijuana
   • 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. Kung minsan nasa aming bayan, kung  ...

Derived terms

• damuhan