imo

See also: IMO and -imo

English

Prepositional phrase

imo

1. Alternative form of IMO.

Anagrams

• IOM, MOI, Mio, mo'i, moi, omi

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• imoha

Pronoun

imo

1. you (2nd person singular preposed ergative form)
2. (in the singular) yours
3. (slang, humorous) one's genitalia

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute (ang/si)		Ergative (sa/ni)		Ergative (preposed)	Oblique (sa/og)
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short	Full	Full	Short
First	singular	ako	ko*	nako	ko	ako/akoa	kanako	nako
	plural inclusive	kita	ta	nato	ta	ato/atoa	kanato	nato
	plural exclusive	kami	mi	namo	mo	amo/amoa	kanamo	namo
Second	singular	ikaw	ka	nimo	mo	imo/imoha	kanimo	nimo
	plural	kamo	ka	ninyo		inyo/inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
Third	singular	siya		niya		iya/iyaha	kaniya	niya
	plural	sila		nila		ila/ilaha	kanila	nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

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Italian

FWOTD – 17 January 2016

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.mo/, [ˈiːmo]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: ì‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin īmus, superlative form of īnferus (“low”, “deep”), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.

Adjective

(obsolete, poetic)

1. (literal) located in the lowest or innermost part
2. (by extension) low, deep
   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Pommi ove 'l sole occide i fiori et l'erba” (Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.143) :

     Ponm' in cielo od in terra od in abisso, ¶ in alto poggio, in valle ima e palustre, ¶ libero spirto, od a' suoi membri affisso; [...]

     Set me in heaven, on earth, or in the depths, ¶ on a high hill, or in a deep marshy vale, ¶ a spirit freed, or imprisoned in its limbs; [...]

   • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “La selva primitiva” (Juvenilia, Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli (1906), p. 109, Libro LVII), vv. 43-44:

     [...] un tremor gelido ¶ per l'ossa ime gli corse; e s'atterrava, ¶ e gemea [...]

     [...] a freezing chill ¶ ran through his deep bones; and he dropped ¶ and wailed [...]

3. (figuratively, of people) of a low social status
   • 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, Erasmo Viotti, p.222, Canto IX:

     Miete i vili, e i potenti: e i più sublimi ¶ e più superbi capi adegua agl’imi.

     It breaks vile and mighty alike: and makes the noblest ¶ and proudest leaders one with the lowest.

4. (rare, figuratively, of things) inappropriate, vulgar, uncouth

Synonyms

• (2): infero

Related terms

• inferiore
• infero
• infimo

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin īmum, substantivization of the neuter form of īmus (“lowest”, “deepest”).

Noun

imo m (plural imi)

1. (obsolete) bottom; base
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXIX, p. 430, vv. 37-39:

     Così parlammo infino al loco primo ¶ che dello scoglio l'altra valle mostra, ¶ se più lume vi fosse, tutto ad imo.

     Thus did we speak as far as the first place ¶ upon the crag, which the next valley shows ¶ down to the bottom, if there were more light.

Synonyms

• base, fondo (more common)

Antonyms

• apice, culmine, sommità, vetta

Anagrams

• mio

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Japanese

Romanization

imo

1. Rōmaji transcription of いも

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Latin

Etymology 1

Variant form.

Adverb

imō (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of immō
   • c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:

     Quis hoc crederet, ut barbara Getarum lingua Hebraicam quaereret veritatem; et dormitantibus, imo contendentibus Graecis, ipsa Germania Spiritus Sancti eloquia scrutaretur!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) īmō

1. dative masculine singular of īmus
2. dative neuter singular of īmus
3. ablative masculine singular of īmus
4. ablative neuter singular of īmus

References

• “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Regularised form.

Verb

imo

1. (proscribed, Caipira) Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Umbundu

Noun

imo (i-ova class, plural ovamo)

1. belly