mō

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mo"

Japanese

Romanization

mō

1. Rōmaji transcription of もう

Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Compare Estonian maa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒː/, [ˈmɒː]

Noun

mǭ

1. ground
   • 2012–2013, “mō”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     mōdõ sōņ jarā pallõ

     to burn down to the ground

   • 2012–2013, “mō”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     mōstõ ilzõ nustõ

     to pick up from the ground

2. earth, soil
   • 2012–2013, “mō”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     mō sizzõl stōdõ

     to plant in soil

3. land
4. countryside
   • 2012–2013, “mō”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[4], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     mōlõ vel um lūnda

     there is still snow out in the country

Declension

Declension of mǭ (12)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	mǭ	mǭd
genitive (genitīv)	mǭ	mǭd
partitive (partitīv)	mǭdõ	mǭḑi
dative (datīv)	mǭn	mǭdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	mǭkõks	mǭdkõks
illative (illatīv)	mǭ’zõ	mǭ’ži
inessive (inesīv)	mǭsõ	mǭši
elative (elatīv)	mǭstõ	mǭšti
allative (allatīv)	mǭlõ	—
adessive (adesīv)	mǭl	—
ablative (ablatīv)	mǭld	—

Derived terms

• Dēņmō
• Englišmō
• Engõlmō
• Ēstimō
• Grēkõmō
• Grīekmō
• Itāļmō
• Īrõmō
• Jūdõmō
• Kīnõmō
• Krīevmō
• Krīevõmō
• Kurāmō
• Kurmō
• Leišmō
• Leišõmō
• Lețmō
• Līvõmō
• mōmīez
• Norvēgmō
• Pațīkmō
• Prantsūzmō
• Prantšmō
• Pūoļmō
• Rumāņmō
• Rūnõmō
• Rūotšmō
• Saksāmō
• Sōrmō
• Spāņmō
• Sūomõmō
• Tirkmō
• Tsībõrmō
• Tukāmō
• Ungārmō
• Vāldakrīevmō
• Vidumō
• Vidūmō

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mǭ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[5] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Etymology 2

From a short illative of mǭ (“ground”) (etymology 1); compare Estonian maha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒːˀ/, [ˈmɒːˀ]

Adverb

mǭ’

1. synonym of mǭ’zõ

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mǭ’”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[6] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• mo — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

mō (mo¹, Zhuyin ㄇㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 摸

Namuyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo˨˨˦]

Noun

mō

1. grave

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoː]
• Hyphenation: mō

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *moqo. Cognates include Māori mo and Samoan mō.

Preposition

mō

1. Marks the intention of an inalienably possessed object; for, about

See also

• mā

Etymology 2

Noun

mō

1. short-legged fat pig

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[7], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 236