mao

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mao"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Maori or Māori Māori.

Symbol

mao

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Māori.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Māori terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Samoan ma'o, from ma'oma'o.

Noun

mao (plural maos)

1. The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

Etymology 2

English romanization of Mandarin 馬 / 马 (mǎ, “horse”). Note: English coinage based on Chinese inspiration, not a real Chinese morpheme in this form.

Noun

mao (plural maos)

1. (chess) A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi horse, moving one square orthogonally and then one square diagonally at a 135 degree angle. Similar to the chess knight, but has more limited movement as its movement can be obstructed by an intervening piece.

Anagrams

• MoA, Amo., -oma, oma, moa, Oma, MOA, Amo, AOM, AMO

Angor

Noun

mao

1. taro

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• maw, mu — short forms
• maoy, ma'y, muy — with indefinite subject

Etymology

From ma- +‎ oo (“yes”), literally “can be said as true; affirmative”. Compare Tausug amu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈʔo/ [mɐˈʔo]
• Hyphenation: ma‧o

Particle

maó (Badlit spelling ᜋᜂ)

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

   Coordinate term: dili

   Siya maoy niadto, dili ako. ― He is the one who went, not me.

   Ang iyang gisulti maoy nakapalagot nako. ― What he said is what angered me.

2. (+ verb with pag- or i-) is the time when (what is mentioned) happens

   pag-adto niya mao sa'y pag-adto nako ― when he went was the time I went too

   1. (+ pa) has just; happening very recently

      mao pa'y pag-adto niya ― he just went a minute ago

Derived terms

• dimao
• kamao
• mao bitaw
• mao gayod
• mao gihapon
• mao kaayo
• mao kana
• mao kini, mao kana
• mao lang
• mao nang
• mao nga
• mao pa
• mao ra
• mao ra og
• mao ra pud nuon
• maomao
• maong
• mura
• murag
• pakamao

Estonian

Noun

mao

1. genitive singular of madu
2. genitive singular of magu

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmao/ [ˈmɑ.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: ma‧o

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus. Cognate with Portuguese mau and Spanish malo.

Alternative forms

• malo

Adjective

mao (feminine má, masculine plural maos, feminine plural más)

1. bad

   Antonym: bo

2. evil; mean

   Antonym: bo

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.

Noun

mao f (plural maos)

1. alternative form of man

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mao”, 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), “mao”, 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), “mao”, 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), “mao”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *mao (“cease raining”). Cognate with Rarotongan mao, Tahitian mao.

Verb

mao

1. to clear up (e.g. of cloudy weather), alleviate
2. to fade (e.g. of the color of cloth)
3. to pass (e.g. of a feeling), go away, cease

   Ua mao aʻela ke kaumaha. ― The sadness has ceased.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mao

1. a type of fish

Related terms

• maomao

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1957), “mao”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi‎^[1], 2003

Japanese

Romanization

mao

1. Rōmaji transcription of まお

Mandarin

Romanization

mao

1. nonstandard spelling of māo
2. nonstandard spelling of máo
3. nonstandard spelling of mǎo
4. nonstandard spelling of mào

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin malus.

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈma.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʊ/
• Rhymes: -ao

Adjective

mao (plural maos, feminine maa, feminine plural maas)

1. bad

Derived terms

• olho mao

Descendants

• Galician: mao
• Portuguese: mau (see there for further descendants)

Noun

mao m (plural maos)

1. a bad person

Swedish

Prepositional phrase

mao

1. alternative form of m.a.o.

Anagrams

• Moa

Yami

Noun

mao

1. rock